Greek firefighters battled a blaze on the islands of Kos for a second day on Tuesday, as hundreds of tourists and locals who had been forced to evacuate overnight returned to their hotels and homes.
The government is considering a series of measures in order to increase the supply of properties for long-term rental, including higher taxes and interventions to contain short-term rentals and the number of vacant houses.
Piraeus continues to show the largest increase in the asking prices for sale and rent of houses in the second quarter of the year, according to the Spitogatos Property Index (SPI).
“Uber Boat” in Greece will expand from the island of Mykonos, where it was launched last year, to Athens, Corfu, and Santorini, allowing visitors to travel to beach clubs and reach remote locales, the company said.
The Athens Philharmonia Orchestra will perform the music of legendary composers Hans Zimmer and John Williams at the Lycabettus Theater on July 9-10.
A fire broke out in an apartment in the Athenian district of Agious Anargyrous on Tuesday afternoon.
Some 240 firefighters from Bulgaria, Malta, Moldova and Romania will be stationed in Greece from early July until the middle of September to help the country combat wildfires, it was reported on Tuesday.
Expert Sinan Ciddi joins Thanos Davelis to look into the latest “warning” from Ankara to Nicosia, which comes after Hezbollah threatened Cyprus. We also dig into the Turkey-Hezbollah connection, and look at what role Ankara will likely play in any potential conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Is the leeway the European Commission has given to Greece to increase public spending by 3 billion euros per year enough to cover the new support measures that will be included in 2025 budget?
With the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s bloody invasion of Cyprus coming up on July 20, Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler on Tuesday said his country is preparing to celebrate what he said was a “peace operation.”