Category Archives: Latest Greek news

Firefighters contain most wildfires across Greece, but risk remains

The fire service has contained most of the wildfires that erupted in recent days across Greece, however, the wildfire risk remains very high on Friday.

Underwater gardeners aim to restore ancient meadows

Marine scientists from the Archipelagos Institute are planting underwater seagrass gardens around the island of Lipsi in a pilot effort to restore Posidonia oceanica meadows, vital habitats for Mediterranean marine life.

Thousands depart Attica’s ports as Greece marks Dormition holiday

Ferries are operating at nearly full capacity, with thousands of holidaymakers departing Attica’s ports on Friday for the islands as Greece celebrates the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, a major holiday observed nationwide each August 15

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | Athens | August 19-20 

The open-air Stella Cinema (34 Tenedou) will screen Pedro Almodovar’s 1988 black comedy Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown on August 19–20.

Small desalination plants will provide drinking water to islands

The government will spend more than €9 million to provide drinkable water to 61 island municipalities through mostly small desalination plants.

How to keep subsidizing electricity?

The Special Common Utility Services Account is almost always running a deficit, but lately this has been creeping up toward €300 million, leaving the government in a bind: Will it directly fund the deficit or will it pass the bill on to electricity consumers?

Resistant illegality

It is not enough to simply identify unauthorized construction in coastal areas. The attribution of responsibility must then be completed and not be lost in endless bureaucracy.

Cartoon (14/08/25)

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Construction on the islands getting worse every year

It’s the same situation – or almost the same – every summer, with any change being, unfortunately, for the worse. The situation on the Greek islands, instead of improving, is worsening.

Emergency alert issued for scattered Achaia fire fronts

Firefighters continued to tackle several scattered fronts in the Achaia region of northwestern Peloponnese on Thursday evening, two days after fires erupted in the area, with one active blaze advancing toward the settlement of Romanos.