Europe Greece New Athens mayor sworn into office with a grass-roots approach to his mayorship by pledging a “return to the neighborhoods”; swearing-in ceremony of the new municipal council was held in a former public market in the downtown district of Kypseli
Europe Greece Only around one in four property owners are estimated to have completed the mandatory clearing of plots as a wildfire prevention measure, due for the June 15 deadline
Europe Greece On 28 May 1952, Greek women won the right to stand for election to Parliament after many decades of fierce struggle; Yet, it took over two decades for the principle of gender equality to be explicitly codified
Europe Greece To protect the Mediterranean monk seal a marine area has been officially established in Gyaros, northwest of Syros in Northern Cyclades; a key habitat for the endangered mammal, it hosts one of its largest populations
Europe Greece Citizens in Athens have started to receive the first traffic fines issued with a new automatic system that generates fines from artificial intelligence-equipped fixed and bus-mounted cameras