A total of 18 people in the city of Volos who were rescued by the Fire Brigade after being trapped in their homes during the storm late on Wednesday, spent the night in the ferry Super Star anchored in the port.
The Armed Forces were assisting the efforts to deal with the consequences of the latest storm that is pounding central Greece, Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said on Thursday.
A 48-year old foreign national with five outstanding arrest warrants on charges of human trafficking was arrested in Argolida, southern Greece, police said on Thursday.
Dr. Spyros Economides, an Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics at the London School of Economics and Deputy Director of the Hellenic Observatory, joins Thanos Davelis to look into an ambitious economic corridor linking Europe with the Middle East and India via rail and sea.
The government plans to reform the outdated emergency response protocols following the extensive damage resulting from the flooding in the Thessaly region and the outbreak of Storm Elias, which affected many regions Wednesday, but hit central Greece hardest of all.
Experts from the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) were on Corfu on Tuesday investigating a possible outbreak of leptospirosis, a bacterial infection most frequently associated with contaminated water.
The Cyprus economy has proven its resilience in recent years, and the competition among banks will strengthen it further, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Tuesday.
Deposits placed by households and private nonprofit institutions increased by 439 million euros in August, after an increase of €163 million in the previous month, with the annual growth rate standing at 3.3% from 3.4% in the previous month, the Bank of Greece said on Wednesday.
US Ambassador to Greece George J. Tsunis on Wednesday addressed the Energy Transition Symposium organized by the Hellenic Association for Energy Economics, where he emphasized Greece’s leadership role in eliminating energy dependence on Russia, the energy transition and the supply of energy to the Balkans.
Cyprus was last year one of three European Union countries in which foreign tourists accounted for more than 90% of the overnight stays.