Woman found dead in Pangrati with injuries from dog bites
A 60-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment in central Athens early Saturday morning, bearing wounds from dog bites on her face, state-run broadcaster ERT reported.
Erdogan looks to the West and the Gulf amid economic challenges
This month Turkey’s President Erdogan finally ended his opposition to Sweden’s NATO membership bid after months of brinkmanship and threats, while this week saw him travel to the oil-rich Gulf in a bid to attract investment and bolster his country’s ailing economy.
Mitsotakis visits firefighting units to thank crews, mechanics
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the Fire Service’s special aerial operations units at the Elefsina Air Base, the 383rd Special Operations & Air Firefighting Squadron, and the 355th Tactical Transport Squadron on Saturday to express his support for the crews fighting to contain numerous wildfires that have ravaged areas in Attica over the past week…
Turkish firefighting forces arrive in Athens
Two firefighting aircraft and one helicopter along with their nine-member crew that had been pledged by Turkey to help Greece fight the large wildfires that have scorched swathes of land around Athens arrived in Athens on Saturday.
Body of Japanese woman found floating off Serifos
Police is investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a 67-year-old Japanese woman whose body was found floating off the coast of the Cycladic island Serifos on Friday.
Deloitte report on green transition risks
Greek enterprises face a significant increase in credit risk from their transition toward the green economy, Deloitte Greece said in its “Transition Risk Exploratory Impact Assessment Exercise for Greek Large Corporates” risk advisory survey conducted by its Climate & Environmental Credit Analytics group.
Rhodes: Coast guard pursues migrant sailboat, arrests captain
A sailboat with 14 migrants onboard was located at sea east off the town of Kalathos, Rhodes, the coast guard reported on Friday.
Lesvos high-school students design prize-winning fire spotter
A devastating wildfire last summer inspired two students at the 5th General High School of Mytilene on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos to design a drone for detecting blazes.
Wildfires in Rhodes burn for fifth day as village evactuated
Firefighters on Rhodes are continuing to fight wildfires on the island for the fifth consecutive day, as residents were evacuated from a central village on Friday night. Villagers in Laerma received the 112 evacuation text message at around 10.30 p.m. At first light, firefighting aircraft resumed operations, assisting ground forces. Slovak firefighters have joined the…
Heatwave to peak again this weekend
After average temperatures of 36.3 and a high of 42.6 degrees Celsius recorded by the country’s weather stations on Friday, the mercury is expected to rise again slightly over the weekend and to reach 45C in places.