Crete: Villagers ordered to evacuate homes as wind fans fires
Residents of Saktouria and Kato Saktouria, in the Cretan prefecture of Rethymno, were instructed to evacuate their homes on Monday afternoon due to a forest fire in their area.
Holy Synod protests over baptism of gay couple’s children
The Holy Synod of Greece’s Orthodox Church unanimously voted on Monday to send a letter of protest to Archbishop of America Elpidophoros over his decision to baptize the twin children of a same-sex couple in the Athens suburb of Glyfada last week.
Bulgaria’s president asks third party to form a government
If the coalition talks fail, which analysts say is more than likely, the president must dissolve parliament, appoint a caretaker government, and schedule another early parliamentary election,
Justice under pressure
The mission of judges has become very difficult nowadays. Amid an angry and divided society and a highly polarized political landscape, judges are called upon to make decisions on high-profile cases that are laden with ulterior motives.
Energy Plan B is no cakewalk
Changing the energy mix is essential, but is also going to be expensive and difficult as lignite regains a leading role.
Erdogan says Turkey will freeze Finland, Sweden’s NATO bids if promises not kept
Turkey will freeze Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership bids if the Nordic countries do not keep promises on counter-terrorism made last month, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, adding he believed Sweden was “not showing a good image” for now.
Greece protests to Serbia, Ukraine over cargo plane crash, sources say
Greece has protested to Serbia and Ukraine for not being timely informed about the munitions cargo on board a Ukrainian aircraft which crashed near the northern city of Kavala on Saturday night, Greek diplomatic sources said on Monday.
The Israeli example
The mother of all battles has begun in the US Congress over the sale of F-16 fighter jets and modernization kits to NATO ally Turkey. It will not be an easy one.
Real estate powering a major redistribution of income
“‘Seasonal’ home on X island, 105 sq.m., on a plot of 4,584 sq.m., asking price 750,000 euros, objective value 73,731 euros.”
Anorexia clinic opens in Sismanoglio hospital
The Sismanoglio General Hospital in the northern Athens suburb of Vrilissia has inaugurated the country’s first public clinic for treating adult eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia.