Dealing with the wildfires
As the summer period gets into full swing, Greece is once again locked in battle with devastating wildfires.
Eurobank branch network goes ‘phygital’
Eurobank is introducing rolling cash desk operating hours in its branches with the aim of further familiarizing its customers with automatic transaction and payment machines – ATMs and APS – and the digital networks through which 97% of the bank’s transactions are already being carried out.
Greek olive oil going Italian
The majority of olive oil producers in Greece choose to export their produce in bulk to Italy at very low prices – lower than they export it to other countries – with Italian companies standardizing it and selling it at more than double the price both at home and in many countries abroad.
Video apparently shows arsonist in the act
A video recorded by a local resident and shown on a Greek TV station Thursday appears to show a man setting a fire, while a major fire northeast of Athens was still in progress.
Mixed start for Greek teams in Europe
Greek teams returned to European competitions this week but showed that they do not travel so well and should do all the work at home at this early stage of the new season.
Europe’s heatwave reaches Poland, Greece as it moves eastwards, brings wildfires
The vast heatwave covering swathes of Europe moved steadily eastwards on Thursday, forcing countries including Italy, Poland and Slovenia to issue their highest heatwave alerts as firefighters battled wildfires across the continent.
Validity of Greek passports to be extended to 10 years
Greece is one of a handful of countries in the EU and the world whose passports a valid for just five years, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos said.
Reinforcements called to battle wildfire in western Peloponnese
Reinforcements have been directed to an area in the western Peloponnese to prevent a wildfire blaze in low vegetation from reaching a village.
UN chief to visit Turkey as Ukraine grain export deal looms
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Istanbul on Thursday, a UN spokesperson said as United Nations and Turkish officials seek to get a deal with Russia and Ukraine in writing to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports.
Cyprus expects gas field development plan by end of year
A plan to develop a sizeable natural gas field off Cyprus that could help the European Union find alternative energy sources to Russia will be ready by the end of the year, the east Mediterranean island nation’s energy minister said Thursday.