Small desalination plants will provide drinking water to islands
The government will spend more than €9 million to provide drinkable water to 61 island municipalities through mostly small desalination plants.
How to keep subsidizing electricity?
The Special Common Utility Services Account is almost always running a deficit, but lately this has been creeping up toward €300 million, leaving the government in a bind: Will it directly fund the deficit or will it pass the bill on to electricity consumers?
Resistant illegality
It is not enough to simply identify unauthorized construction in coastal areas. The attribution of responsibility must then be completed and not be lost in endless bureaucracy.
Cartoon (14/08/25)
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Construction on the islands getting worse every year
It’s the same situation – or almost the same – every summer, with any change being, unfortunately, for the worse. The situation on the Greek islands, instead of improving, is worsening.
Emergency alert issued for scattered Achaia fire fronts
Firefighters continued to tackle several scattered fronts in the Achaia region of northwestern Peloponnese on Thursday evening, two days after fires erupted in the area, with one active blaze advancing toward the settlement of Romanos.
Pension system under threat
Greece is facing a demographic crisis that sees the productive segment of its population shrinking and the numbers of the aged and, mostly, retired swelling.
Government makes relief measures top priority
The “day after” in wildfire-ravaged regions has become the government’s top priority, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis directing a rapid assessment of damage and the immediate activation of relief measures.
Wildfires kill three across southern Europe, force thousands to evacuate
Hundreds of firefighters battled to put out wildfires across southern Europe on Thursday, some of which are believed to have been set deliberately by arsonists and stoked by an extended heat wave gripping the region.
‘Today we are at a point where we hide our nationality’
Shortly before our scheduled appointment, Eshkol (not his real name) calls me on the phone. He sounds agitated, wants to cancel our interview, apologizes for having to do it at the “last minute.”