Despite a ban on indoor smoking, Greece remains among the countries with the highest smoking rates in the world, although there has been a significant decrease compared to a few years ago, the chief executive of tobacco giant Philip Morris International, Jacek Olczak, tells Kathimerini in an interview.
Greece will boost coal mining by 50% and extend the operation of all its coal-fired power plants to 2028, instead of closing them down by 2023 as previously planned, to reduce dependence on natural gas, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday.
Greek health authorities announced 15,044 new cases of Covid-19, a drop from the 18,988 infections of the previous day.
A Greek National Opera production of Charles Gounod’s grand opera in five acts, “Faust” is going on stage at the Stavros Niarchos Hall for eight performances directed and choreographed by Renato Zanella.
Award-winning Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos is dedicating a special show at the Athens Concert Hall to the victims of the Ukraine war.
The European Commission has proposed a ban on Russian coal imports as part of a sweeping new package of sanctions on Moscow, and EU officials say oil could be next.
The government’s interventions in the property market are starting with commercial rentals, in an effort to rein in excessive hikes as inflation soars.
Public Power Corp. (PPC) Greece’s biggest power utility, plans to increase coal extraction this year to make sure there are no power shortages in the event Russia halts gas supplies to Greece, two sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
France’s flagship aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle is seen in a joint exercise with Hellenic Navy vessels in the southern Ionian Sea in this photo made available Tuesday by the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA).
Ukraine received almost 30 times as much defense industry equipment from Turkey in first quarter as it did a year earlier, while it prepared for and fought against Russian invasion, official data showed.