A six-year-old girl has drowned while swimming at a beach in Corinthia. The girl had gone for a swim at Kalamaki beach with her father. Local media said the girl was pulled from the sea unconscious and rushed to hospital by ambulance, where she was pronounced dead.
Firefighters dealt with 42 new forest fires in the 24 hours up to 6 p.m. on Monday, the Fire Service said on Monday.
A cash-for-passports scheme discontinued by Cyprus in 2020 after a political furor cost the state hundreds of millions of euros in lost revenues from misdirected tax breaks, an independent watchdog said on Monday.
A new natural gas discovery off Cyprus’ southern coast that is estimated to contain around 2.5 trillion cubic feet of the hydrocarbon bolsters Europe’s efforts to secure alternative energy sources, the Cypriot energy ministry said Monday, as a supply crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to trouble the continent.
The success of Greek athletes in winning medals at European Championships “fills us with pride and moves us emotionally,” President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said on Monday.
The Greek Parliament’s Committee on Institutions and Transparency will convene on August 24 to discuss the recent wiretapping case before the subject is brought to the House on August 26 to be debated by the leaders of the political parties, as decided by the Parliament’s Conference of Presidents that met on Monday.
Greece’s Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) will convene to discuss the border control of Evros on Tuesday in a regularly scheduled meeting at the Maximos Mansion.
Foreign media are tracking a story on the Cypriot government’s aspirations to obtain Iron Dome, Israel’s field-tested defense system, but news and sources piling up over the weekend suggest the island’s neighbor warming up to Turkey and the war in Ukraine could tell a more complicated story.
Energy issues dominated talks during Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ first official visit to Qatar on Monday. According to government sources, the visit is indicative of the strong interest of both sides in further enhancing bilateral relations, especially during the current time of regional instability and energy crisis.