The return of the British Museum's Parthenon Marbles to Greece is possible even if the two sides cannot come to an agreement over who owns the sculptures, a campaign group working to resolve the long-standing dispute says.
A passenger listed as missing after a blaze swept through a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy has been found alive by rescuers, a Greek shipping ministry official says.
Three large wildfires have churned across Greece, with one threatening whole towns and cutting a line across Evia, the country's second-largest island, isolating its northern part.
Thousands of people have fled their homes on the outskirts of Athens and hundreds have been evacuated by boat from the nearby island of Evia as Greece faced a fourth day of wildfires fuelled by strong winds and searing temperatures.
As major fires continue to burn across Greece, an official has said the monuments at Olympia, a key site of antiquity in the country's west, had been saved from approaching flames.
Greece is forecast to remain in the grip of a heatwave that is not expected to let up all week, with temperatures climbing above 40 degrees Celsius across the country during the day and staying there for hours.
Greece will require customers at indoor restaurants, bars and cafes to prove they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have tested negative within the last three days, the government has announced to combat an infection surge.
