A mechanical failure that left the passenger ferry Ionis adrift off the eastern coast of Attica on Tuesday has been repaired, allowing the 48-year-old vessel to resume service, authorities said on Wednesday.
Australian investors will have the opportunity to meet the senior team behind The Ellinikon, Europe’s largest urban regeneration project, when they visit Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney this October, The Greek Herald reported.
A court in Thessaloniki acquitted two nightclub employees accused of allowing three minors to enter and drink alcohol, after the teens presented digitally altered IDs with false birth dates.
A power failure aboard the 48-year-old passenger ferry Ionis Tuesday highlighted concerns over the aging fleets of Greece’s small ferry operators.
The great majority on a panel of 23 Greek economists agree that a significant part of tax revenue from tourism should be earmarked to improve infrastructure in tourist areas.
Wildfires were burning out of control in several parts of Greece early Wednesday, with the worst fronts in the northwestern Peloponnese, western Attica, northwestern Greece, and on the islands of Chios and Zakynthos, forcing thousands to evacuate and triggering road closures, power cuts and emergency rescues.
In Greece, according to official data from the Fire Service, an average of nearly 10,000 countryside wildfires occur every year.
Greece has officially opened the door for private doctors to use public hospital facilities to provide services to their own patients, following a joint decision by the ministries of Health and National Economy.
Concern is growing in Athens over the stance of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in negotiations on the status of Saint Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai.
The Competition Commission has given the nod to Piraeus Bank’s acquisition of Ethniki General Insurance Co SA, deciding that the acquisition will not hinder competition in the sector.