The European Union wants to sign contracts this year for up to 12 firefighting planes, the first it would fully own, to improve its ability to fight blazes fuelled by climate change, the bloc’s head of crisis management said.
Bringing the destructive wildfire under full control and protecting human life are the two main priorities for tourism professionals on Rhodes, who are also planning for the future.
The Council of State has ordered a freeze on the construction of two new hotels across the street from the National Archaeological Museum in downtown Athens following a complaint lodged by the Elliniki Etairia Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage and 23 individuals concerning their size.
A spokesman for the Fire Service called Wednesday “the most difficult day of the summer,” as firefighters from Greece and 11 other countries were battling a total of 90 wildfires, 61 of them having started in the 24-hour period up to 6 p.m.
In the next two years the Greek-owned fleet is likely to shrink, halting its development course, Petrofin Research forecast in its annual report regarding the course of Greek shipping in 2022.
The venture of listing Athens International Airport is set to begin, following the tabling of the relevant amendment in Parliament this week.
Greek private sector bank deposits rose for the second month in a row in June, central bank data showed on Wednesday.
A group of Cypriot cheesemakers, including Papouis Dairies, has filed an appeal against the EU before the European Court, seeking the annulment of the legal act of registration as they believe it directly harms them.
“The imposition of fines proves to citizens and society that the government is carrying out inspections in the market. That the government is in favor of the free market, but not the unscrupulous market,” Development Minister Kostas Skrekas said on Wednesday.
Last year, Alice Bell told Jesse Zannino that he needed to propose by May 2023.