PARIS (AFP) -- Croatia clinched the final automatic qualifying spot for Euro 2024 on Tuesday, Nov. 21, as Wales were forced to settle for a playoff place, while France had to come from behind to draw in Greece. Croatia's midfielder Luka Modric (center) and teammates celebrate after the UEFA Euro...
PARIS (AFP) -- France took a huge step towards qualifying for Euro 2024 with a 2-0 victory over Ireland on Thursday, Sept. 7, while the Netherlands and Denmark claimed big wins as they eye places at next year's finals in Germany. French players celebrate their second goal during the UEFA Euro 2024...
ATHENS , Greece - Firefighters are gaining the upper hand on the massive blaze that has been raging for two weeks in the Dadia National Park in northeastern Greece, authorities said Monday. Classified by experts as a "megafire", the blaze raging in Dadia has so far destroyed more than 81,000...
ATHENS, Greece - Greek firefighters struggled Friday to contain scores of wildfires stretching nationwide, as the week's death toll from the raging blazes rose to 21. The Greek fire brigade on Friday said they had found the body of a man in the same area in Evros, northern Greece, where...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has had surgery on his left knee, the team confirmed on Wednesday, July 5, leaving the basketball star's participation for Greece in August's FIBA World Cup in doubt. *Giannis Antetokounmpo. (AFP)* "He had a routine surgery on his left...
ATHENS, Greece - At least 78 migrants died after their fishing boat sank off the Peloponnese, Greece's coastguard said Wednesday, as fears mounted that the death toll could rise much higher. Some 100 people were rescued after the boat capsized in international waters in the Ionian Sea in an...
ATHENS, Greece - Intercity rail travel resumed in Greece on Wednesday for the first time since a head-on collision killed 57 people in the nation's worst rail disaster more than three weeks ago, operator Hellenic Train said. Police and emergency crews examine the debris of a crushed wagon on the...
ATHENS, Greece -- Greece said Saturday it had sacked its national police chief, days after clashes between security forces and demonstrators broke out in the wake of the country's deadliest train tragedy. The Prime Minister's office said police chief Constantinos Skoumas had been discharged less...
ATHENS, Greece - More than 50,000 protesters took to streets across Greece on Wednesday and workers staged mass strikes, expressing anger over the country's worst rail tragedy and urging the prime minister to resign. At least 57 people were killed, and 14 others remain in hospital after a freight...
Our embassy in Greece promotes arnis as Philippine National Martial Art HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT Coach Arden Poblete with young arnis participants during a demonstration In promoting arnis as the Philippine national martial art and sport, the Philippine Embassy in Athens conducted an introduction and...
In the face of climate change, how can nations count on one another to secure a future, if not better, at least possible The world is in a crisis far more encompassing than the two World Wars combined in terms of its potential to bring every single nation to its knees. It’s not only extreme...
EURASIA FANTASY Clockwise from top left: Karlovy Vary, the Czech Republic; waiting for U-Bahn in Berlin; kissing in Vienna; Bruges Belgium; and on the bank of river Garonne in Toulouse, France Have you ever slept in the car on a RORO bound for some private paradise in Romblon? Have you spent the...
