Air raid sirens to sound out on Monday as part of country-wide drill
Civil defense sirens are expected to go off all over Greece on Monday (Oct. 2) as part of an annual military and public warning exercise dubbed Parmenion.
Lifetime of memories ruined in flooded Greek village of Metamorfosi
In the mud and debris of the flooded village of Metamorfosi in central Greece, 60-year-old farmer Athanasios Kostis is throwing out the memories of a lifetime.
Storm Daniel repairs to cost €600 mln
Twenty days after Storm Daniel flooded the region of Thessaly, in central Greece, and the regional unit of Fthiotida, immediately to its south, causing extensive damage, the Transport and Infrastructure Ministry announced that damage to infrastructure alone would cost €600 million to repair or replace. According to the ministry, 70.2 kilometers of roads, 79 bridges…
This winter looks more secure in terms of energy supply
Greece is much better protected against a possible gas supply disruption than last winter.
Search operation underway to find passengers of helicopter that crashed off Evia
The helicopter that fell on Thursday morning off the coast of northern Evia, which is currently in the grip of storm Elias, was a private flight with possibly two people on board, according to sources.
SYRIZA leader accuses government of ‘institutional coup’ over ADAE replacements
The newly-elected leader of the main opposition, Stefanos Kasselakis, accused the government on Thursday of attempting an “institutional coup” through its changes to the boards of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) and of the National Council for Radio and Television (ESR).
Volos hospital floods, streams overflow
The huge amounts of water that fell on Volos during storm Elias flooded the local hospital and caused two streams to overflow on Thursday, making this the second time the city is called upon to deal with the aftermath of torrential rain in just 20 days.
Power outages, flooding in Volos as storm Elias sweeps though central Greece
Crews were struggling to restore power and water supply to a large part of the city of Volos in central Greece on Thursday after torrential rain hit several parts of the country, just a few weeks after another mega-storm flooded the same region.
Helicopter crashes into the sea off northern Evia, injuries unknown
A helicopter crashed off the northern coast of the island of Evia, in central Greece, on Thursday. It is not known how many people were on board and whether they survived.
Eighteen Volos residents rescued from storm spent night in ferry
A total of 18 people in the city of Volos who were rescued by the Fire Brigade after being trapped in their homes during the storm late on Wednesday, spent the night in the ferry Super Star anchored in the port.