Turkey will not allow any projects that disregard its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean or bypass the required coordination with the country, Turkish Defense Ministry sources said on Thursday, following a weekly press briefing.
An increasing percentage of renewable energy production is literally thrown away, especially at times when demand is low, raising questions about the viability of both old and new renewable energy source (RES) projects, but also about the secure operation of the power grid and its cost that is borne by electricity consumers.
A fire broke out on Thursday afternoon in a forested area of Viotia, central Greece, as the country’s weather service warned that winds will pick up to reach gale-force by Friday.
The National Garden in central Athens has been closed to the public due to strong winds, the Municipality of Athens announced on Thursday morning.
A 30-year-old man wanted in connection with a bloody shooting incident at a beach bar in Halkidiki in August 2024, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Thessaloniki.
Banks will stop applying fees for cash withdrawals from ATMs operated by Greek lenders as of next Monday (August 11), the finance ministry said.
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake shook the region of Messinia, in the Peloponesse, southern Greece, on Thursday, the Athens Geodynamic Institute said.
Gale-force winds are expected in Greece in the coming days, with gusts reaching up to 9 on the Beaufort scale, the National Meteorological Service (EMY) said in a weather bulletin Thursday.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has launched a preliminary investigation into former New Democracy official Kalliopi Semertzidou and family members, following a report that they allegedly received 2.5 million euros in EU farm subsidies from the troubled Greek agricultural payments organization, OPEKEPE.
Egypt’s reaction in the form of a note verbale to Greece’s maritime spatial planning (MSP) published last April is an “an expected reaction,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.