New shutdown called for Wednesday as problems persist
Public services, schools, offices and most businesses will remain closed for a second day on Wednesday as the state apparatus scrambles to get a grip on the havoc caused by snowstorm Elpis.
Mortgage holders are hit hardest
After almost two years of battling with the pandemic, Greeks now also have to face the rising inflation and its effects on their budgets.
EU continues training Libyan partners despite migrant abuses
A confidential European Union military report calls for continuing a controversial EU program to train and equip Libya’s coast guard and navy despite growing concerns about their treatment of migrants.
‘Superhuman evacuation effort’ on Athens highway
Rescue crews, including the army, worked through the night to evacuate thousands of people stranded in their cars on an Athens highway after a severe snowstorm swept across Greece on Monday, blanketing the capital and causing traffic chaos.
Attiki Odos SA to compensate snowbound motorists
Attiki Odos SA, the company managing the Greek capital’s biggest ring road, has said that it will be compensating thousands of toll-paying motorists who became trapped on the highway in their cars and trucks.
EU warns Russia as tensions simmer over Ukraine
The EU called on Russia on Monday to defuse tensions over Ukraine and reaffirmed that Moscow would face “massive” consequences if it attacked its neighbor, while NATO announced that European allies were deploying added ships and fighter jets to Eastern Europe and putting new forces on standby in response. Yannis Palaiologos, Kathimerini’s Brussels correspondent, joins…
Snowstorm drifts east, hitting Crete and Dodecanese islands
Authorities on Crete and the southeastern Aegean islands were bracing for heavy snowfall on Tuesday after seeing the havoc caused in the Greek capital by the passage of the storm dubbed Elpis.
Dozens of Athens suburbs still without power
Dozens of Athens suburbs and parts of the Mesogeia Plain northeast of the capital were still without power on Tuesday morning after Monday’s snowstorm caused widespread malfunctions across the electricity grid.
Cargo ship runs aground off Crete; crew being evacuated
The Greek coast guard, volunteer lifeguards and two private ships were helping get the 10-member crew of a freighter off the coast of Crete to safety on Tuesday morning.
US representatives slam withdrawal of support for EastMed pipeline
US Congress members Gus Bilirakis and Nicole Malliotakis sent a sternly worded letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken objecting to a decision by the administration of President Joe Biden to withdraw support for the EastMed pipeline.