The state appears inconsistent with the commitments made to restore legality in Mykonos and as a result arbitrary constructions are continuing with impunity, according to a letter sent in May by the island’s Mayor Christos Veronis to the Ministry of the Interior, describing the “deadlock” with the municipality’s planning department.
A fire that erupted northeast of Athens on Sunday has spread to Mount Penteli, just north of the Greek capital, prompting the evacuation of several settlements.
The Pan-Pontian Federation of Greece issued a statement at the weekend about a song sung by a Turkish-Cypriot singer Isin Karaca during an event organized in the central square of Komotini in northwestern Greece on August 4 as an “unacceptable provocation” and a “direct insult,” as it references the destruction of Smyrna.
Last year’s major natural disasters that hit Greece’s breadbasket in Thessaly were a wake-up call. The climate crisis requires a redesign of the management of natural resources and new methods of sustainable and resilient development of the primary sector.
The smell of smoke and soot pervaded Athens, with the sky darkening as a wildfire burned northeast of the Greek capital on Sunday
The Palace of Knossos, the seat of the legendary King Minos on the southern island of Crete, has received visitors to the tune of more than 5,000 daily since early August.
Α wildfire in western Attica has been contained, but another, northeast of Athens, is still developing, the Fire Service’s spokesman says.
Residents in two areas near Athens were ordered to evacuate on Sunday as dozens of firefighters battled to contain blazes fuelled by strong winds and hot temperatures.
An elderly woman was arrested Saturday for allegedly starting fires in dry grass near Oropos, East Attica.
A wildfire erupted Sunday afternoon in a forested area of Megara, West Attica, triggering an evacuation alert.