Wildfires erupt in eastern Attica due to lightning
Two wildfires ignited by lightning Friday afternoon are burning in Kalyvia Thorikou, East Attica.
Two wildfires ignited by lightning Friday afternoon are burning in Kalyvia Thorikou, East Attica.
A new round of ratings assessments for Greece’s debt will begin in September. DBRS will start on September 6, followed, a week later, by Moody’s, the only one of the credit rating agencies that has not bestowed an “investment grade” rating on Greece.
Legendary Greek composer and conductor Stavros Xarchakos teams up with renowned singers Miltos Paschalidis, Dimitris Basis and Iro Saia, along with a large orchestra of top soloists, to play his timeless melodies at Alsos Theater (Pedion tou Areos) on October 3.Tickets start from 10 euros at more.com
While summer may be winding down, water scarcity, overcrowded streets and rising housing costs are infuriating locals across southern European countries – especially those that rely on tourism.
The Municipality of Volos warned the public on Friday against swimming in eight of its beaches to protect public health, after thousands of dead fish appeared at the city’s coast and port.
A salvage operation to recover a Greek registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants is expected to start in coming days barring any major upset, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
The intense thunderstorms that hit the island of Evia, central Greece, on Friday morning have caused four fires, the Fire Service said.
Former SYRIZA spokesperson Popi Tsapanidou was sworn in as state deputy of the main opposition party at the beginning of Friday’s session of the Plenary of the Parliament.
A survey by the Consumer Goods Retail Research Institute (IELKA) recorded negative inflation in supermarkets in August for the fourth consecutive month.
The Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) called on Thursday for the expedited completion of the planned Cyprus-Greece (Crete) electricity interconnection, the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), saying it represents “the great potential of the Eastern Mediterranean as a political, economic and energy region.”