Kotsovolos suitors are increasing
Electrical goods retailer Kotsovolos is up for sale by British group Currys and is seeing the number of potential suitors growing by the week.
European Ombudsman probes Frontex
European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly on Wednesday opened an own-initiative inquiry aimed at clarifying the role of Frontex, the European border control agency, in search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea following the drowning of hundreds of people in international waters off the coast of Greece on June 14.
Wildfire breaks out in Evia
A new fire broke out early on Thursday on the island of Evia, in the area of Kymi.
Blinken expresses condolences over deaths of Canadair pilots
US State Secretary Antony Blinken expressed his condolences to Greece over the deaths of two Canadair pilots who died after their plane crashed on the island of Evia, during a firefighting operation.
Concern over Magnesia wildfire as firefighters struggle to contain other blazes
Firefighters, police, volunteers and residents of the region of Magnesia in central Greece were fighting on Thursday a large wildfire that broke out in Velestino the day before, that has killed two people who did not manage to flee.
Most unaccompanied children failed to win asylum in Greece, NGO says
Fewer than a third of unaccompanied children succeeded in winning asylum in Greece last year, with the rest of the applications rejected or in limbo, aid agency Save the Children said in calling for better protection of those most vulnerable.
Extreme risk of fire for seven regions on Thursday
The General Secretariat of Civil Protection issued its daily fire risk prediction map, forecasting extreme risk of fire (risk category 5) for seven regions of Greece on Thursday.
Why going to the International Court is Greece’s best option
Constantinos Filis, the Director of the Institute of Global Affairs and an associate professor of international relations at the American College of Greece, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss his latest piece in Kathimerini in which he makes the case that going to the International Court at the Hague is Greece’s best option in order to…
EU plans to buy new firefighting planes as climate crises worsen
The European Union wants to sign contracts this year for up to 12 firefighting planes, the first it would fully own, to improve its ability to fight blazes fuelled by climate change, the bloc’s head of crisis management said.
Top court freezes two hotels in downtown Athens
The Council of State has ordered a freeze on the construction of two new hotels across the street from the National Archaeological Museum in downtown Athens following a complaint lodged by the Elliniki Etairia Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage and 23 individuals concerning their size.