The continuing steep rise in the price of natural gas, which reached €290 per megawatt-hours on Monday, is a major obstacle to the government’s spending plans for the rest of the year and the start of the next one.
Greece will double subsidies for power bills in September to 1.9 billion euros ($1.89 billion), the country’s energy minister said on Tuesday, extending financial support introduced last year to shield consumers from soaring energy prices.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday that Palestinian authorities, including different political factions, welcome the normalization of ties between Turkey and Israel and that they want the dialogue to continue.
The visit of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Qatar echoes Greece’s multidimensional appetite in approaching the Arab world.
A 4.3-magnitude tremor occurred near Tyrnavos town, central Greece, Tuesday, the Athens-based Institute of Geodynamics reported.
Greece will subsidize power bills in September at a cost of 1.9 billion euros, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said on Tuesday, extending financial support introduced in 2021 to protect consumers from soaring energy prices.
A recession is now almost certain, inflation is nearing double digits and a winter with looming energy shortages is fast approaching.
Turkey has saved the lives of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers that were illegally pushed back by Greece, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed on Monday.
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said on Monday that the main objective of a strategic plan for the Acropolis’ fortification walls is to create a roadmap of the interventions needed to ensure their stability and to highlight their archaeological and historical value.
Border security in Evros will be the focus of a meeting of the Governmental Council for National Security (KYSEA) on Tuesday, chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.