Greece

English Edition | 23.08.2023 | 12:02

Major wildfires again bedevil Greece, from far northeast corner to greater Athens area; top prosecutor orders arson probe

A total of 209 new fires over the past 72 hours were extinguished in short order or are still being battled

English Edition | 21.08.2023 | 19:46

Several major wildfires in Greece over last 2 days amid hot, arid and windy conditions

The worst blaze erupted over the weekend and continued to rage on Monday in the extreme northeast corner of the country, in the wider vicinity of the port city of Alexandroupolis

English Edition | 17.08.2023 | 21:32

Massive traffic jam on Athens-Corinth highway due to burned tanker carrying natgas

The incident occurred at around noon, with the old Athens-Corinth highway, below the tollway, only opened to traffic at around 8 p.m. local time

Επικαιρότητα | 15.08.2023 | 14:59

Climate Change: Greece’s performance – Doing well, could do better

Stronger action is needed to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and achieve its goal of net zero emissions by 2050

English Edition | 08.08.2023 | 15:56

Urgent prosecutors’ probe into deadly clash instigated by Croatian hooligans; 7 top police lose command

The relevant public order minister, Yiannis Economou, made the announcement amid a firestorm of media scrutiny

English Edition | 08.08.2023 | 13:06

Inflation rate in Greece at 2.5% in July; hike after 10 months of decrease, foods prices still surging

The figure was higher from June 2023, a month earlier, when the inflation rate reached 1.8 percent

English Edition | 05.08.2023 | 20:16

Scope follows R&I in restoring Greece to investment grade level, issues BBB- rating on Fri.

High government debt, policy risks longer run and banking-system fragilities are challenges

English Edition | 02.08.2023 | 19:51

Acropolis pilot program, beginning in Sept. sets maximum cap on daily visitors, divided into hourly basis

All archaeological sites in Greece where an electronic ticket platform is available will feature visitation breakdown hours as of April 1, 2024

English Edition | 31.07.2023 | 08:33

Real estate: Large Turkish investments in the Aegean islands

Direct and indirect investments and business activities from the Turkey are estimated at half a billion euros

English Edition | 26.07.2023 | 21:57

Sources cite PPC interest in Currys-owned retailer in Greece; utility replies with ‘no comment’

Greece’s dominant power producer and provider, the Public Power Corp. (PPC), is, according to sources, interested in purchasing the Kotsovolos white and electronic goods retailer

English Edition | 25.07.2023 | 22:07

Households’ available income up 11.3% in Q1 2023

Available income of Greek households and non-profit institutions grew by 3.56 billion euros, or 11.3 percent, in the first quarter of 2023, compared with the corresponding period of 2022

English Edition | 25.07.2023 | 21:59

Ground-breaking law to finally allow Greek citizens living abroad right to vote in Greece’s nat’l elections

A landmark bill lifting most restrictions on Greek citizens’ right to vote from abroad was approved by an enhanced majority of deputies in Parliament on Tuesday, with 208 MPs out of 300 approving the legislation

English Edition | 25.07.2023 | 19:43

Pilots of downed fire-fighting plane die in crash

The bodies of the two air force pilots of a downed fire-fighting plane were recovered hours after the aircraft crashed near the settlement of Platanistos, in the southeast tip of the large island of Evia

English Edition | 23.07.2023 | 23:08

Four major wildfire fronts in Greece on Sun. evening; Rhodes blaze burns for sixth day

An evacuation was ordered for four villages in northern Corfu and four sparsely populated settlements in southeast Evia

English Edition | 22.07.2023 | 18:06

Hotels threatened, tourists evacuated to nearby beach due to major wildfire on Rhodes

A major wildfire on the popular Greek holiday island of Rhodes was burning out of control on Saturday, with flames nearing three hotels in the Kiotari area, according to reports

English Edition | 20.07.2023 | 19:46

Emergency forces continue to battle spate of resurgent wildfires in southern Greece

A total of 62 wildfires were recorded in the east Mediterranean country over the past 24 hours

English Edition | 18.07.2023 | 20:32

PM cuts short Brussels summit presence, returns to Athens amid raging wildfires in southern Greece

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis cut short his official stay in Brussels due to the several wildfires that erupted over the past 48 hours southeast of greater Athens

English Edition | 18.07.2023 | 20:22

2.8 bln€ in new arrears to tax bureau pile up between Jan-May 2023

Specifically, more than 4.471 million tax numbers now owe at least a nominal sum to the tax bureau

English Edition | 18.07.2023 | 19:07

Spate of raging wildfires taxing southern Greece’s power grid

According to reports, decreases in voltage were recorded in several parts of the greater Athens-Piraeus area in the early afternoon

English Edition | 17.07.2023 | 22:44

Four major wildfires in south-central Greece on Mon.

Four major wildfires were active in southern Greece on Monday evening, according to a fire brigade spokesman

English Edition | 17.07.2023 | 17:06

First major wildfire of the season SE of Athens proper, near coastal resorts

Temperatures close to 40C and gusty winds, as with previous years, were accompanied by wildfires in the country

English Edition | 14.07.2023 | 21:06

Greek FinMin: Athens will continue on path of fiscal stability, reforms

Greek Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis pledged that the country will remain on the path of fiscal stability and "will implement, with determination” necessary reforms

English Edition | 11.07.2023 | 20:21

Greek ferry boat operators reportedly agree to discounts for certain categories of passengers; fares surge this season

Ferry boat operators plying Greek waters have reportedly agreed to extend “major discounts” for beneficiaries with “social tourism” vouchers, beginning on Aug. 1

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