Athens - Greek officials detained 28 illegal immigrants on Monday, raising the number to more than 1,000 caught trying to enter the country via the Aegean Sea in the past few weeks, reports said.

The Merchant Marine Ministry said the immigrants, including nine children, were discovered trying to sneak into the country overnight near the island of Evia.

Officials arrested three people-smugglers in a US-flagged ship.

Since mid-April, officials have detained a total of 1,012 illegal immigrants, including 51 children, and arrested 43 human smugglers.

Athens - A Greek-Lebanese man who apparently swallowed heroin-filled capsules in a smuggling attempt is in hospital in Greece after many of the capsules burst in his stomach, reports said Monday.

Athens - Public transport services, ships and flights by the state carrier Olympic Airlines were paralysed across Greece Thursday as unions planned demonstrations in the capital to coincide with La

Athens - Arsonists fire-bombed three foreign car dealerships in Athens in the early hours of Wednesday, causing extensive damage but no injuries, reports said.

Athens  - Arsonists claimed responsibility for bombing two diplomatic cars belonging to the embassies of Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina on Friday, causing extensive damage but no injuries, repor

Athens/Nicosia  -  Greek and Turkish Cypriots will launch the groundbreaking work for new Cyprus reunification talks on April 18, the United Nations mission on the divided Mediterranean island said