In a communications show, after the wildfires that buirnt more than 90 people in Attica, and after blaming haphazard and illegal building procedures, local municipality demolition crews began an operation to knock down a fence that was blocking access to the sea in Kassandra, Halkidiki at 9:30 on Thursday morning.

A Greek-Russian Business Forum for Tourism will take place in Halkidiki in June, the Tourism Ministry said on Thursday.

Hellas Gold will continue operating its gold mines in Halkidiki after the company on Thursday announced a temporary postponment of a work suspension decision due to be valid from Friday, 22 September.