An estimated 3,500 motorists are expected to receive compensation, in the form of payments of 2,000 euros, after they were left stranded for hours in sub-zero temperatures on the Attiki Odos beltway when a severe snowstorm hit the Greek capital Monday.
Crews have completed the process of removing snow from the streets of Athens following Monday’s snowstorm, authorities said Friday.
Greece’s bank rescue fund HFSF said on Wednesday it appointed Nikolas Valantasis as its new deputy chief executive officer.
The European Union has earmarked 657 million euros for the construction of a 2,000-megawatt undersea electricity cable that will link the power grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece, Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said on Thursday.
Referring to Greece’s recent arms procurements, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday that “Turkey will not sit and watch Greece strengthen, it will be shielded.”
The famous early Christian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki have been added to Google’s interactive Arts & Culture platform.
Tom Ellis, the editor-in-chief of Kathimerini English edition, joins The Greek Current to look into the political fallout from this storm and discuss his latest op-ed which urges the adoption of a nonpartisan approach to crisis management.
I am a Greek. I am truly delighted to say it. I have lived here for the past few years. I am a Greek citizen, pay taxes here like everyone else, own some land, and I would not want to live anywhere else. I can actually say that I passionately love Greece.
On Friday, January 21, we were presented with an official press release of the kind that is so often published as is, in the place of proper reporting, by many newspapers and online news outlets.
The conservative government picked up the gauntlet Thursday after main opposition SYRIZA tabled a censure motion in the wake of a severe snowstorm that exposed the State’s unpreparedness to deal with a severe snowstorm that paralyzed transport in Athens, prompting a rare apology from the prime minister.