A wildfire is blazing through low vegetation in Ano Glyfada, near south coastal Athens, and is heading towards Hymettus mountain from the end of Metsovo Road which is where it started, the Fire Brigade reported on Saturday afternoon.
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said that his ministry is “seeking to allocate fiscal leeway for new support measures to be taken in July,” speaking to OPEN TV station on Saturday.
European Union countries will be allowed to use money coming from the EU recovery fund, created to support post-pandemic economic growth, to boost their liquefied natural gas capacity (LNG), EU Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Saturday.
Greek authorities ordered a limited evacuation in the coastal suburb of Voula, southern Athens, on Saturday afternoon, as strong winds fanning a raging fire have changed its direction, threatening residential areas.
Recent aggressive rhetoric towards Greece from Turkey’s political leadership and Turkish flights over the Greek islands of the eastern Aegean reveal Ankara’s intention to escalate Turkish revisionism, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said in an interview published on Saturday.
An increasing number of places in Greece are becoming locations for international film shoots.
The Public Debt Management Agency announced on Friday that this Wednesday, June 8, it will auction 52-week treasury bills to the amount of 1 billion euros.
With Turkey escalating its provocations against Greece in the Aegean, we saw Germany once again – at least initially – call on “both sides” to reduce tensions.
Greek authorities are investigating the death of a 73-year-old woman who was found dead in her home on the island of Aegina, near Athens, on Saturday.