Greece

The government will request funds from the EU to extend a border wall with Turkey and expand a powerful surveillance network to stop illegal migrants; the country recently completed a 26km extension of a steel border wall

The online part of the country's population and housing census ended on Monday evening, with the platform remaining open until today only for amendments and corrections

Quoting the Greek classics Socrates and Aristotle, the Pope, after his visit to the refugee camp of Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, raised the alarm about the many backward steps in democracy that are taking place in the world

Ambitious new energy and climate sectoral targets will be included in the country's first climate law, including the decommissioning of all lignite-fired power plants by 2028

Turkey's President Erdogan has filed a lawsuit against the Greek newspaper 'Dimokratia' and its editor; it is the first time a foreign head of state has turned against a Greek newspaper and reasons are apparently political

To mitigate the effects of climate change on cultural heritage, the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection called for international action; cultural heritage is one of the country's four pillars of sustainable development

The Greek Refugee Forum team, composed only of migrants and refugees, is in the finals of the Summer Cup of anexartito.com, one of the oldest active amateur football leagues in the country

The government has called for a review of the total ban on blood donation by men in same-sex relationships as, according to Minister for Health Thanos Plevris, the law does not reflect updated medical data

The International Animation Festival, whose theme is 'Freedom', kicks off today in Syros, with screenings of animated shorts and features from around the world that refer to personal and social freedoms and social revolutions

Athlete Athanasios Ghavelas and guide Sotirios Gkaragkanis win gold and set a new world record in the 100 metres at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games