Severe weather alert issued for Tuesday
The National Meteorological Service (EMY) has issued an update to the emergency weather warning released on Tuesday.
The National Meteorological Service (EMY) has issued an update to the emergency weather warning released on Tuesday.
A sweeping investigation into a suspected protection racket involving brothels and gambling dens in Athens has led to the arrest of 19 individuals, including police officers and a businessman identified as the alleged mastermind.
Aiming to ease the pressure on Athens’ hospital emergency rooms, the Health Ministry is launching a new initiative involving local health centers, which will begin managing lower-priority cases from next month.
All eyes are on Prime Minister Mitsotakis as Greeks wait to hear who he plans to nominate as Greece’s next president.
Devlet Bahceli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s political ally, questioned again Greece’s sovereignty over the islands of the southeastern Aegean, challenging the provisions of international laws and agreements like the 1923 Lausanne Treaty.
President of New Left, Alexis Charitsis, described Louka Katseli, SYRIZA’s nominee for president of the Republic, as “a respectable choice” on Tuesday, during an interview on public broadcaster ERT.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis invited the newly elected President of Lebanon, General Joseph Aoun, to visit Athens in the near future in a call on Tuesday.
Severe weather conditions are expected to persist across the country on Tuesday, with thunderstorms primarily affecting central and southern regions. Snowfall is anticipated in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas, as well as locally in central and northern regions at lower altitudes.
Five individuals were arrested in Rethymno on the island of Crete for firearm violations, reckless gunfire, and harboring a criminal.
The government will have to climb a mountain of milestones and targets over the next 20 months, until August 2026.