Police on Sunday arrested the safety manager and two other employees of a construction company in connection with the collapse of a section of a motorway bridge at the entrance to the city of Patras, in southern Greece, that killed one person and injured at least 12 more.
Several mayors have risen up against legislation allowing taller buildings in many areas provided they meet certain environmental standards. The mayors claim that this legislation, voted in 2012 and 2021, will degrade the urban environment in their cities and that the coexistence of buildings of various heights “distorts” the building environment. Returning to the previous…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed her support for Greece as it tackles a series of huge wildfires in a phone call to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday.
A large fire broke out in the northern part of the island of Corfu on Sunday afternoon, adding yet another tourist destination to those affected by large wildfires.
An “immeasurable environmental disaster” is taking place in the last six days on the island of Rhodes, center-left PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis said in on Sunday.
Tourists wait for departing planes at the airport, after being evacuated following a wildfire on the island of Rhodes, Greece, on July 23, 2023.
Britain’s easyJet said on Sunday it was operating flights as normal to Rhodes but was closely monitoring the wildfires on the Greek island.
Firefighters were struggling through the night to contain 82 wildfires across Greece, 64 of which started Sunday, the hottest day of the summer so far.
Just over one in five Greeks (21 percent) has opened a ChatGPT account, according to a survey by market research firm Focus Bari.
The Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece has long been a tourist hotspot. However, businesses there now seem to be adopting the kind of pricing policies seen on islands such as Mykonos and Santorini.