Disaster on Rhodes
An aerial view of a beach bar and burned land in the background, as firefighters battled flames on Rhodes for a tenth successive day Thursday.
F-16s being moved from Nea Anchialos airbase
The Hellenic Air Force has begun to gradually move its F-16s stationed at the Nea Anchialos Air Base as wildfires have begun to threaten the base itself.
Specimens of the Soil | Santorini | July 28 – September 7
Sealed Earth Gallery (sealedearth.art) in Imerovigli on Santorini presents a group show featuring an array of talented Greek artists, including Panos Profitis, Tserionis Giorgos, Pavlidou Nasia and Hope.
Amazon joins tax battle too
The supply of data to tax authorities from digital platforms on the sale of goods and services has already been implemented in Greece in recent years.
Philoctetes | Epidaurus | July 28-29
The play by award-winning writer Christos Oikonomou, “Philoctetes,” is inspired by Sophocles’ classic work of the same name.
Greek wildfires trigger blasts at ammunition dump
Wildfires whipped on by strong winds triggered a series of major explosions Thursday at an air force ammunition dump in central Greece, but no injuries were reported as the site had been safely evacuated in advance, officials said.
Menendez says he has not changed opposition to Turkey F-16 sale
US Senator Bob Menendez said on Wednesday he still had concerns about the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, and had not changed his hold on the sale of the aircraft.
European Commission mobilizes nine firefighting planes for Greece
The European Commission announced on Thursday that it had mobilized a total of nine firefighting planes to contribute to efforts to put out the dozens of wildfires burning in the country.
Funeral of fallen pilot takes place in Kilkis
The funeral of 27-year-old Second Lieutenant Periklis Stefanidis, who died when a Canadair CL-215 firefighting plane crashed during operations on the island of Evia on Tuesday, took place in his hometown of Kilkis on Thursday.
Online platform aims to limit medicine shortages
There is a shortage of many pharmaceutical products and pharmacists fear that it will get worse over the winter, when respiratory illnesses will flare up again.