The demolition of structures illegally built on shorelines and in forests will be delayed for a third time, because the owners, many of them of tourist businesses, “would have no alternative if they were forced to relocate,” according to a draft bill submitted to Parliament Monday evening.
Annual inflation in Turkey continued to rise in October, official figures showed Thursday, pushing the price of essential goods higher and amplifying a cost-of-living crisis in the country.
A moderately strong earthquake struck Turkey’s western province of Izmir on Friday, causing panic among residents and toppling the minaret of a mosque, officials said. Two people were hurt while trying to escape their home in panic.
In May 1941, the Royal College of Surgeons in London was bombed during a Nazi air raid. Among the specimens lost from its museum collection was a skeleton of an ichthyosaur – an extinct marine reptile that appeared millions of years before dinosaurs laid their first footprints on prehistoric soil.
According to estimates published by Eurostat, the annual inflation rate for Cyprus is expected to come to 8.6% in October.
New loans provided by Cypriot banks rose by 217 million euros in September compared with August, driven upward mainly by corporate loans over €1 million that rose by €127.6 million.
The UN Security Council recently extended the mandate of the UN mission to Libya – known as UNSMIL – for another year, a move welcomed by Greek diplomats.
Before getting involved with the Maria Callas Museum, architect and museologist Erato Koutsoudaki loved classical music but was not much of an opera fan.
Olympiakos’ miserable run in Europe this year came to a close on Thursday with a 2-0 defeat at home to Nantes for the Europa League.
Independent international observers find that the Greek state’s spending on public education is not resulting in a corresponding level of service.