The region of Attica, Greece’s most populous, has lost 70% of its forests in the last 25 years, Professor Efthymios Lekkas, geologist and head of the state-run Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization, said on Saturday.
As Europe faces increasing pressure over access to fresh water, the problem has become particularly acute in Greece.
Greece is racing to establish new protection measures for Gyaros Island after current safeguards expire in early July, officials have announced.
Starting June 16, all 120,000 monthly patients who visit Greece’s national health fund (EOPYY) pharmacies will be able to receive high-cost medications at home – and even at their vacation homes – free of charge, authorities announced.
Ηealth authorities have launched an internal investigation into a blood transfusion error that left a 62-year-old woman fighting for her life at Tzaneio Hospital in the port city of Piraeus.
As of Thursday, almost 320,000 declarations have been submitted online by property owners stating they have cleared their plots of vegetation for fire-protection purposes, as is required under the law.
The government is launching a comprehensive digital property registry system to combat widespread tax evasion in the real estate sector, addressing a longstanding problem where properties are declared vacant while simultaneously paying for electricity, water and utilities.
Two historic bastions at Patra Castle were officially opened to the public on Friday, following restoration works by the local ephorate of antiquities.
Upgrading the ports in the center of the country, is a “strategic priority” for the government, “both through the port concession contract to the private sector and by strengthening state ports,” Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Vassilis Kikilias told an event held on Thursday at the port of Stylida, near Lamia in central…
Alternate Finance Minister Nikos Papathanasis has signed financing agreements for 20 new projects within the framework of the INTERREG VI-A Greece-Cyprus Cooperation Program 2021-2027, with a total budget of 33.5 million euros.