Leaders from European Union countries will agree at a summit this week to jointly purchase gas, liquefied natural gas and hydrogen ahead of next winter, according to a draft of their summit statement.
Greek health authorities announced 26,785 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday during their daily briefing, up from 23,529 on Monday. However, there were significantly fewer virus-related deaths with 34, down from 58 on Monday.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday that he wants to lead a humanitarian mission into the besieged city of Mariupol in Ukraine where thousands of ethnic Greeks live.
The Hellenic Fire Service has responded tp and is in the process of tackling a large fire in the administrative region of Messinia in the Peloponnese on Tuesday. According to information, there are currently 47 firefighters and 13 vehicles operating on scene.
A police officer serving at the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece died on Tuesday morning of a self-inflicted gun injury.
Thousands of landlords are the focus of the tax administration that suspects they raised their nominal rent during the lockdowns, while inspectors have identified leased property declarations that do not correspond to the actual owner.
At least 18 of some 60 inmates being held in the maximum-security wing of Domokos Prison in central Greece have tested positive for Covid-19, reports on Tuesday indicated.
Members of the Greek diplomatic mission in war-torn Ukraine should be given a medal for their bravery and work in evacuation efforts, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday.
The European Commission may delay the publication of proposals on sustainable farming and nature that had been expected this week, while the impact of the war in Ukraine on food supply has led some countries to resist reform.
The European Central Bank should consider Greece’s economic progress when it decides whether to keep granting it funding despite its ‘junk’ credit rating in the coming days, the ECB’s vice-president Luis de Guindos said on Tuesday.