A stiff exchange between the envoys of Greece and Libya at the UN Security Council over an underlying dispute regarding maritime boundaries and hydrocarbon exploration ended on Tuesday in a mutual reaffirmation of diplomatic cooperation and dialogue.
Authorities are assessing the damage caused by recent wildfires on the island of Chios, while a woman has been arrested in connection with one of the blazes.
As temperatures started rising on Wednesday, signalling the start of what meteorologists are describing as a short but intense heatwave, the City of Athens opened up cool spaces to help vulnerable residents and visitors cope with its effects.
The Thessaloniki Metro was declared out of service on Wednesday morning.
Former Novartis executive Konstantinos Frouzis testified in the trial of two former protected witnesses in the Novartis bribery case, accusing them of being “willing guns” who knowingly lied.
During its meeting on Tuesday, the Growthfund board of directors declared “Sani Single-Member SA for Development and Tourism” as the preferred investor in the tender for the development of the property “Sani Kassandra (Northern Section),” through the transfer of the surface right for a 99-year period, for a total fee of 4 million euros.
Firefighters and residents battled a massive wildfire for a third day on the eastern Aegean island of Chios on Tuesday, with flames threatening the island’s famous mastic tree groves as authorities investigate possible arson.
If the attacks in the Middle East stop, the impact on the Greek economy will be limited, Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Tuesday in an interview on Open TV.
Four Egyptian nationals, aged 20, 20, 21 and 36, were identified as the traffickers responsible for transporting hundreds of migrants south of Crete.
Greek authorities arrested a 26-year-old Azerbaijani man on Sunday at Souda Bay, charging him with felony espionage after he allegedly photographed military vessels at the strategic naval base that hosts US operations.