Coast guard officers on the island of Tinos have detained 14 passengers after a fracas broke out aboard a ferry.

As firefighters battled scattered blazes on Tuesday in the aftermath of the major wildfire that burned into the northern suburbs of Athens, most residents were finding it hard to explain how a blaze that started on Sunday some 40 kilometers away in Grammatiko village had reached their doorsteps. 

Only about one in 12 homes are bought using mortgage loans. In 2023, there were 174,475 property transactions, up 21.1% on 2022, and just 14,621 loans granted to buy or build a house.

Sweden’s economy has, in many ways, suffered from the same tribulations as the rest of Europe: recent bouts of crushing inflation and recession, and now the prospect of meager growth in a world split by geopolitical and economic conflict.

From Tositsa Street in central Athens, the imposing building of the old aristocratic art nouveau hotel Acropol Palace can be seen in all its splendor.

The global youth unemployment rate reached a 15-year-old low of 13% in 2023, lower than the pre-pandemic year of 2019 (13.8%), according to the International Labor Organization. In Greece, the rate was 22.3%.

Traders are moving Russian diesel cargoes to a new ship-to-ship (STS) loadings site in the northern Aegean Sea, as Western sanctions hit vessels carrying fuel loaded in Russian ports, LSEG and market sources data show.

A record 128,000 individuals with a net worth exceeding €1 million are expected to change their country of residence this year, exceeding the previous year’s record of 120,000, according to UK-based consultants Henley & Partners.

Greece’s stock market reclaimed the 1,400-point mark Tuesday after six sessions.

One’s first reaction to disaster is a mix of emotions, from sadness and frustration to anger, and the expression of hatred.

The Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection announced on Tuesday the beginning of damage assessment in buildings and businesses affected by the fire in northeastern Attica. The project is being carried out in collaboration with the Region of Attica and the municipalities.

Teams of the General Directorate for the Rehabilitation of the Effects of Natural Disasters of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Policy began the process of recording damage on Tuesday in the aftermath of the devastating fire that ripped through northern Athens on Sunday and Monday.

Almost 650 citizens have been given temporary hotel accommodation following the devastating fires that swept northeast Attica since Sunday.

The Interior Ministry has allocated emergency funding to eight municipalities in Attica affected by recent wildfires.

Firefighters battled scattered fires on Tuesday in hopes of containing the remains of a major wildfire that burned into the northern suburbs of Athens, triggering multiple evacuations and leaving at least one person dead.

Bulgarian authorities have seized some 436 kilograms of heroin at the Black Sea port of Burgas, the district prosecutor’s office said on Monday.

An eight-year-old girl has drowned in a swimming pool in a campsite in the Halkidiki peninsula in the north of the country.

Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos has said that Nicosia has completed preparations for potential evacuations of foreigners from Lebanon and Israel, amid fears of a potential escalation in the Middle East.

Turkish authorities have apparently refused to permit a religious service to take place to mark the Dormition of the Virgin on August 15 at the former Orthodox Christian Sumela Monastery but say it may take place eight days later, on August 23.

Israeli police have announced that, in collaboration with the Greek police, they have dismantled a drug trafficking network suspected of smuggling large quantities of drugs from Europe into Israel using yachts.