Greece will receive some aid this year through the European Union’s emergency support fund for natural disasters, while more support is expected in 2024, Paolo Gentiloni, the European Commissioner for the economy, said on Monday.
Shipping Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis announced his resignation on Monday, a few days after the death of a ferry passenger who was forcefully pushed off a ferry in Piraeus last week.
Locomondo, the renowned reggae, ska and Latin act, commemorates two decades of performances at the Faliro Summer Theater.
The restoration of the region of Thessaly in central Greece which flooded after storm Daniel brought unprecedented amounts of rain, is a “European challenge,” the European Commission Vice President for Protecting the European Way of Life Margaritis Schinas, told state-run broadcaster ERT on Monday.
The water of Pineios River in central Greece started to recede on Monday but remained above safety levels, three days after it burst its banks.
Two of the four crew members of the Blue Horizon ferry arrested for their involvement in the death of a passenger were jailed until their trial early Monday morning, after testifying before an investigative magistrate.
A firefighter carries a resident from a village bordering the Pineios River on the Thessaly Plain, which turned into a vast lake, and where in some areas only the roofs of the houses protruded.
Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera won Greece’s Acropolis Rally on Sunday to stretch his world championship lead over team mate Elfyn Evans to 33 points with three rounds remaining.
The flood control projects in Thessaly, which were launched after the disaster caused by the Ianos weather front in September 2020, remained on paper, with the Regional Authority of Thessaly tasked with their implementation citing bureaucracy.