Loan repayments to freeze for those affected by floods in central Greece announced the president of the Hellenic Banks Association (HBA) Vassilis Rapanos on Wednesday, after a meeting with Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis.
The Greek state is sick and needs to be rebuilt from scratch. But since we can’t push a button and call a timeout we have to fix what we can as fast as we can.
Fisherman Vancho Vasilevski’s boat frequently runs aground when he sails on Lake Prespa, one of Europe’s oldest lakes and home to more than 2,000 species of fish, birds, mammals, and plants, in a sign of how much water the lake is losing.
The body of an identified male was found by the coast guard on Mourtia Beach in southern Pilio on Wednesday.
A 62-year-old man was arrested in the northern town of Drama on Wednesday for illegal hoarding of ancient artifacts.
A fire started on the island of Skyros, part of the Sporades archipelagos, after 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.
A nine-year-old with mobility impairment was forgotten on a school bus in Thessaloniki northern Greece for four hours after the adults in charge neglected to help him off the bus.
The inhabitants of the flooded areas of Thessaly are facing great price hikes, with many instances of profiteering.
This summer, hundreds of people drowned when a ship packed with migrants sank off the coast of the southwestern Peloponnese. Dozens of Croatian hooligans defied bans, crossed the length of Greece without impediment to reach Athens, where they clashed with AEK soccer fans; a 29-year-old Greek man was killed in the brawl.
The European Union’s chief executive said Wednesday that her services will launch a major series of policy reviews to ensure that the 27-nation bloc can still function properly as it invites in new members in coming years.