Efforts underway to contain wildfire in Kefalonia
Firefighting teams are working to suppress a wildfire that broke out on Monday morning near the village of Livadi on the Ionian island of Kefalonia. The fire is burning farmland and forest.
Firefighting teams are working to suppress a wildfire that broke out on Monday morning near the village of Livadi on the Ionian island of Kefalonia. The fire is burning farmland and forest.
The explosion of violence in Israel and Gaza has compounded the challenges already caused by the climate crisis, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, hostilities in the Southern Caucasus region and the production and supply chain problems, high prices and inflation, all long-term symptoms of the pandemic.
Sister Daniilia is 61 years old and resides in the Holy Monastery of Little Galilee, situated atop the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem.
A 50-year-old suspect has been apprehended on the island of Rhodes for allegedly forcing a 35-year-old woman into prostitution over the course of six years.
Session 3 of this year’s Greek-British Symposium, focusing on “Sustainability and Technology,” will be live-streamed Monday from 2.30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Greek time.
Crises can be clarifying. The 9/11 attacks were one such moment. The world’s reaction exposed America’s true friends. As President George W. Bush said at the time, “either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”
The war in Israel is creating a new situation ahead of this winter, particularly worrying for the Greek economy, which is 74% dependent on oil and natural gas imports.
Athens is reportedly open to the possibility of making a recommendation in the EU’s report on the accession countries that as long as the issue of ethnic Greek mayor-elect Fredi Beleri is not resolved, the opening of chapters for Albania will not proceed.
Greece’s hopes for automatic qualification to the Euro 2024 soccer finals tournament will to a large degree hinge on the Netherlands, which it will take on in Athens on Monday.
Greece’s ruling New Democracy party suffered a setback in Sunday’s runoff elections for regional governors and mayors, losing the country’s two largest cities and five of the six regional contests.