Validity of Greek passports to be extended to 10 years
Greece is one of a handful of countries in the EU and the world whose passports a valid for just five years, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos said.
Greece is one of a handful of countries in the EU and the world whose passports a valid for just five years, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos said.
The vast heatwave covering swathes of Europe moved steadily eastwards on Thursday, forcing countries including Italy, Poland and Slovenia to issue their highest heatwave alerts as firefighters battled wildfires across the continent.
Firefighters battling a wildfire in the area of the Lyra dam in Soufli municipality, northeastern Greece, were reinforced on Thursday evening, the Fire Brigade said.
A plan to develop a sizeable natural gas field off Cyprus that could help the European Union find alternative energy sources to Russia will be ready by the end of the year, the east Mediterranean island nation’s energy minister said Thursday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Istanbul on Thursday, a UN spokesperson said as United Nations and Turkish officials seek to get a deal with Russia and Ukraine in writing to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports.
The explosive mix of the resumption of Russian gas transmission in central Europe, the Italian government crisis and the 50-basis point hike of the European Central Bank’s reference rates saw the Greek stock market rise for a fourth consecutive session, a sequence unseen in the last couple of months.
The Albanian government said Thursday that most public websites were working again while an investigation to find the source of a cyberattack that disrupted them continues.
This could serve as a short summary of the problems with Greek agricultural production: Two-thirds of Greek olive oil is exported in bulk to Italy, where it is bottled and sold at much higher prices.
Turkey has announced that it will start drilling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean next month.
The government announced twelve relief measures for fire-afflicted residents in Attica and other regions on Thursday.