Large wildfire breaks out in east Attica, evacuations ordered
A large wildfire broke out near the town of Keratea, east of Athens, on Friday afternoon, forcing authorities to evacuate hundreds of people from the area.
A large wildfire broke out near the town of Keratea, east of Athens, on Friday afternoon, forcing authorities to evacuate hundreds of people from the area.
A large number of travelers remain stranded at Athens’ ports of Piraeus, Lavrio, and Rafina, as a sailing ban on ferry departures continues due to persistent gusty winds. The conditions are expected to ease temporarily shortly after midnight.
Women are paid lower wages than men and the gap worsens when they retire.
A weekend on the Saronic Gulf’s best-kept secret, a place full of honest flavors and pine-scented trails, where summer still feels like it did when we were children.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke by phone on Friday, reaffirming what they described as the excellent state of Greek-US relations.
The captain of the Panagia Paravouniotissa ferryboat, which ran aground on a reef off Evia island earlier this week, has been released under restrictive conditions after testifying in court, state broadcaster ERT reported Friday.
Measured by material wealth, humanity is at its peak. We live longer, produce more, and consume even more. Yet, in the historically most privileged region – the West – discontent is on the rise.
Swimming is now prohibited at 13 coastal zones across Attica due to public health concerns, according to a circular issued Thursday by the Health Ministry.
The 10-year financial crisis disproportionately hit the incomes of private sector employees compared to those of civil servants.
Turkey is on the verge of ending a scheme protecting deposits from currency depreciation that is estimated to have cost $60 billion, another step to abandon unorthodox economic policies that triggered a lira crisis several years ago.