A civil protection emergency has been declared in the area of Voutes in Heraklion, Crete, where fissures have recently appeared in houses, the church, and the playground.

A new study by Harvard University researchers suggests that the ancient inhabitants of Carthage shared more genetic similarities with Greeks than with Phoenicians, challenging long-standing assumptions about the origins of the powerful Mediterranean civilization.

It is the largest bird of prey in Europe, with a wingspan of 2.5 to 3 metres. It nests in the Dadia forest, its only colony in all the Balkans for many decades. It builds its nests in the treetops where it gives birth to one young a year. Long-term efforts to protect the Maurogipa, this iconic species, have been linked to the history of the protected area of the Dadia-Levkimi-Soufli National Forest Park.

In his first public reaction to the approval of the Greek Marine Spatial Plan, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakcan Fidan announced that the Turkish equivalent of the MSP has already been completed and will be submitted to the UN agencies and warned that the Turkey “will not allow any unilateral step or fait accompli in Cyprus, the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean” and that it “will protect to the end its rights and interests in the region.”