A heat wave engulfing southern Europe this week is expected to send temperatures close to record highs in some areas, prompting officials in Italy, Greece, Spain and elsewhere to impose measures to protect residents and tourists from the scorching conditions.
Residents in a number of settlements in Corinthia and Western Attica have received 112 emergency messages ordering them to evacuate their homes due to fires raging in the region.
Greece is signaling its readiness to pursue the normalization of its relations with Turkey. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, strengthened by his resounding victory in Greece’s recent elections, has made it clear that he is willing to go the extra mile.
The contest for a new leader of the left-wing SYRIZA party has already produced realignments among the party’s several factions and they are probably not over yet.
Police in the northern city of Edessa are investigating a traffic crash in which five people lost their lives. The accident occurred at approximately 5.50 p.m. when a car carrying five people collided head-on with a truck.
As part of the European Program ReInHerit, the Museum of Cycladic Art presents “ReThinking Art & Techniques.”
After the destructive wildfires on Evia in August 2021, the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis passed a legislative act by which public or private forests destroyed by fires must be earmarked for reforestation within 30 days.
On Tuesday high-flying Mytilineos Group and the banking sector led the Greek stock market back to its upward course that has dominated Athinon Avenue throughout this year.
Police in Crete are investigating the discovery of a human head at a waste sorting facility in Hania. Initial indications say the head is of a male aged in his 30s.
All roads between Elefsina and Corinth have been closed by order of the police, due to the intensification of wildfires in the region. The order concerns the new motorway between the two toll stations at Elefsina and Corinth as well as the old national highway.