News archive of July 2024

Greece's main opposition party SYRIZA expressed grave concern Wednesday over the escalating violence in the Middle East, calling for immediate international intervention to prevent further turmoil.

RIGA - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with his Latvian counterpart Baiba Braze in Riga on Wednesday, and informed her of the difficult position of the Serb community in Kosovo-Metohija as well as of the challenges facing Serbia regarding that issue.

Djuric, who is on a one-day working visit to Latvia, noted that Serbia was very committed to finding rational and compromise solutions.

A 21-year-old Ukrainian woman, missing since July 7 in Crete, has been found in Rhodes.

According to cretapost, the 21-year-old girl had disappeared from Hersonissos in Crete, where she had gone to work.

Her relatives had reported her disappearance, as she had not given signs of life since July 7.

A large wildfire broke out in the Pissona area of Evia Island on Wednesday, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of four settlements.

Initially, a precautionary evacuation order was issued only for the settlement of Afrati, with residents instructed to evacuate toward Vasiliko.

The fire that broke out just before 2pm on Wednesday (31/7) in central Euboea is running out of control.

The Northern Greece Economic Police Directorate discovered a clothing store in Thessaloniki with a showroom on the mezzanine level containing counterfeit clothing and footwear bearing protected trademarks of well-known brands.

Greek shipowners in 2024 in the shipbuilding order sector. In total, they have placed 163 orders with most of them or 88 being for tankers 53.9%.

These include 22 MR2, 19 Suezmax and 17 Aframax/LR2.

They also placed 31 orders for LNG carriers rate 19%. They have placed 27 orders for dry cargo carrier shipbuilding, 16.5% percentage of which 18 are for the Kamsarmax segment.

Tom Korologos, former US ambassador to Belgium and a second-generation Greek American, died Friday at the age of 91.

Born on April 6, 1933, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Korologos was the son of Greek immigrants and a prominent political figure in Washington, earning the nickname "101st Senator" for his influence on Capitol Hill.

Disruption was observed on Wednesday afternoon (31/7) to vehicular traffic on the descent of Alexandra Avenue due to the fall of a tree.

It all happened when a motorbike -under unknown circumstances so far- at the height of Mavromataion Street collided with the tree, resulting in its fall.

Independent MPs supporting DPS Honorary Chairman Ahmed Dogan met with the There Is Such a People (TISP) parliamentary group to discuss forming a majority for a third mandate. Both parties found common ground and expressed readiness to form a regular cabinet.