Second chance for bad debtors
Banks are promoting a refinancing model which offers haircuts for cooperative borrowers.
Banks are promoting a refinancing model which offers haircuts for cooperative borrowers.
MPs have enacted a law easing the requirements for Greek citizens wishing to vote in Greek elections. A total of 208 MPs – eight more than the constitutional requirement backed the bill.
The Civil Protection Ministry has warned of an “extreme danger” of fire in six of the country’s 13 regions on Wednesday, in its daily fire risk prediction map.
The Air Force has confirmed that the two pilots missing since their firefighting aircraft crashed in southern Evia are dead. In a statement, the General Air Staff Air Force named the two officers as Captain Christos Moulas (34) and his copilot, Second Lieutenant Periklis Stefanidis (27).
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has canceled his scheduled visit to Cyprus on Thursday, following the crash of a firefighting aircraft on Evia. The premier informed his Cyprus counterpart, Nikos Christodoulides, of his decision by phone.
Rescuers have recovered the body of a man who fell onto the tracks of an Athens metro station. Six firefighters attended the scene at Kallithea station, which is on green Line 1.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate has announced that Turkish authorities have granted permission for a divine liturgy to be held at the former Orthodox Christian Sumela Monastery on August 15, feast day of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary.
Firefighters, police, civil protection units, as well as residents and volunteers, are battling a major wildfire in the northeastern part of Corfu, where evacuation orders have been issued in a number of villages.
The prolonged heatwave has led to a big drop in shopping in Athens, even in the middle of a sales period.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned of tough days ahead on Tuesday as ministers met to discuss a response to wildfires that have destroyed homes and forced the evacuation of thousands of tourists from the island of Rhodes.