Eleven large-scale fires in the Attica Region from 2017 to the end of July 2023 have destroyed over 55,000 hectares (550,000 stremmas), the National Observatory of Athens/meteo.gr said on Monday after data provided by the European Union’s Copernicus mapping services and the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS).
There is a high risk of fire in nine regions of Greece on Tuesday according to the map released daily by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection, part of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Ministry.
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias concluded his one-day visit to Israel on Monday.
A draft law that will be submitted to the Greek Parliament in September seeks to regulate flexible types of employment such as zero-hours contracts, where the employer is not obliged to provide a minimum number of working hours to an employee.
The Foreign Ministry celebrated Ivory Coast’s Independence Day with a statement uploaded to social media on Monday.
The highly anticipated 11th Athens Flying Week – Tanagra International Airshow is set to make a grand return to the Tanagra Air Base on September 2-3 this year. Organizers have promised that this edition will surpass all expectations, offering an even better and more impressive spectacle.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan expressed optimism about the “positive climate” in Greece-Turkey relations, seeing it as a “great opportunity” to address bilateral disputes.
Dust and rubble fill the street as an excavator tears off chunks of concrete from an old apartment building.
Three of the four major banks – Eurobank, National and Piraeus – that have published first-half results – Alpha Bank will do so this week – have declared income from interest above 3 billion euros, well up from the €1.8 billion recorded in the first half of 2022.
In spring 2024, the prestigious VieVinum International wine festival will take place at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, where over 600 major wineries from around the world will showcase their products from May 25 to 27.