Tourists and laborers seek respite as Greece and Balkans gripped by heatwave
Laborers were pausing outdoor work and tourists seeking out shade on Tuesday as Greece sweltered under its third heatwave of the summer.
Halkidiki authorities crack down on beachgoers calling ‘dibs’
Authorities at a popular holiday destination in Halkidiki, northern Greece, on Tuesday removed dozens of umbrellas and loungers from Gerakini beach, placed there by locals calling “dibs” on their spot on the sand.
Greece’s tricky Libyan balancing act
Libya’s internationally recognized government decided, at Turkey’s behest, to torpedo Greece’s efforts to maintain a balanced approach between the two rival sides of the war-torn country.
Servicers to sell 8,000 houses
Servicers are expected to put around 8,000 residential properties on the market in the next two years. These are properties for which the legalization and normalization process will be completed in the coming months.
With heatwaves on the rise, can Greek homes adapt?
Today we’re bringing on Alexia Kalaitzi, an award-winning journalist and features reporter for Kathimerini, who joins Thanos Davelis in the middle of another Greek heatwave as we look into the question: How hot is too hot when you’re inside your own home?
Course of Freedom leader referred to Ethics Committee
Zoe Konstantopoulou, head of the Course of Freedom party, was referred to the Parliament’s Ethics Committee on Tuesday following a heated verbal altercation during a plenary debate on the referral of former transport minister Kostas Karamanlis over the Tempe train disaster.
Crew safe after firefighting helicopter makes emergency landing
A firefighting helicopter operating over a wildfire in Aspropyrgos, west Attica, was forced to make an emergency sea landing in the Bay of Elefsina on Tuesday.
Fugitive Moldovan oligarch implicated in $1 billion bank fraud detained in Greece
Vladimir Plahotniuc, a fugitive Moldovan oligarch implicated in a $1 billion bank fraud and other illicit schemes, has been detained in Greece, Moldova’s national police said.
Public Tender “Procurement of software packages”
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Greek minister calls on EU to take hard line on migration
Europe needs to prioritize deportations and create pre-departure holding centers outside the bloc if it wants to stem migrant inflows, Greece’s minister for migration and asylum told EU counterparts on Tuesday.