The good links between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, are known to those who follow their movements at the European level. The semantics also prove it: the two always sit next to each other at Council meetings, while Meloni is said to always pick up her phone for a conversation with the Greek Prime Minister aimed at coordinating the movements of the countries of the South before major decisions.
A business mission to Tel Aviv, Israel, between December 5-7, 2023, is organized by Greek business represenations SEV, EBEA, SEVE and Enterprise Greece, in collaboration with the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce (FICC) and the Economic and Commercial Affairs Office of embassy of Greece in Israel.
A 6% increase, not including petroleum products, is recorded by Greek exports in the first half of the year according to Hellenic Statistical Authority-ELSTAT data. In fact, the increase in exports is based on food, which increased in June by 13%.
When a pan of ratatouille costs as much as a pork stew, or stuffed peppers with feta cheese as much as beef and a kilo of beans costs as much as half a chicken, changes to the daily table are inevitable, especially in low-income households.
A government echelon is visiting Evros today, in order to carry out a first assessment of the disaster. It is headed by the Minister of State Makis Voridis, accompanied by the Minister of Citizen Protection Yiannis Economou, the Minister of Rural Development and Food Lefteris Avgenakis and the Deputy Minister of the Interior Thodoris Livanios.
Greece is the eastern gateway to Europe and offers a huge opportunity to India, as the European country that is closest to this great economic superpower, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday after his meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The first goal - as the prime minister said - is to double, within the next four years, bilateral trade with India, which has significant room for improvement.
Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou won long jump gold at the World Championships when his final leap of 8.52 metres edged him ahead of Jamaica's Wayne Pinnock by two centimetres on Thursday.
The fire continues to burn in Parnitha, with the picture being clearly better, while in Evros the fire is ongoing for the 7th day. A battle to extinguish the fire is also being fought in Boeotia.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making an official visit to Greece today, which may have an immediate tangible effect according to informed sources. Mr Modi after 10 am will lay a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, then meet with the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and at 11:00 he will have a meeting with Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Maximos Mansion. The Greek-Indian "menu" envisages extended talks in Herodos Attikou, as well as a working lunch in a central hotel between representatives of Indian institutions and businesses and Greek companies. The said business-economic meeting is expected to be opened with a greeting by the two leaders.
A 20-year-old man was keeping against their will a total of 13 foreign nationals, among them 6 minors, in an abandoned building in the area of Echedoros in Thessaloniki.
Nine attempts for arson have been made at the foot of Mount Parnitha in Avlona area since 8 am, Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilias, said on Thursday.
The capital, as well as many other regions of the country, have turned into a gas "chamber", since the black smoke from the devastating fires travels huge distances.
Attica is under the siege of fire for the second day. The fire that started yesterday (22/8) in the morning from Fili and quickly took on uncontrollable proportions, has reached the outskirts of Parnitha and is burning houses and forest lands.
The camera of the National Observatory of Athens in Penteli recorded the fire. The video begins Tuesday morning and shows how the nightmare began and unfolded into the early hours of today.
In addition to the fire that broke out and the area it has taken, you can also see the huge cloud of smoke that has covered the basin, with the atmosphere being suffocating.
According to an emergency update from Yiannis Artopiorou, the fire that broke out yesterday in Fyli is burning south of Parnitha on the front of Dartiza but also west of the areas of Agia Paraskevi and Amygdaleza.
A total of 202 firefighters with 9 pedestrian divisions and 65 vehicles are operating. From the air, 7 aircraft operate, 2 from Sweden and 2 from Germany, and 2 helicopters each for aerial coordination. In addition, strong volunteer groups, infantry units, ES and EL.AS forces, water tankers and machinery from the Attica Region are helping.
As MEGA channel broadcasts, the flames have reached the settlement of Agia Paraskevi and the first houses are burning. Residents have received a message from 112 to evacuate, however some are staying behind to build fire zones.
The sky of Athens has been covered by smoke from the fire burning at the foot of Mount Parnitha, in Phyli.