A second report by Greece’s Fire Service has attributed a wildfire near a nursing home in Patra to “spotting,” not arson, according to information obtained by Kathimerini. Two men, aged 21 and 25, are in pretrial detention over the case.
The Athens Medical Association requested case files from prosecutors and the Ippokrateio Hospital after a cardiac surgery director was arrested for allegedly accepting bribes from patients.
The Minister of National Economy and Finance Kyriakos Pierrakakis met with the presidium of the Supreme Confederation of Large Families on Tuesday. The meeting presented the key measures of the new tax reform concerning large families.
Most interest so far has come from the United Kingdom, where the government held a promotional event in May.
In recent years, searching for a summer holiday in Greece, I’ve turned my back on the sea. Icons of carefree fun since the 1960s, the beaches and islands now come with heat waves, forest fires, crowds and inflated prices.
The European Union’s 150 billion euros in cheap loans for defense projects have been fully taken up by a total of 19 EU countries, including Greece and Cyprus, with Poland securing the biggest portion of the loans, the European Commission said on Tuesday.