Four power workers to testify over Keratea wildfire
Four employees of Greece’s HEDNO power distribution network operator have been summoned to testify as suspects in connection with a wildfire near Athens last summer that killed one man.
Four employees of Greece’s HEDNO power distribution network operator have been summoned to testify as suspects in connection with a wildfire near Athens last summer that killed one man.
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias is traveling Thursday to neighboring NATO ally Bulgaria, which Athens has pledged to help shield against potential attack by Iranian ballistic missiles amid the US and Israeli bombings of Iran.
Greece is considering legislation to ban full-face coverings worn for religious reasons, Migration Minister Thanos Plevris told Parliament, though no framework has been finalized.
Farmers in northern Greece are planning a protest rally in Thessaloniki on Thursday afternoon, called to coincide with the inauguration of an agricultural expo at the northern port city’s fairgrounds.
The key Syntagma Square Athens metro station will close at 5:30 pm Thursday, police announced, shortly before a planned protest against the US and Israeli attacks on Iran that’s also expected to disrupt traffic in the city center.
A Greek-owned, Malta-flagged tanker caught fire after being struck by an explosive-laden unmanned surface vessel believed to be Iranian while operating in Iraqi waters, authorities and shipping sources said Thursday.
Overall clear skies are forecast for Thursday in most of Greece, with unseasonably high temperatures persisting and a chance of rain in the afternoon.
The United Nations Security Council late Wednesday adopted a resolution calling on Iran to immediately halt its attacks against Gulf states, warning that the strikes violate international law and pose a serious threat to international peace and security.
A taxi driver, aged 55, died in the early hours of Thursday after her cab was hit by another car in the southern Athens suburb of Voula.
Greece does not import natural gas from the Gulf region, therefore it does not face a market supply issue due to developments in the region, confirmed the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA).