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Europe heatwave: Can you get a refund if you decide not to travel?

Record-breaking high temperatures in southern Europe are expected to continue for at least another week.

Culture news

Evia Film Project: Greek island aims to become Europe’s cinema hub

After suffering a devastating forest fire in 2021, the Greek island of Evia is looking to transform itself into Europe's most environmentally friendly destination for filmmakers. We visited the island to meet the people planning its revival.

Greece

Heat forces Greece's Acropolis to temporarily close

Greek authorities temporarily closed the Acropolis in Athens on Friday as temperatures were expected to reach 40 degrees Celsius and some tourists experienced fainting spells.

Culture news

AI art meets music in new Mykonos summer programming

Turkish-American new media artist Refik Anadol is opening the summer-long programme at Scorpios beach club in Mykonos.

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Destinations

Italy, Greece, Spain: How to beat the heat in top holiday spots

How hot is it in popular holiday spots and how can you beat the heat?

Greece

Frontex: What would happen if the EU border agency quit Greece?

The agency's fundamental rights officer has recommended Frontex temporarily suspend its activity in Greece over the latest migrant boat tragedy. But the move might not be the best option to keep the Greek authorities in check.

Greece

Greeks head to the polls on Sunday in general election

Greeks head to the polls on Sunday, June 25, for a second general election in five weeks with conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis expected to win re-election by a large margin.

Destinations

Greek Acropolis struggles with record-breaking visitor numbers

Visitor numbers to the attraction were up 70 per cent last month, giving a taste of what is to come this summer without crowd control.

Greece

Greek Elections: New Democracy party eye up absolute majority

New parliamentary elections are being held this Sunday. Polls suggest the New Democracy party is widely expected to win against the left-wing opposition.

Greece

Greek court questions smuggling suspects over migrant ship disaster

Nine men suspected of crewing a migrant smuggling ship that sank off Greece leaving more than 500 missing appeared in court Tuesday for questioning, as new accounts emerged on the sinking and the appalling conditions on the trip from Libya towards Italy.

Europe News

Search and Rescue: Why shipwrecks keep happening in European waters

There is little cooperation between national coast guard services and NGOs.

Europe News

Ukraine suspends listing of five Greek companies as 'war sponsors'

The Ukrainian authorities have decided to temporarily suspend the listing of five Greek shipping companies as ''international sponsors of war."

Greece

Timeline of how migrant boat tragedy off the coast of Greece unfolded

A timeline of events that led up to one of the worst shipwrecks in recent Mediterranean history as hundreds of migrants are still missing off the coast of Greece.

Vatican

Pope Francis greets the public after abdominal surgery in hospital

Francis greeted the public in St. Peter’s Square, expressing thanks for the comfort he received after surgery and thanking the crowd.

Greece

Greek coast guard defends actions as up to 500 migrants feared dead

Greece's coast guard defended its actions in responding to a ship carrying hundreds of migrants that ended up sinking off the country's south coast, as criticism mounted Friday over the European Union's years-long failure to hammer out a comprehensive migration and asylum policy.

Destinations

How to escape the crowds on wild eastern Crete

While tourists tend to favour the west of Crete, the eastern side offers farm-to-fork experiences, wild hikes and boat trips on traditional fishing caïques.

Greece

Greek residents mobilise to help survivors of deadly migrant shipwreck

Search and rescue operations continued overnight some 75 kilometres southwest of Greece’s southern Peloponnese region.

Nature

Watch volunteers pull tonnes of dumped fishing nets from Aegean Sea

Dumped fishing nets account for 10% of marine litter found on the sea floor.

World News

Rome holds Pride parade amid backdrop of Meloni government crackdown

Rome’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade wound its way through the Italian capital on Saturday, providing a colourful counterpoint to the national government’s crackdown on surrogate pregnancies and same-sex parents.

World News

5.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Romania and neighbouring countries

According to officials, there was some damage to infrastructure but no casualties so far.

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