Fire breaks out at Kefalonia landfill, residents told to stay indoors
A fire broke out on Wednesday morning at a waste landfill near Argostoli, the capital of the Ionian island of Kefalonia.
A fire broke out on Wednesday morning at a waste landfill near Argostoli, the capital of the Ionian island of Kefalonia.
Power transmission lines have emerged as Greece’s leading cause of wildfires, according to a Fire Service report submitted to the Civil Protection Ministry covering last year’s fire season.
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has accused the conservative government of deepening social inequalities and fostering corruption, urging the country’s fragmented center-left to unite behind a new political vision.
Bilateral ties between Greece and Egypt are not at their strongest. Cairo’s reversal of the agreement reached last December between the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai and the local authorities has raised concerns – especially given that this is not the first instance of Egyptian authorities appropriating third-party property.
American Airlines (AA) has added another direct flight to its itinerary in Europe, with a daily summer schedule between Athens (ATH) and Charlotte, North Carolina (CLT).
Greece is moving cautiously to finalize the creation of two new national marine parks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in Nice, France.
The chairman and CEO of the Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE), Manos Manousakis said in an interview with the ANA-MPA news agency that the benefit to consumers from the electricity interconnections of the Cyclades and Crete, thanks to the closure of high-cost local power plants, amounts to 800 million euros per year.
Greece’s rate of inflation accelerated significantly in May, as it increased by 2.5%, from 2% in April and compared to an increase of 2.4% in May 2024, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
One of the fastest-growing artificial intelligence companies in the US is looking to set up shop in Cyprus.
Unusual heat waves have occurred in all of the major ocean basins around the planet in recent years. And some of these events have become so intense that scientists have coined a new term: super marine heat waves.