Two new wildfires broke out near the towns of Gytheio and Pyrgos, in the southern and western Peloponnese, respectively, on Wednesday afternoon, while a separate ongoing braze in west Attica has split in two fronts, the Fire Service said.
Households will be partly shielded from rising energy costs through state support measures as long as the global energy crisis lasts, Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said Tuesday.
The new floating storage unit (FSU) at the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Revithoussa, an islet west of Athens, will be operational by the end of August, Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said Wednesday.
The National Library of Greece (NLG), the custodian of the country’s literary heritage, has announced the acquisition of the Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851-1911) archive.
Amid the tensions that have arisen in the past few days between Kosovo authorities and Serbia, Athens has sought in various ways to help the two sides come to an understanding, while at the same time upgrading its cooperation with Pristina.
The head of Greek intelligence told a parliamentary committee his agency had spied on a journalist, two sources present said, in a disclosure that coincides with growing pressure on the government to shed light on the use of surveillance malware.
Turkish inflation, officially at an annual rate of 80%, is putting pressure on banks and other businesses, which have issued about 16 billion dollars in corporate bonds.
Turkish inflation rose to a fresh 24-year high of 79.6% in July, data showed on Wednesday as the lira’s continued weakness and global energy and commodity costs pushed prices higher, though the price rises came out below forecasts.
Greek police say they have rescued three Afghan migrants who had been held hostage in northern Greece, allegedly by four men who were extorting their families for money.
Greece may not be at risk of persistent inflation, at least not to the extent that other EU countries face, but is more vulnerable to the risk of stagflation – inflation combined with low growth – and this could affect its credit, rating agency Moody’s says.