Apartment catches fire in Agious Anargyrous
A fire broke out in an apartment in the Athenian district of Agious Anargyrous on Tuesday afternoon.
Some 240 foreign firefighters to be stationed in Greece this summer
Some 240 firefighters from Bulgaria, Malta, Moldova and Romania will be stationed in Greece from early July until the middle of September to help the country combat wildfires, it was reported on Tuesday.
Fiscal leeway question mark
Is the leeway the European Commission has given to Greece to increase public spending by 3 billion euros per year enough to cover the new support measures that will be included in 2025 budget?
Turkey’s goal in the ongoing Lebanon crisis
Expert Sinan Ciddi joins Thanos Davelis to look into the latest “warning” from Ankara to Nicosia, which comes after Hezbollah threatened Cyprus. We also dig into the Turkey-Hezbollah connection, and look at what role Ankara will likely play in any potential conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Turkish defense minister calls Cyprus invasion ‘peace operation,’ ahead of anniversary
With the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s bloody invasion of Cyprus coming up on July 20, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler on Tuesday said his country is preparing to celebrate what he said was a “peace operation.”
Athens sizzles with hottest June on record
Last month was the hottest June ever experienced by the Greek capital since meteorological records began in 1860, according to the National Observatory of Athens.
Man arrested for arson over Rafina blaze
A 38-year-old man was remanded into custody on Tuesday after responding to arson charges over a fire in Rafina in eastern Attica last Saturday.
Biopic on music legend Stelios Kazantzidis in the works
A biopic on the Greek music legend Stelios Kazantzidis (1931-2001) is currently being filmed in Athens, Piraeus and other locations in a Tanweer production directed by Yorgos Tsemberopoulos.
Storms coming to northeastern Greece, then sweeping south
The national weather service, EMY, issued an emergency bulletin on Tuesday warning of powerful storms starting in northwestern Greece on Wednesday and spreading south on Thursday, hitting several popular holiday destinations along the way.
Construction rackets under scrutiny in Athens assassination investigation
The police investigation into the Mafia-style assassination of a 54-year-old civil engineer in the northern Athens suburb of Neo Psychiko on Tuesday morning is reportedly focusing on the victim’s professional activities on popular holiday islands where illegal construction runs rampant.