Turkish Parliament Speaker calls Greece a national threat
The Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Mustafa Sentop referred to Greece as a national threat in a speech with his Maltese counterpart on Tuesday.
Fire breaks out on Thasos
A fire has broken out on the island of Thasos in the north Aegean Sea on Tuesday afternoon. According to information from the Hellenic Fire Service, the blaze is burning a wooded area near Rachoni.
Coronavirus subvariant Centaurus identified in Greece
The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) announced on Tuesday that it had identified the Centaurus subvariant of the Covid-19 virus in Greece.
PM meets North Macedonia counterpart Kovacevski for energy talks
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday received the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevski, at the Maximos Mansion in Athens for a meeting dominated by the energy crisis that is currently affecting Europe.
Turkish UAV flies over Kalogeroi islet
A Turkish Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flew over the Greek islet of Kalogeroi on Tuesday afternoon. Specifically, the UAV flew over the island at 3.39 pm at a height of 19,000 feet.
Authorities report 33,590 new cases of Covid-19
In the latest weekly report (September 5 to September 11) on the course of the pandemic, Greek health authorities announced 33,590 new cases of Covid-19 and 129 virus-related deaths. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also announced that there are 101 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units.
Child injured at shopping mall play area
A 7-year-old boy was injured early on Monday evening while playing in a children’s area in a Western Attica shopping mall.
EU plans Sept 30 summit to greenlight emergency energy plans
European Union energy ministers will attempt to approve new bloc-wide measures to pull down soaring gas and power prices at an emergency summit on September 30, after Brussels announces the proposals this week.
Golden Visa change surprises
Officials in the investment immigration sector are expressing their concern and surprise at the sudden, as it turns out, announcement by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis from the Thessaloniki International Fair regarding the change to the Golden Visa program.
Greece expresses ‘deep concern’ at Azeri-Armenian hostilities
“We express our deep concern over the recent hostilities at the Armenian-Azeri border, which resulted in the death of several people,” the Greek Foreign Ministry posted on Tuesday on Twitter.