Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday it was “doubly painful to mourn lives that were lost while saving lives” of others, after five members of a Greek rescue team sent to Libya to assist in the international rescuing efforts died in a road accident on Sunday.
Stefanos Kasselakis and Effie Achtsioglou are headed to a runoff next weekend for the leadership of the left-wing, main opposition SYRIZA party.
The waters were still stagnant in the Keramidi area of Trikala in central Greece at the weekend. Experts cannot estimate when the Thessaly Plain will be productive again.
China and Turkey are reportedly nearing an agreement to build a nuclear power plant in the Eastern Thrace region of Kirklareli, according to Turkish media reports, citing Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, in a development which is expected to spark new tensions with the US.
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias expressed on Monday his “deepest sorrow” for the death of members of the Armed Forces, who lost their lives participating in the Greek humanitarian aid mission in Libya.
The Greek real estate market has evolved into an investment destination for foreign investors, with the Israelis and the Chinese being the most dynamic countries.
A turf war between gangs active in cocaine trafficking in Europe was behind the execution of six young Turks in the east Attica town of Loutsa last Monday, according to the investigation.
The public discourse has been flooded with commentaries in favor or against the ongoing efforts for a Greek-Turkish rapprochement. There are, oddly, only few references to the Cyprus problem.
Five members of a Greek rescue team en route to the flood-ravaged city of Derna from Benghazi were killed in a road accident on Sunday, while two were missing, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Monday.
With at least seven villages still under water at the weekend and thousands of Thessaly farmers not anticipating any income for the coming months, it is very likely that they will decide to abandon agricultural production for good.