Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sent a letter to his Greek counterpart, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, to express solidarity in the wake of the devastating wildfires and floods that have struck Greece over the past month.
Mastic, a unique product from the Greek island of Chios, has been at the heart of the island’s economy for centuries, linking it and Greece to the rest of the world, particularly the Middle East.
The head of Greece’s National Organization for Public Health (EODY) resigned on Wednesday. According to Health Ministry sources, Theoklis Zaoutis’ departure is part of a series of administrative changes at EODY.
An additional budget of 500-600 million euros is being earmarked by the government to cover recovery needs in flood-struck central Greece, according to Finance Ministry sources.
Wardruna is an atmospheric Norwegian music group with melodies that resonate with the echoes of ancient string instruments, ceremonial horns, and the primal rhythms of animal-hide drums.
The devastating Thessaly floods appear to have finally ruled out the possibility of including a regulation for building outside zoning areas in upcoming draft laws, Kathimerini understands.
A Labor Ministry bill foresees the possibility of self-employed people with debts to the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) of between 20,000 and 30,000 euros receiving 40% of their pension.
The US State Department has sent the message to the Albanian authorities that Washington expects the rule of law to be respected in the case of the jailed mayor-elect of the predominantly ethnic-Greek city of Himare, Fredi Beleri.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday called for an investigation into the potential mismanagement of thousands of euros in funding for anti-flooding and other work in central Greece’s flood-struck Thessaly region.
The transport of products in the country is being carried out with great difficulty as the national highway connecting Athens and Thessaloniki remains flooded by the waters of the Pinios River at Girtoni for a fourth day.