Greece and the economic crisis 2021

NEWS ARCHIVE - October 2021

October 15, 2021

High-speed train route between Thessaloniki and Athens coming in January

Story at Imerisia [Greek]

USA lifts restrictions on vaccinated international travel

Change happens in November, story at Kathimerini [Greek] and at MSN News [English]

River Anthemounta dangerously high from rains

Story at Imerisia [Greek]

Greece water polo team beats Hungary

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

Changes to "Ring Licenses" for downtown Athens

Story at Real [Greek]

Concept of the "clean ring" beginning October 25

Story at Imerisia [Greek]

Pandemic case count at 689,896

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

Cyprus President Anastasiadis sending letter to EU about Turkey army at Cape of the Apostle Andreas

Story at Capital Gr [Greek]

Thessaloniki roadway problems from the heavy rains

Story at Skai [Greek]

New electric bill forms coming

Story at Powergame [Greek]

Uncertainty about "immunity wall"

Story at Skai [Greek]

The great flood of 1935

Story at Ta Nea [Greek]

Offshore wind farm plans

Story at Imerisia [Greek]

Rising heating costs and the coming subsidy payments

Story at Skai [Greek]

How defense deal with USA will effect military bases

Story at MSN News [English]

Roads that turned into lakes

Story at Ta Nea [Greek]

Second day of severe weather problems

Story at EFSYN [Greek]

High number of calls to fire departments for help

Story at Skai [Greek]

30 million tons of water estimated thus far from storm

Story at skai [Greek]

Ankara harsh reaction to USA-Greece defense agreement

Story at Skai [Greek]

Pavlos Christidis seeks leadership of KINAL

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

First tranche money from Next Generation fund comes in 2022

Story at ekathimerini [English]

Tracking the weather coming into Attika

Story at Real [Greek]

Traffic ban goes into effect until 8 AM

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

Government shuts down for Friday, private sector on "telework" schedule

Story at eKathimerini [English]

Traffic ban for Kiffisos

Story at Protothema [English]

National Gardens in Athens

The growing pressure on Turkey

A request for F16 fighter planes by Erdogan has prompted a "No Jets for Turkey" campaign by pressure groups around DC, on the heals of the unique France-Greece deal:

The dramatic Paris agreement also included a clause for mutual assistance in case of an armed attack against the territory of one of the two. “For the first time it is stipulated that there be military assistance in the event of a third party attacking one of the two states. And we all know who is threatening whom with a casus belli in the Mediterranean,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said following the deal. He was hinting that the unprecedented France-Greece deal was aiming to deprive Turkey of strategic dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean. The deal came at an unfortunate time for Erdogan. Germany, which has sponsored Turkish naval supremacy in the Aegean, was preoccupied with its elections...

October 13, 2021: Story at al-monitor [English]