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WWF Greece: Plastic straws flood the market, bypassing single-use plastic ban

September 30, 2022 0

WWF Greece has complained that plastic straws have filled the market despite their ban since 2021, when Greece was one of the first countries to incorporate the EU directive on the single-use plastics into national law Greece was one of the first countries to incorporate into national law the directive …

EU Energy ministers agree on mandatory electricity reduction of 5% in peak hours

September 30, 2022 0

EU Energy Ministers reached a political agreement on measures to mitigate high electricity prices: mandatory electricity reduction at 5% in peak hours, cap on market revenues from inframarginal electricity producers and solidarity contribution from fossil fuels producers, the Czech Republic that is currently holding the rotating EU Presidency said in …

Femicide: Breeder shoots dead partner and their 10-month-old baby

September 30, 2022 0

A 56-year-old man shot and killed his 29-year-old partner and their 10-month-old baby and then committed suicide with the same hunting rifle. The femicide took place in the village Lekani near the city of Kavala in North Greece. According to preliminary media information, the perpetrator took both victims to the …

Late Greek summer with up to 34°C, sharp temperatures drop from Monday

September 30, 2022 1

Temperatures above the seasonal level reaching up to 34 degrees Celsius are forecast over the weekend. However, the “the late Greek summer” will not last long as sharp temperature drop by 6-8 δεγρεεσ is expected from Monday onward, October 3, 2022. Winds coming from the North will be blowing with …

Greece makes anti-skid chains obligatory from October to April

September 29, 2022 9

Greece’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has issued clarifications regarding the mandatory use of anti-skid chains and similar means in vehicles. According to the ministry decision, motorists should have anti-skid chains in their vehicle from October to April every year, when they are driving on national or regional roads. The …

Mandatory Rapid Test for Unvaccinated Workers in Greece

September 29, 2022 9

Unvaccinated workers of the public and private sectors in Greece will be obliged to have one rapid test of Covid-19 once a week, the Health Ministry has ruled. The rapid test for the uvaccinated workers remains mandatory until the end of the year, December 31, 2022. The rapid test costs …

Greek utility DEPA clinches winter LNG deal with TotalEnergies

September 29, 2022 0

Greece’s biggest gas utility, DEPA Commercial, has clinched a deal with TotalEnergies for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) over the winter months if needed, the Greek energy ministry said on Thursday. The deal stipulates that TotalEnergies will supply Greece with two LNG cargoes a month for five months …

Mitsotakis: History has taught that whoever violates the borders is finally punished

September 29, 2022 0

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday sent Turkey a strong message highlighting Greece’s determination from the Skaramangas shipyards, where he attended the naming ceremony of the newly built Rapid Guided Missile Patrol Vessel “VLAHAKOS”. Addressing Turkey without naming it, the prime minister pointed out that “history has taught that whoever …

20 tons of stolen firewood leave villagers without heating, loggers without “payment”

September 28, 2022 3

Twenty tons of firewood for the needy residents villages in northern Greece disappeared from the Community Forest of Livadi. The firewood was aiming to be distributed to some 70 families in villages of surrounding mountainous areas who have problems with heating with other means. According to local website grtimes.gr, the …

97.7% Covid-mortality outside ICUs? A Greek minister would never claim responsibility

September 28, 2022 1

Τhe study by Associated Professor for Public Health Theodoros Lytras on the high percentage of mortality among intubated Covid-patients outside Intensive Care units triggered an outrage first of all in the society. The Minister of Health, Thanos Plevris, could not avoid but to comment as the study showed that 97.7% …

Nine EuroMed leaders to express support for Greece against Turkish threats

September 28, 2022 0

The heads of state and government of nine southern European Union countries meeting in Alicante, Spain on Friday will express their support for Greece against the threats made by Turkey, French presidency sources said on Wednesday. According to the sources, the Turkish threats against Greece will be discussed at a …

More antiquities unearthed during works for Thessaloniki metro

September 28, 2022 0

More antiquities have been unearthed during the construction works of the metro in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. The finding span from the Proto-Byzantine to the Middle-Byzantine era, that is from from the 4th to 11th centuries AD. According to local media, the antiquities were discovered during works at the southern access …