Only 54% of Greek drivers use their seatbelt, while just 21% of passengers do so in the back seat, a study by the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and the Panos Mylonas Road Safety Institute (IOAS) has found.
Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has not contacted Greece regarding its probe into the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), a planned subsea power cable linking Greece and Cyprus.
Sinan Ciddi, a non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an expert on Turkish politics, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into Turkish Presisdent Erdogan’s decision to attend the Shanghai Co-operation Organization summit, his cozying up to China, and what it means for the US.
Greek fishermen say Turkish trawlers frequently enter Greek waters, leaving crews feeling unprotected and frustrated. An incident on Tuesday was telling.
Firefighters were battling a blaze on the eastern Aegean island of Levos on Thursday, which broke out on farm and forest land outside Vrisa, a village near the southern coast, some 50 kilometers from the capital, Mytilene.
The Greek police said Thursday it has sealed eight gas stations across the country as part of an ongoing crackdown on a major fuel smuggling ring.
Traffic violations, which are the number one cause of fatal accidents, are expected to be detected, among other things, by the new cameras that will be installed in the near future.
Ground and aerial firefighting teams are responding to a fire that has broken out near Thessaloniki, northern Greece.
A rescue operation is underway in the Imbros Gorge in Sfakia, Crete, to transport a man who was injured in the leg while hiking.
European prosecutors are investigating possible criminal offences relating to a €1.9 billion EU-financed project to build a subsea electric cable linking Europe to the eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus’ president and the prosecuting agency said.