Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is due to travel to Rome on Sunday at the invitation of his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, to attend a conference on immigration and growth that brings together heads of state and influential personalities from across the Mediterranean region.
Efi Achtsioglou, the former social security minister and considered the front-runner in the race to succeed Alexis Tsipras as SYRIZA leader, has proposed that not only party members but also party supporters should be allowed to participate in the September 10 ballot.
Greece’s power network is under control, despite being tested by high temperatures and increased demand, as well as the multiple forest fire fronts.
Greece will face not one but two heatwave episodes by the end of July, meteorologists warn. Temperatures are set to top 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in several regions Thursday. The Athens area will see 40C, while in the interior of the Central Greece and Thessaly regions, it will reach 43C.
A fire was reported in an agricultural and wooded area in the wider region of the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Thursday.
Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis met with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock in Brussels on Thursday, where both ministers are attending the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union.
New cases of SARS-CoV-2 over the week of July 10-16 were slightly up compared to the previous week, according to the weekly report by the National Public Health Organization (EODY), published on Thursday.
Deputy Defense Minister Nikos Hardalias and Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff General Konstantinos Floros travelled to Cyprus on Thursday to attend the memorial services marking 49 years since the invasion of the island by Turkish Forces in 1974.
The case of a contract to build or upgrade remote control and signaling systems for Greek railways has been transmitted to Parliament to determine the culpability of two former transport ministers for the delays in its implementation.
Grivalia Hospitality aspires to turn the ‘Voula Project’ into one of the most luxurious private clubs in the Mediterranean.