After sailing for 12 days in the Mediterranean Sea, the Olympic flame that was lit in Ancient Olympia on April 16 is to reach the port of Marseille on Wednesday, carried by the three-masted sailing ship "Belem", which was built in 1896, the year that the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens.

Ilias Kasidiaris, the former deputy leader of the outlawed neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, has filed for early release from prison, officials said. The request follows the conditional release of the group’s leader, Nikos Michaloliakos, who served a partial sentence for leading a criminal organisation linked to violent hate crimes.

After months of inactivity due to the damage caused by September’s floods Daniel to the railway network, the legendary Moutzouris train resumed operations on Good Friday, restarting its routes between Ano Lechonia and Milies.

"The Turkish authorities’ decision to begin the operation of the Monastery of Chora as a Muslim mosque constitutes  a provocation for the international community as it distorts and affects its character as a UNESCO World Heritage Site belonging to humanity.The maintenance of monuments' universal character and compliance with international standards for the protection of religious and cultural heritage is a clear international obligation binding on all States", the Greek Foreign Ministry said in an announcement late Monday.