by eKathimerini | Oct 3, 2024 | Breaking News, Greece and Cyprus
Newsroom – Dozens of Greek and Cypriot nationals were being evacuated from Lebanon on Thursday as fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah intensified. The Hellenic Air Force sent a military transport plane to Beirut at 11 a.m. to carry out the...
by NeaProini | Oct 3, 2024 | Breaking News
By The Associated Press undefined At least six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut overnight, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said, as governments around the world scrambled to evacuate their citizens from the country. Israel...
by NeaProini | Oct 3, 2024 | Breaking News
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights, Japanese officials said. No one...
by eKathimerini | Oct 3, 2024 | Breaking News
Newsroom – Police in Athens are investigating a fight that involved a firearm in the early hours of Thursday on central Syngrou Avenue. The investigation comes after two men in their 20s turned up on a motorcycle at the Asklipeio Hospital in the southern Athens...
by eKathimerini | Oct 3, 2024 | Breaking News, Greece and Cyprus
Newsroom – Streets in the downtown Athens neighborhood of Kolonaki and surrounding areas will be closed for several hours on Thursday afternoon for a religious procession. The event marks the feast day of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite, Athens’ patron saint, and...
by eKathimerini | Oct 3, 2024 | Breaking News, Greece and Cyprus
Vassilis Nedos , Yiannis Souliotis – Greece is bracing for a potential wave of uncontrolled migration, a concern highlighted during Wednesday’s meeting of the country’s National Security Council (KYSYEA). The discussions centered on migration challenges, the...