Wildfires whipped on by strong winds triggered a series of major explosions Thursday at an air force ammunition dump in central Greece, but no injuries were reported as the site had been safely evacuated in advance, officials said.
The play by award-winning writer Christos Oikonomou, “Philoctetes,” is inspired by Sophocles’ classic work of the same name.
The supply of data to tax authorities from digital platforms on the sale of goods and services has already been implemented in Greece in recent years.
US Senator Bob Menendez said on Wednesday he still had concerns about the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, and had not changed his hold on the sale of the aircraft.
The European Commission announced on Thursday that it had mobilized a total of nine firefighting planes to contribute to efforts to put out the dozens of wildfires burning in the country.
The funeral of 27-year-old Second Lieutenant Periklis Stefanidis, who died when a Canadair CL-215 firefighting plane crashed during operations on the island of Evia on Tuesday, took place in his hometown of Kilkis on Thursday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis carried out his regular monthly visit to the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Thursday, with the deadly fires being at the forefront of what they discussed.
There is a shortage of many pharmaceutical products and pharmacists fear that it will get worse over the winter, when respiratory illnesses will flare up again.
Jailed former Golden Dawn deputy leader Ilias Kasidiaris announced on Thursday that he intends to run for the mayorship of Athens in October’s municipal elections.
Two officers of the DIAS motorcycle unit were injured during a car chase in central Athens early Thursday morning.