The government is preparing interventions in the housing credit sector for this fall, with National Economy & Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis vowing that the government will continue to support vulnerable households.
The heatwave scorching much of Northern Hemisphere is putting human lives on the line and threatening power grids. Climate change is exacerbating weather extremes, making heatwaves more frequent and more severe worldwide.
By the time Walid al-Hajjar stormed his bank armed with a jug of gasoline, four lighters and a willingness to set himself on fire, his wife’s bone cancer was too far gone for him to save her.