Greece News 2024

NEWS ARCHIVE - July 2024

Timeless Villages, Scenic Hikes, Local Flavors - Moon's Greek Islands & Athens Travel Guide – Amazon 560 Pages

July 29, 2024 Monday

All night fight on Evia against flames

Story at Skai [Greek]

Wage difference for workers in Greece vs Romania, Lithuania

Story at IN GR [Greek]

China reports expanded global market engagement for 2024

Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]

Intense wild fire on Evia

Story at Iefimerida [Greek] [Map of Evia, Greece]

Ban on goat and sheep transport to combat plague spread

Story at Reuters [English]

Government overhaul – changes for 25 General Secretaries

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

Survey of business owners shows tourist season in Halkidiki "going badly"

Story at Protothema [Greek]

The sunbed wars: raid on Paliovarka beach near Mystikas

Story at Parapolitika [Greek] [Map of Mystikas]

Temps to rise to 38º Celsius / 100º Fahrenheit

Weather at Iefimerida [Greek]

The Thessaly sheep and goat plague: how did it come to Greece?

Story at To Vima [Greek]

The tourism increase plus reduced rainfall means severe water shortages

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

The 14 municiplaities in emergency mode due to lack of water

Story at Ethnos [Greek]

Bank of Greece and the merger of the two Greek banks Attica and Pankritia

Story at Powergame [Greek]

Foreign Ministry issues condemnation for attack on Majal Shams in Israel

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

The effects on Greece of post-colonialism

When we ran out of money, we went into austerity crises. For a while. We had austerity in 1972, 1977, 1983, 1986-87, 1990-91, 1997-98 and of course, cumulatively in 2010-2017. It's been a long time. It's wasted years...."

Story at Liberal [Greek]

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