One of Italy’s most dangerous fugitives has been caught in Greece after a photo of him cheering on his football team gave away his whereabouts. Vincenzo La Porta, 60, is thought to have close ties to the Camorra organised crime gang in Naples. He has been on the run for 11 years – Continue Reading
Evacuation orders have been issued for areas close to two central Greek cities threatened by new outbreaks of wildfires. Citizens in areas around Volos and Lamia have been told to move to safety as the country remains in the grip of a severe heat wave. Meanwhile, fires continue to rage on the islands of Rhodes, […]Continue Reading
At least 79 people have died and more than 100 have been rescued after their fishing boat sank off southern Greece. But survivors have suggested as many as 750 people may have been packed on to the boat, with reports of 100 children in the hold. Greece says it is one of its biggest ever […]Continue Reading
Three migrants died and more than 20 were feared missing after a second boat sank off the coast of Greece in just days, the coastguard said on Tuesday. The two women and one man who drowned are believed to have been part of a group of 41 people whose dinghy sank after hitting a reef […]Continue Reading
More than 60 people have been hurt, many of them riot police, in clashes with protesters on Lesbos and Chios over plans to build new migrant camps in Greece. Stones were hurled at police as protests intensified at three Lesbos sites where the centres are to be built. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has called […]Continue Reading