Greece News 2024

NEWS ARCHIVE - August 2024

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August 13, 2024 Tuesday

Maria Sakkari moves up in the world ranking

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

Kasselakis demands dismissal of Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Kikilia

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

Turkey grants permission for a liturgy at Panagia Sumela once, but not twice

Story at Skai [Greek]

Greek stock market lingers at 1,400 point barrier

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

The worry in Tehran for Iran's nuclear weapons program

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

The devastating fires around Athens

Story at UK Metro [English]

Video survey over Attika reveals breadth of destruction

Story at Ethnos [Greek]

The terrible impact in Attika of eight years of wildfires

Story at EFSYN [Greek]

Worry over increasing winds

Story at Protothema [English]

Pension reform plan impacts 400K pensioners

Story at Skai [Greek]

Arrests made for arson in in Glyfada

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

Biggest fire in Attika of fifty years

Story at Parapolitika [Greek]

Request for fire-fighting help: teams coming from France, Italy, Czech Republic, Serbia, Romania and Turkey

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

Former policeman sentenced for trafficking cocaine and cannabis

Story at Bloko [Greek]

Earthquake at Heraklion, Crete

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

Tourists have swamped Kefalonia and Ithaca

Story at Imerazante [Greek]

Animal rescues in Attika

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

The fourteen times Penteli has burned in recent history

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

Saudi Arabian royal family yachting in the Aegean and Ionian

Story at Ta Nea [Greek]

Real estate and tax audits

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

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