Greek authorities are introducing a number of measures to regulate traffic ahead of snowstorm Filipos on Wednesday. Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides is also holding a meeting to coordinate the government’s response to the extreme weather. Measures being considered include the banning of all Large Good Vehicles from entering the Attiki Odos…
A total of 5,878 Ukrainian refugees, of whom 1,853 are minors, have arrived in Greece since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to data from the Hellenic Police (ELAS) released Wednesday.
The European Union has agreed to impose sanctions on 14 more Russian oligarchs, freeze relations with Belarus’ central bank and curb three top lenders in that country, the EU Commission said on Wednesday.
European Union governments are preparing a new round of travel bans and asset freezes on some 100 Russians over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and a decision could come later on Wednesday, the EU’s top diplomat said.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that the government plans to continue its support for businesses and households buckling under soaring energy prices.
Teams of Greece’s competition authority have been conducting unannounced inspections in the offices of several construction companies in Attica on Wednesday, as part of an investigation into joint ownerships in the construction sector.
Supermarkets and their suppliers consider a new round of price hikes on basic food products to be inevitable, this time as a result of the new conditions created by the war in Ukraine.
Snowy conditions and unseasonably low temperatures prevailed in much of Greece on Wednesday, as the arrival of storm Filippos brought snow even at low altitudes as well as rainstorms further south.
The war in Ukraine has found Turkey stuck in a balancing act between the West, Ukraine, and Russia as it’s entangled geographically, economically, politically, and militarily with the war’s protagonists.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that the bloc has bought enough liquefied natural gas that it should be independent of Russian imports up until the end of the winter.