A fire that broke out in an inaccessible forest area on Mount Athos on Friday is subsiding on Sunday. More than 100 firefighters and 35 vehicles from the Hellenic Fire Service remain on the scene, as well as two airplanes and a helicopter, but there is no active front at the moment.
Two people were detained after clashes between police officers and unknown assailants in central Athens left one police officer injured during the early hours of Sunday morning. Specifically, riot police units stationed around the neighborhood of Exarcheia were pelted with Molotov cocktails for approximately two hours.
He has co-written hits for Kiss, Bon Jovi and Ricky Martin, but American songwriter and music producer Desmond Child has another passion – the reunion of the Parthenon Sculptures – which he will be supporting on Monday with a concert at the 2,000-year-old Herod Atticus Theater.
The issue of another support package by the government will depend on the timely payment of taxes over the next few months, adding up to some 8.5 billion euros until the end of the year.
The Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) announced on Friday that it will auction 26-week treasury bills this Wednesday to the amount of 625 million euros, maturing on December 30, 2022.
Stopping at the edge of a vast field of barley on his farm in Prundu, 30 miles outside Romania’s capital city of Bucharest, Catalin Corbea pinched off a spiky flowered head from a stalk, rolled it between his hands, and then popped a seed in his mouth and bit down.
Former US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt spoke of his six-year tenure in Greece (2016-22) as something he “was proud of,” during his hearing at the Senate on Thursday as President Joe Biden’s nominee for assistant secretary of state for energy resources.
Cumulative cash inflows since the beginning of the operations of the Cyprus Asset Management Company (KEDIPES) reached 1.34 billion euros in the first quarter of the year.
Yes, booster shots against Covid-19 are recommended but they are not necessary. Yes, people over the age of 60 should have all the available boosters, but they can wait a bit.
The issue of finding affordable housing has become a very real challenge for young families starting out in life, as rental rates in Athens and other cities have risen.