Greek tourism’s new worries
Alternating extreme weather events as well as fatal incidents have begun to raise concerns in the Greek tourism industry about longer-term effects.
Alternating extreme weather events as well as fatal incidents have begun to raise concerns in the Greek tourism industry about longer-term effects.
Loan repayments to freeze for those affected by floods in central Greece announced the president of the Hellenic Banks Association (HBA) Vassilis Rapanos on Wednesday, after a meeting with Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis.
Diagnoses of gastroenteritis and respiratory infections rose on Wednesday in the flood-stricken region of Thessaly.
The Greek state is sick and needs to be rebuilt from scratch. But since we can’t push a button and call a timeout we have to fix what we can as fast as we can.
The body of an identified male was found by the coast guard on Mourtia Beach in southern Pilio on Wednesday.
Fisherman Vancho Vasilevski’s boat frequently runs aground when he sails on Lake Prespa, one of Europe’s oldest lakes and home to more than 2,000 species of fish, birds, mammals, and plants, in a sign of how much water the lake is losing.
A 62-year-old man was arrested in the northern town of Drama on Wednesday for illegal hoarding of ancient artifacts.
A fire started on the island of Skyros, part of the Sporades archipelagos, after 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon.
A nine-year-old with mobility impairment was forgotten on a school bus in Thessaloniki northern Greece for four hours after the adults in charge neglected to help him off the bus.
The inhabitants of the flooded areas of Thessaly are facing great price hikes, with many instances of profiteering.