Of the 146 houses that have so far been earmarked for demolition following a large wildfire that swept through northeastern Attica last week, 80% had not cleared their plots of combustible materials, government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said on Wednesday.
The tragedy in Pefkohori, Halkidiki in northern Greece on Monday, when a 19-year-old was fatally injured after being ejected from a spinning-chair ride because his seat broke, has raised questions regarding how permits are granted and how inspections are carried out.
The mayor of Elliniko-Argyroupoli in southern Athens has launched a petition to impose community service on people found vandalizing public property or setting fire to forests.
Rain is expected today, Wednesday, in most areas of the country.
Despite some progress, Greece remains stuck in 20th place among the 27 European Union members on innovation, according to the annual “European Innovation Scoreboard” report released by the European Commission.
Greece said on Tuesday it would offer emergency compensation totalling millions of euros to hundreds of households and businesses affected by a blaze that killed one woman and torched 10,000 hectares near Athens.
Turkey’s central bank held interest rates steady at 50% for a fifth straight month on Tuesday, as expected, and repeated that it remains vigilant to inflation risks even as it expects disinflation to gain pace.
Evangelos Mytilineos, head of metals and energy group Metlen, has asked the EU to make certain European companies get access to rare earth metals.
The number of containers traveling through the port of Piraeus continued to decline in July as a result of the unstable situation in the Red Sea, where the Houthis of Yemen continue to attack merchant shipping.
The Culture Ministry’s All of Greece One Culture program continues for an eighth week (August 19-25) with 10 new productions at unique archaeological sites, monuments and museums.