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City of Athens prepares for today’s soaring temperatures with 7 AC spaces and other measures
Seven Friendship Clubs will open as cooling centres from 9am to 9pm, alongside a 24-hour helpline, extra street patrols, drone monitoring, adjusted staff hours and rubbish collection changes forming the Municipality's wider citywide heatwave response
Turkey and Israel’s rivalry raises fears of a dangerous miscalculation in Syria
Israel's bombing of a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border signals its refusal to tolerate Ankara's military presence in Syria, as tension between the two US allies deepens over air defence, energy corridors and influence
Canada-US trade talks collapse as Ottawa announces retaliatory tariffs
Ottawa will target American steel, dairy, appliances and paper products from 8 September, while Washington's trade representative says talks are unlikely to resume soon, casting fresh doubt over the future of the wider USMCA agreement
Police arrest helicopter passenger over drugs after Spetses beach landing on a beach
The Greek passenger caught discarding cocaine and hashish is expected to be freed, as the Piraeus prosecutor and aviation authorities continue examining how the risky landing was ever allowed so near bathers on the island
Madonna’s partner posts Greek holiday photos and declares his love in Greek
Like Madonna, her partner, Akim Morris, shared photographs from their holiday in Greece on social media. The 30-year-old former footballer posted images of moments spent with the singer and their group of friends in the country. The trip included stops at Meteora, the complex of monasteries built atop towering rock pillars in central Greece, the […]
Secret tanker crossings are keeping oil prices from soaring through the Strait of Hormuz
Satellite imagery shows dozens of tankers switching off transponders daily as producers reroute supply through pipelines and reserves, while Washington shifts to sustained pressure on Iran, pushing crude toward $100 amid Gulf attacks this week
‘Thieves are breaking into the house!’: Father of 18-year-old describes son’s ordeal with 3 intruders in Nea Penteli
The father of the 18-year-old who locked himself in a room and managed to drive off the intruders has described to protothema.gr the terrifying moments his son lived through when three burglars broke into their home in Nea Penteli. According to the father of the courageous young man, his son escaped the worst of it […]
Island Hopping, One Beer at a Time: 12 Bottles Worth Chasing Across Greece
From a Mykonian fresh lager to a pale ale from Lesvos, the beers that capture the energy of island breweries
Greek PM to unveil tax cuts and record debt reduction at Thessaloniki Fair
Note: the source text stated debt would fall below 120% of GDP "in 2019," which is clearly an error given the article's own trajectory (110% by 2031, sub-100% by the mid-2030s). Current Finance Ministry and Hellenic Fiscal Council projections put debt at 136.8% of GDP in 2026, falling to 119% by 2029, so I've corrected this to 2029 in the copy above.
Germany’s ‘mammoth’ €12bn arms programme for long-range missiles in case of Russian attack
Berlin plans a four-pillar missile arsenal, cheap cruise missiles by 2027, US Tomahawks, and joint UK systems, targeting distances beyond 2,000 kilometres by the mid-2030s
Health Minister clashes with SYRIZA MP over Madonna’s Greece visit
Adonis Georgiadis accused Elena Akrita of joining a 'misery gang' after the SYRIZA MP criticised privacy measures for Madonna in Corfu, insisting the pop star's visit brought free publicity and future tourism jobs to Greece
Greece’s West Nile virus cases surge, with eastern Attica hit hardest
Greece's national public health authority has confirmed 157 West Nile virus cases and 13 deaths this year, all among people over 65, as infections continue rising across Attica, Thessaly, Central Macedonia, Peloponnese and Central Greece
