News archive of August 2023

A forest fire in Greece is the largest recorded in the European Union, said a spokesman for the European Commission, quoted by "Guardian" and "AFP".

Eleven aircraft and a helicopter from the EU fleet have been sent to help fight the fire north of the city of Alexandroupolis along with 407 firefighters, Balazs Ujvari said on Tuesday.

"We will not allow an increase in the price of electricity for household consumers after the complete liberalization of the electricity market". This was stated by Prime Minister Academician Nikolai Denkov before the start of the regular government meeting today.

The Presidency has sent an official refusal to release the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Petar Todorov and the reasons attached to it to the Council of Ministers, BNR reported. The refusal was sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A 3-year-old boy died after choking on a piece of fruit on the island of Tinos on Tuesday, as reported by the public broadcaster ERT.

According to ERT, the boy's father promptly rushed him to a police station near the family's residence. Subsequently, the child was quickly transported to the Tinos Health Center by a police vehicle.

An incident of animal killing has been documented in the northern Peloponnese resort of Ermioni.

As reported by the public broadcaster ERT, a 75-year-old man used a rifle to shoot and fatally wound a shepherd dog.

Consequently, he was apprehended following a report made by a 42-year-old resident from the same village. Moreover, the rifle and two cartridges were confiscated.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with his Turkish counterpart in Russia on August 31 and September 1, spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. [Reuters]

A project to monitor long-haul trucks by satellite to crack down on contraband activities and human trafficking will be partly funded by the European Union's Recovery Fund.

The project, conceived by the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE) is set to be completed in two and a half years.

Greek stocks posted slight gains Tuesday but ended below 1,320 points after failing to hold on to early gains.

The ASE general index closed at 1,318.34 points, up 0.16%, having risen as high as 1,324.85 (0.65%) intrasession. Blue chips gained 0.29% and mid-caps 0.18%. Turnover was €90.81 million.

The fire in Evros, located in northeastern Greece, had consumed an area exceeding 82,600 hectares until August 28. This information is based on the latest high-resolution images obtained from the Sentinel-2 satellite and analyzed by the National Observatory of Forest Fires (NOFFi)'s burnt areas mapping service.