John Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for the Climate, said Greece “leads an effort to make a difference for the entire planet,” in a videotaped message shown at an event in Athens on Monday, ahead of “Our Ocean Conference Greece 2024.”
Traders appeared to pause for a breather on Monday at the Greek stock market, with transactions and turnover significantly reduced after a five-day sequence of gains all of last week.
Athens’ airport is the best in Europe according to user ratings on Google compiled by British search engine for holiday rentals Holidu.
The case for snap polls was strong, especially as the country seemed to have entered a possibly prolonged pre-election period, with the government bearing much of the blame for this.
Fifty-eight forest fires broke out in the 24 hours up to 6 p.m., the Fire Service said on Monday, underlining that most of the blazes were quickly brought under control.
A young man died on Monday after he was struck by the tail rotor of a helicopter in unclear circumstances in a town outside Athens.
This column could have been titled “No more rocket with parmesan, please,” and yes, I have gotten away from Athens for a few days.
Over 2,528 hectares of dense woodland have been burnt so far in Greece’s most important protected habitat, in the northeastern region of Evros, as the blaze continued to rage for a third day.
Stations on Line 3 of the Athens metro will be closed on selected dates during the summer months to test an extension of the line to the port of Piraeus, the metro operator STASY announced on Monday.
EU member states should start preparing now for a new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in autumn and winter, the bloc’s health chief said on Monday, saying there had been a “worrying increase” in outbreaks.