The return of purple jellyfish to Greek waters this summer has raised concerns among both residents and environmental organizations, who are now working to track their locations.

The Greek government has ordered a mandatory, five-hour halt to all outdoor manual labor in the hottest parts of the country on Friday, as a dangerous heatwave peaks and authorities warn of an "explosive" risk of wildfires.

The Turkey–Libya Memorandum on the delimitation of maritime zones in the Mediterranean “violates the sovereign rights of third states, does not comply with the Law of the Sea and cannot have legal consequences for third states,” the European Council’s draft conclusions, obtained by protothema, say.gr and which is of course likely to differ to some extent from the final text.