Athens will trial 24-hour public transport on Saturday night, extending metro, tram and selected bus services into the early hours of Sunday as part of a push to improve late-night mobility in the capital.
Zetta Makri, a lawmaker with Greece’s ruling New Democracy party, has filed a complaint alleging extortion by a journalist, local media reported on Saturday.
Greece’s ruling New Democracy party commented on the 10th anniversary of the 2015 bailout referendum with a social media post on Saturday, criticising the political leadership at the time over its handling of the crisis.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis began a two-day visit to Mount Athos in northern Greece on Friday, announcing €100 million in EU funding through 2030 for infrastructure, restoration, and heritage preservation projects.
Turkish authorities detained three more mayors from the main opposition party on Saturday, according to a prosecutor’s statement and media reports, expanding a months-long legal crackdown that has expanded beyond its origins in Istanbul.
Firefighting efforts on the island of Evia, near Athens, showed significant improvement on Saturday morning, following a tense night of ground operations to prevent a wildfire from reaching homes in the southern village of Mesochoria, near Karystos.
The Souda Bay naval base has been transformed into a fortress as American forces deployed advanced military hardware to safeguard critical units stationed at the strategic Mediterranean facility.
Greece’s state railway company OSE is close to finalizing an agreement with German rail operator Deutsche Bahn for a comprehensive five-year modernization program, marking the largest transformation effort in the country’s railway history.
The fire service has launched targeted inspections of plots across the country, following citizen complaints submitted through the Civil Protection platform after the June 15 deadline to declare cleared properties for fire-protection purposes.
Temperatures are expected to reach as high as 39 degree Celsius in parts of northern and central mainland regions, including central Macedonia and Thessaly, on Saturday.