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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
A 48-year old foreign national with five outstanding arrest warrants on charges of human trafficking was arrested in Argolida, southern Greece, police said on Thursday.
The Armed Forces were assisting the efforts to deal with the consequences of the latest storm that is pounding central Greece, Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said on Thursday.
The government plans to reform the outdated emergency response protocols following the extensive damage resulting from the flooding in the Thessaly region and the outbreak of Storm Elias, which affected many regions Wednesday, but hit central Greece hardest of all.
Dr. Spyros Economides, an Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics at the London School of Economics and Deputy Director of the Hellenic Observatory, joins Thanos Davelis to look into an ambitious economic corridor linking Europe with the Middle East and India via rail and sea.
The Cyprus economy has proven its resilience in recent years, and the competition among banks will strengthen it further, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Tuesday.