Firefighting aircraft and ground crews from other countries headed to Greece on Thursday to help battle wildfires that have intensified as a heat wave baked much of southern Europe in temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
New asylum seekers to Cyprus will be excluded from a re-settlement scheme to another EU member state to stop any abuse of the system, authorities said on Wednesday.
Wildfires are burning large tracts of forest and farmland in Attica and neighboring regions for the third day in a row, while another two major blazes, on the island of Rhodes and near the southern town of Sparta, flared up Wednesday. Despite the expected arrival of firefighters from the EU and Israel on Thursday, authorities…
Freelancers and the self-employed are being targeted by the control mechanism, especially those who declare incomes up to 10,000 euros.
The Greek state on Wednesday borrowed 250 million euros from the markets at an interest rate of 3.3%, by auctioning Greek bonds maturing on June 15, 2028.
The central government primary balance had a surplus of roughly 1.5 billion euros in the first half of 2023, up from a deficit of €3.8 billion in the same period in 2022, according to figures on the central government’s net borrowing requirements on a cash basis, released by the Bank of Greece on Wednesday.
Next week, on July 29, the Larnaca-Piraeus ferry line is set to launch, and demand has surged, with the Daleela ferry already fully booked.
Nexans said on Wednesday it has won a contract worth 1.43 billion euros for the section of the EuroAsia Interconnector that will connect Greece and Cyprus.
High in Spain’s southern mountains, 40 or so people armed with pitchforks and spades cleared stones and piles of grass from an earthwork channel built centuries ago and still keeping the slopes green.
The increase in tourism traffic, as well as the significant price hikes, led to a considerable increase in turnover both in the accommodation and food service sectors in May.