Curfew in the city of Volos due to storm Elias
Traffic in the wider area of the city of Volos, central Greece was prohibited on Wednesday “due to the development of dangerous weather phenomena.”
EU Agriculture Commissioner’s visit to Thessaly rescheduled due to new storm
A visit to flood-stricken Thessaly by EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, initially scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed until October 5 as a new wave of wet weather is hitting the same region, Greece’s Agricultural Development and Food Minister Lefteris Avgenakis announced.
Spercheios River overflows in Fthiotida as new storm pounds region
The region of Fthiotida in central Greece is on alert after Spercheios River burst its banks near the village of Frantzi, south of the city of Lamia, flooding adjacent agricultural lands.
Another race against time
The government is facing the challenge of absorbing more than 55 billion euros for the benefit of the economy in the next four to six years from the National Strategic Reference Framework (known as ESPA) and the Recovery Fund, and the first obstacles have already emerged.
ADAE members slated for replacement as vote on spy agency fine postponed
Changes are expected in the board of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) on Thursday, after Parliament President Konstantinos Tassoulas called for a meeting of the body that approves appointments in independent authorities.
Cyprus says Lebanon needs EU aid to deal with migration crisis
EU member Cyprus wants Brussels to offer financial and technical aid to Lebanon to help it cope with an influx of Syrian refugees and keep them from reaching the island, its interior minister said on Wednesday.
RES see their share expand
Net energy from renewables and large hydroelectrics in the first eight months of 2023 reached an all-time high of 16,683 gigawatt-hours, according to data from Greece’s transmission system operator, ADMIE, processed by The Green Tank.
A third of underground water is of poor quality
Over a third of Greece’s underground water is of poor quality, according to the 2022 annual report from the Hellenic Survey of Geology & Mineral Exploration (EAGME).
Europe heads more comfortably into winter without Russia’s Nord Stream gas
High levels of gas storage, lower energy prices and new sources of fuel mean Europe is heading into a second winter with scarce Russian gas in a more comfortable position than a year ago.
Theft at the British Museum puts spotlight on the Parthenon Sculptures
This summer it became known that more than 2,000 items were stolen from the British Museum over a long period of time.