International traffic at Athens airport up 11%
International passenger traffic at Athens’ main airport has increased by 11% since the beginning of the year, to 8,387,287 travelers.
International passenger traffic at Athens’ main airport has increased by 11% since the beginning of the year, to 8,387,287 travelers.
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.
Fifty migrants were rescued off the coast of the small island of Gavdos, in southern Greece, on Saturday, the Coast Guard said.
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.