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Sometimes the effectiveness of a state is measured by the most mundane details – like who repairs the potholes left in the roads after excavation work.
Sometimes the effectiveness of a state is measured by the most mundane details – like who repairs the potholes left in the roads after excavation work.
The Governmental Committee for State Aid, chaired by Deputy Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Konstantinos Katsafados, met urgently on Wednesday to approve measures for regions hit by fires in June, July, and August, including the greater Athens area, north Aegean, western Greece, Epirus, Crete, the Ionian Islands, and central Greece.
A police officer driving his personal vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian Wednesday morning in the coastal town of Artemida in eastern Attica, authorities said.
The Athens Stock Exchange reversed early losses due to profit-taking and ended close to its intraday high Wednesday. It was the eighth straight session with recorded gains.
Police arrested a 25-year-old man for arson in the area of Girokomeio, Patras, on Wednesday afternoon.
Chios, the hardest-hit region in Greece’s current wildfires, is enduring its second major blaze this summer, after a June outbreak scorched more than 4,000 hectares. The latest fire, which erupted Wednesday, affecting the island’s northwest, has burned a similar amount of territory.
According to satellite images analyzed by the National Observatory of Athens, an estimated 10,000 hectares of land have burned in Greece over the past few days.
The Independent Power Transmission Operator’s updated 10-year investment program (2025-2034), estimated at almost €6 billion, has extended the timeline of 40 of 90 projects, while adding five more.
Greek hotels lag their European counterparts in operational profits.