Greece will face Slovakia this weekend in a Davis Cup match at the Kallimarmaro Stadium in Athens and Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas stressed that the team’s efforts “will also be for the people affected by the deadly floods in Thessaly.”
The Hellenic Armed Forces’ more direct and active involvement in civil protection and institutional changes are on the horizon, as part of the government’s effort to strengthen response capabilities in the event of catastrophic weather events like storm Daniel.
Greece is in a better position for this coming winter than it was last year, as a national threat assessment report for the coming winter does not indicate a significant lack of natural gas supplies in the country, Deputy Environment and Energy Minister Alexandra Sdoukou said in Warsaw on Thursday.
One lane in each direction of the main highway connecting Greece’s north and south was opened to traffic on Friday evening, Fire Brigade spokesperson Yiannis Artopios said during a daily briefing in Larrissa.
The extended pre-trial detention of an ethnic Greek Albanian citizen who was elected mayor of the town of Himare and his inability to be sworn in in prison is “casting serious shadow” on the relations between the two countries, Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Oikonomou said on Friday.
Karditsa Municipality crews disinfect streets and standing water to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in central Greece. With water still covering large areas and animal carcasses scattered across fields, the health threat in the aftermath of the flooding caused by storm Daniel remains acute.
A Turkish national named Suleyman D who was arrested at Athens International Airport on Monday evening had played an active role in the killing of six Turks in the town of Artemida in East Attica earlier that afternoon, according to investigators.
Julius Robert Oppenheimer was a surprising outsider when he took over as director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. And yet he accomplished the mission that culminated in the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
Two crew members accused of involvement in the death of a ferry passenger on 5 September were released on conditions on Friday, following a decision by the judicial council of misdemeanors,
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Maria Callas, three leading cultural organizations in Thessaloniki are organizing an impressive opera gala.