Agricultural fraud scandal reaches Parliament
The spiraling agricultural fraud scandal is expected to dominate the agenda this week, as Parliament votes on whether to form an investigative committee and new revelations continue to emerge.
Greece awaiting Turkey’s marine park response
The announcement last Monday by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of two marine parks, one each in the Aegean and Ionian seas, was criticized by Turkey as a unilateral move that changes nothing in the bilateral legal disputes over the Aegean. Now Greece is awaiting Ankara’s riposte in the form of its own sea parks.
GCM cultural and educational tour to Athens confirmed for September
The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) has announced the return of its educational and cultural student tour to Athens this September, further cementing the strong ties between Greece and the Greek Australian diaspora.
Wildfire in Western Macedonia burns for third day
A wildfire that broke out on Saturday evening in Eordaia, in the Kozani regional unit of Western Macedonia, continued to burn for a third consecutive day on Monday, authorities said.
Melbourne Greek School students visit historic Bonegilla migrant center
Senior students studying Modern Greek at the Greek Community of Melbourne Schools and St John’s College visited the Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Center on Sunday as part of their curriculum on migration.
2 volunteers die fighting Turkey wildfires, raising deaths to 17 since late June
The death toll from wildfires outside the city of Bursa in northwest Turkey rose to four late Sunday after two volunteer firefighters died.
Calls intensify for tighter ATV rules
A string of deadly ATV accidents on the Greek islands has revived calls for tighter regulation, as experts warn that many drivers are untrained and current licensing rules are insufficient.
Serious arson cases stuck in cogs of justice system
More than 20 wildfires from 2024 – including two that resulted in fatalities – are still sitting on a prosecutor’s desk months after the Fire Service’s Arson Crime Unit (DAEE) found reasonable suspicion of criminal responsibility, Kathimerini has learned.
PM said to be mulling higher electoral threshold
Despite assurances from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that the next general election will be held at the end of the government’s four-year term under the current electoral law – which sets a 3% threshold for parliamentary entry – analysts expect he will come under renewed internal pressure to raise the threshold to 5%.
Armed Forces plan foresees self-sufficient army units on islands
Plans for the radical redeployment of Greece’s Armed Forces include making smaller units stationed on the Aegean islands entirely self-sufficient, capable, among others, of producing their own food, energy and drinkable water.