Efthymis Lekkas spoke in an interview about climate change leading to a large increase in temperature. The professor of Geology and Natural Disaster Management commented that the fires reinforce the climate crisis and vice versa.
An incredible thriller has been ongoing since yesterday, Tuesday, July 18, in Akrotiri Chania, as a human head was found on the recycling belt of the local recycling facility, among the items being sorted.
The size of the shadow economy in Greece amounts to 40 billion euros per year, corresponding to between 20% and 30% of GDP.
The fiery nightmare in Western Attica and Corinth continues for a second 24 hours with the fronts of the fire having taken on dangerous dimensions due to the strong winds.
Deloitte Greece has published the results of the credit risk impact assessment exercise from the transition of Greek businesses to the green economy entitled "Transition risk exploratory impact assessment exercise for Greek Large Corporates" prepared by the Climate & Environmental Credit Analytics team of Risk Advisory. The Assessment Exercise was based exclusively on a sample of large Greek companies and was carried out based on the framework developed by Deloitte at a global level regarding the measurement and quantification of climate and environmental risks.
A significant amount of contraband ethyl alcohol, intended for the adulteration of alcoholic beverages, was seized by the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE).
Firefighters continue to battle flames in Eastern Attica, Loutraki and Dervenochoria.
The acceleration of the development processes of the e-National Port Community Platform by the co-competent Ministries of Shipping and Electronic Government was the focus of the discussion of the Board of Directors meeting of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry-PCCI, which was attended by the Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, the president of Hellenic Chamber of Shipping-HCS, Giorgos Pateras and the representatives of the president of +ENOSIS and Greek Union of Shipowners-UGS, Ms. Melina Travlos, Christos Bousios and Ekaterini Peppa, respectively.
The Fire Department is on a war footing due to a fire that broke out in the Kouvaras area of Attica and is burning near houses.
In a response from Athens, published on its website, economic review Handelsblatt refers to efforts to combat tax evasion. As it points out, "tax evasion has a tradition in Greece. The Greek government no longer wants to accept something like this and is announcing a series of measures." The newspaper's correspondent reports that “black employment is widespread, even among doctors.
The vital role played by small-scale fishing for the Greek economy and regional prosperity, as it represents more than 90% of Greek-flagged vessels, will be mentioned by the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Lefteris Avgenakis, at the informal Council of Ministers of the European Union that begins today in Vigo, Spain.
The government's decision to remove current restrictions that prevent Greeks abroad from voting in Greece's elections from their country of residence, through a bill of the Interior Ministry, has mobilised Greek expatriates to make further proposals.
There has been an investment explosion in recent years in Greece, as after the abolition of the "golden visa" program in Portugal, it is garnering the lion's share from this program.
Businessmen in Mykonos are changing their way due to reduced visitors to the island of the Winds. Increased prices in restaurants and Airbnb-style accommodation have caused a financial shock to tourists.
Little by little, Mykonos is losing the momentum it had gained in recent years as a tourist destination. The first numbers appear below expectations and show a significant decline both in terms of receipts and arrivals.
The traffic drops noticeably due to high prices but the prevailing tendency of tourists to look for so-called "value for money", i.e. places that are worth visiting but without having to empty your bank account.
Mykonos, therefore, enters the "game" of sales next season, in an attempt to attract tourists by providing financial incentives in view of a very difficult tourist season.
Business circles of the island, speaking to OT, report that the "heavy wallets" have left Mykonos and... are traveling to Tinos, Syros, Serifos and Sifnos. Or they even prefer to experience the Greek summer in other popular Greek islands, such as Rhodes, Crete and Corfu.
The exorbitant prices on accommodation on the cosmopolitan island have led Airbnb owners to slash prices by 20%-30% due to an unprecedented drop in bookings in May and June. Prices in hotels and villas have been significantly reduced in order to attract tourists to visit the island again.
Last year, the pre-bookings for July and August for Airbnb-type villas were around 95%, while this year, in the same period, they are at 80%.