Fires this year had less of an impact compared to last year, which was marked by the catastrophic fire in northern Evia, according to official figures covering May 1 to October 31, presented on Friday by Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides.
As global leaders ponder climate change at the annual United Nations meeting, held this year at the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh, a committee of Greek scientists has unveiled a set of reform proposals designed to help Greece become carbon-neutral.
Next year, the water will come. The pipes have been laid to Ata Yigit’s sprawling farm in Turkey’s southeast connecting it to a dam on the Euphrates River. A dream, soon to become a reality, he says.
Former minister of state for the SYRIZA government Nikos Pappas has chosen not to attend the special court during the hearing of the case for his handling of the TV license tender, stating that he will be represented by his lawyers.
Tax authorities are increasingly focusing on property owners who avoid declaring revenues from short-term rentals to the tax office, as well as those who have not declared their properties on the electronic platform of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) to receive a registration number.
There is political will in Greece for establishing strong bilateral economic relations with Albania and for supporting the Albanian economy via a dynamic Greek investment presence in the country, Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy and Openness Kostas Fragogiannis said on Friday, addressing the Greek-Albanian Forum taking place in Athens.
The visit by outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz to Athens and his meeting with his Greek counterpart Nikos Panagiotopoulos is seen as a gesture of goodwill to clear any lingering doubts from the recent cancellation of his trip to Kalamata, on the very day his trip to Ankara was announced.
Andrey Rublev rallied to upset second-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas and reach the final four of the ATP Finals on Friday.
Turkey is routinely pushing tens of thousands of Afghans back at its land border with Iran or deporting them directly to Afghanistan with little or no examination of their claims for international protection, a leading human rights watchdog said Friday.
Scientists at the Goulandris Museum of Natural History, in cooperation with colleagues at Athens University’s School of Medicine studying the impact of diet on people’s health have discovered that certain molecules deriving from plants can help stem the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.