Crews working to contain fire in Nestani, Arcadia
Emergency crews are working to contain a wildfire that broke out in the region of Nestani in Arcadia, southern Greece, on Thursday.
Meeting Putin once again, Turkey’s Erdogan walks his own path
As Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi this Friday, up to 20,000 Russian and Turkish workers and specialists at Akkuyu on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast are pushing forward with what those behind the project say is the world’s largest atomic power construction site.
Dolphins thriving in Gulf of Evia
Drone footage released on Wednesday by videography team Up Stories, shows a sizable pod of dozens of young, adolescent and adult dolphins swimming off the coast of Theologos in Fthiotida in the Gulf of Evia.
Special House inquiry over phone tapping not ruled out
The possibility of setting up a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the case of the attempted tapping of the phone of socialist opposition PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis is expected to dominate the agenda with the resumption of the House plenary and committee meetings of the Parliament shortly after the August 15 holiday.
Athens rebuffs Ankara on new law on Thrace muftis
Greece rejected claims by Turkey that a new legal framework on the election of Muslim clerics (muftis) in Thrace, northeastern Greece, denies the community the right to elect their own muftis, saying it is “fully compatible with the constitution of Greece and the country’s international obligations.”
Education funding for labor market needs
The Education Ministry plans to provide incentives to universities to orient their curricula toward modern developments in science and technology, the demands of the economy and the needs of the labor market.
Staikouras to table supplementary budget to cover extra handouts
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras announced on Thursday he will present a supplementary budget to cover the cost of additional aid for households and businesses hit by high energy costs, citing “satisfactory” fiscal data.
The demographic challenges facing Thrace and the efforts to revitalize the region
Steven Tagle joins Thanos Davelis to break down the demographic challenges facing Greece’s northern region of Thrace.
Tourist arrivals in southern Aegean islands surged in July
Tourist arrivals at the islands of the Southern Aegean surged in July with over one million international flights, exceeding by 20 percent the number of the same month last year, which was a year-record at regional level.
SNF to fund construction of three new hospitals in Greece
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Health Initiative will pay about $750 million for the design and construction of three, new, state-of-the-art hospitals in the cities of Komotini, Thessaloniki, and Sparta, as part of an effort to improve healthcare outside the Greek capital.