System and leadership
Significant steps have been taken to create a modern civil protection mechanism, yet developments show that planning falls short.
Significant steps have been taken to create a modern civil protection mechanism, yet developments show that planning falls short.
Advancing flames devoured forests and homes as dozens of wildfires raged across Greece on Wednesday, leaving 20 people dead over the past three days, while major blazes also burned in northwestern Turkey near the Greek border and on Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.
A pair of Turkish F-16s entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) on Wednesday without having submitted a flight plan, said the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS).
Seeking to share their culture and history, a group of Messolonghi locals have created an itinerary of routes around the historic western Greek town and other initiatives.
The stock market could not hold on to early gains Wednesday after deteriorating Purchase Managers’ Index (PMI) numbers soured the mood in European markets.
The scenes that unfolded on our television screens on Tuesday morning were truly heart-wrenching.
Vice-Regional Governor of Halkidiki, Katerina Zografou, announced on Wednesday a pedestrian and vehicle curfew from 8 am to 8 pm on Thursday in wooded areas of Halkidiki that are at high risk for wildfires.
The wildfire at Mount Parnitha in Attica, has spread to the mountain’s national forest region, the Fire Brigade’s spokesperson Yiannis Artopios announced late afternoon on Wednesday.
Greece’s two oil refineries, HELLENiQ Energy and Motor Oil paid a first installment of a one-off windfall tax on their 2022 profits in July, officials have told Kathimerini.