Greek police has identified two more Turkish nationals as suspects in the double murder of two of their compatriots in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada last December.
The Greek economy grew 2.2% in the first quarter, provisional data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) showed on Friday.
The exodus from Athens reached peak figures on Saturday, with a sharp surge in traffic on major highways and at ports serving the city from the morning hours.
It started out like any other day at the office. The employees took their seats and put on their headsets, ready for a nine-hour shift. The day’s first round of calls to potential investors in Gulf countries began 10 a.m. on Friday, May 16. Just 10 minutes later, the police burst in.
International passenger traffic at Athens’ main airport has increased by 11% since the beginning of the year, to 8,387,287 travelers.
Fifty migrants were rescued off the coast of the small island of Gavdos, in southern Greece, on Saturday, the Coast Guard said.
The region of Attica, Greece’s most populous, has lost 70% of its forests in the last 25 years, Professor Efthymios Lekkas, geologist and head of the state-run Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization, said on Saturday.
As Europe faces increasing pressure over access to fresh water, the problem has become particularly acute in Greece.
Greece is racing to establish new protection measures for Gyaros Island after current safeguards expire in early July, officials have announced.
Starting June 16, all 120,000 monthly patients who visit Greece’s national health fund (EOPYY) pharmacies will be able to receive high-cost medications at home – and even at their vacation homes – free of charge, authorities announced.