A heavily pregnant woman who became trapped in her car during heavy rainfall on the Morea motorway in Arcadia was rushed to hospital by a police officer, where she gave birth shortly afterward.
Foresters say they are exasperated with the committees that examine citizens’ objections to forest maps – known by the acronym EPEA – claiming they have acquired a reputation for consistently vindicating private individuals against the state, even in seemingly clear-cut cases of forest encroachment.
Anyone trying to explain what’s going on in Western societies these days has only to point to two snapshots from the week that just went by.
The election of the new Turkish-Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman in the recent presidential election is a blow to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ambitions on the island, but his cadre is far from accepting defeat. Statements buzzing through the highest echelons of the Turkish government range from stifled disappointment to calls for annexation.
Former minister of rural development and food Spilios Livanos told the parliamentary committee investigating the OPEKEPE farm subsidy scandal that he faced insults and threats when he attempted to confront what he called a “subsidy glut” at the agency.
Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, during a speech in Parliament, has indirectly responded to criticism from former prime minister Antonis Samaras regarding the government’s handling of relations with Turkey and its proposal for a five-party conference on the Eastern Mediterranean.
The widespread culture in Crete not only feeds the famous vendettas among families that occasionally explode into violence. It also underpins a culture of delinquency that is sometimes indistinguishable from organized crime.
Three stations on Athens Metro Line 2 will be closing earlier than usual for about one month starting Tuesday due to rail replacement works, according to STASY.
Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis has declined to explicitly comment on the critical statements made against the government by former prime minister Antonis Samaras in a television interview.
An Athens appeals court has ordered two men convicted of the 2014 murder of acclaimed writer Menis Koumandareas back to prison, reinstating their life sentences after an earlier ruling that had reduced their punishment was overturned by the Supreme Court.