An interministerial meeting will be held on Sunday in view of the new weather emergency forecast at the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Ministry. All relevant stakeholders, including metereologists and security forces representatives, to update data on impending heavy rain and storms and coordinate civil protection.
A police officer accused of having an instrumental role in a drug-dealing racket is among three suspects arrested in a Hellenic Police (ELAS) operation last week, the force said in a press release on Saturday.
The Democracy & Culture Foundation and The New York Times are organizing next week, from Wednesday to Friday, the annual Athens Democracy Forum (ADF).
The Thessaly Water Directorate announced on Thursday a temporary swimming ban for all coasts of the Magnesia and Larissa regions, central Greece, excluding the beaches in Northern Sporades, after the floods caused by the deadly storm Daniel.
Coming-of-age drama “Arkoudotripa” (The Bearcave) is as pleasing to the eye as it is to the soul. After winning the Golden Dionysos for Best Film at the 46th Drama International Short Film Festival (DISFF) earlier this month, its two directors spoke to Kathimerini English Edition about their distinctively behind-the-scenes film.
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis participated in a trilateral meeting with his counterparts Constantinos Kombos of Cyprus and Sameh Shoukry of Egypt during the 78th UN General Assembly meeting in New York.
By the end of the year, the tax administration will activate the early warning system for debtors.
Using “traditional” methods of digging the earth, clearing branches and leaves and chopping tree trunks, dozens of residents from the Pomak villages of Petrolofos and Sidirochori, together with forest workers, managed to save 10,000 hectares of woodland by creating a 10-13-km-long containment zone during the devastating wildfires in Evros, northeastern Greece.
Pope Francis on Saturday condemned “belligerent nationalisms” and called for a pan-European response to migration to stop the Mediterranean, where thousands have drowned, from becoming “the graveyard of dignity.”
Greek consumers mainly order clothes, shoes, but also ready-made food from the internet.