The Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection announced on Tuesday the beginning of damage assessment in buildings and businesses affected by the fire in northeastern Attica. The project is being carried out in collaboration with the Region of Attica and the municipalities.
One’s first reaction to disaster is a mix of emotions, from sadness and frustration to anger, and the expression of hatred.
Greece’s stock market reclaimed the 1,400-point mark Tuesday after six sessions.
The Interior Ministry has allocated emergency funding to eight municipalities in Attica affected by recent wildfires.
Almost 650 citizens have been given temporary hotel accommodation following the devastating fires that swept northeast Attica since Sunday.
Cypriot Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos has said that Nicosia has completed preparations for potential evacuations of foreigners from Lebanon and Israel, amid fears of a potential escalation in the Middle East.
An eight-year-old girl has drowned in a swimming pool in a campsite in the Halkidiki peninsula in the north of the country.
Bulgarian authorities have seized some 436 kilograms of heroin at the Black Sea port of Burgas, the district prosecutor’s office said on Monday.
Firefighters battled scattered fires on Tuesday in hopes of containing the remains of a major wildfire that burned into the northern suburbs of Athens, triggering multiple evacuations and leaving at least one person dead.
Turkish authorities have apparently refused to permit a religious service to take place to mark the Dormition of the Virgin on August 15 at the former Orthodox Christian Sumela Monastery but say it may take place eight days later, on August 23.