Alert for summer fires
Higher temperatures are coming soon in Greece, and with them the dreaded wildfire alerts. And, this year, the danger could be heightened because of low rain and snow coverage during the winter months.
Higher temperatures are coming soon in Greece, and with them the dreaded wildfire alerts. And, this year, the danger could be heightened because of low rain and snow coverage during the winter months.
Three individuals have been apprehended by the police in eastern Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, on charges of causing damage to a city bus.
After Albanian Foreign Minister Olta Xhacka met with her Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias last Monday to discuss elected ethnic Greek mayor of Himare Fredi Beleri’s jailing on charges of buying votes, she tweeted: “The meeting w/my colleague & good friend FM @NikosDendias in Brussels was a good opportunity to discuss in a frank manner Mr…
President Tayyip Erdogan extended his two decades in power in elections on Sunday, winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies which have polarized Turkey and strengthened its position as a regional military power.
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis has urged voters to provide his conservative party with a “strong mandate” in the upcoming elections on June 25, emphasizing the importance of a robust government to effectively execute their policy program.
New Democracy’s financial staff believe that the next four years could be a period of strong growth, driven by investment both from the Recovery Fund and from abroad, so they are planning interventions to remove existing investment obstacles and facilitate such initiatives.
Despite its resounding victory in the May 21 election, the ruling New Democracy party does not take winning an outright majority in Parliament after the June 25 election for granted, despite a favorable electoral law that offers a significant seat bonus to the winner.
Cyprus’ minister of energy, George Papanastasiou, has affirmed Nicosia’s commitment to proceed with its plans for transporting natural gas from the region, both for domestic electricity generation and for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, despite geopolitical reactions.
We met at the Maximos Mansion in Athens just a few hours after Kyriakos Mitsotakis handed over to the interim prime minister who will be taking Greece to a second general election on June 25.
Turkey’s incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in his country’s runoff election, extending his rule into a third decade.