Firefighters are batting multiple wildfires across Turkey, with a large blaze in the northwestern province of Canakkale burning for a second day after hundreds of residents were evacuated in precaution.
A man who tried to collect a parcel containing more than five kilos of cannabis at Athens’ international airport was arrested, police said on Tuesday.
Police on Tuesday stopped traffic bound for Corinth on the Athens-Corinth national highway due to a road accident near the Elefsina tolls, in which a truck veered off course for unknown reasons.
After years of delays, the redevelopment of the Faliro Bay waterfront is moving forward with the launch a few days ago of the second-phase construction tender by the Attica Region.
Firefighting forces on Tuesday were battling multiple blazes in western Greece, including the islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos and areas near the coastal towns of Vonitsa and Preveza, with dozens of residents told to evacuate settlements in the path of the fires.
With several blazes burning throughout Greece on Tuesday morning, firefighters were focusing on the three larger ones on islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos, and the wider area of Vonitsa in western Greece.
A 25-year-old tourist fell off a cliff of Lycabettus Hill in central Athens on Tuesday, news site skai.gr reported. The severity of his injuries was not immediately clear.
Greek unions are organizing a rally at Greece’s largest port on Thursday morning to protest the scheduled arrival of an Israeli cruise ship.
The four biggest Greek banks – Alpha, Eurobank, National and Piraeus – have announced they will pay an interim dividend totaling €640 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, either in cash or share buybacks.
Opposition parties are intensifying pressure on the government over summer wildfires, rising prices and everyday hardships. Statements, announcements and parliamentary questions will be taken up when Parliament reconvenes.