Infrastructure

Shortly after midnight on Wednesday, the first OSE freight train from Thessaloniki to Athens passed through, following a suspension on Monday due to severe weather conditions caused by Storm Bora, which created significant problems in a tunnel at Tempi.

The Greek railway has gradually started to acquire the systems and equipment that it should have had decades ago to guarantee its safe operation. 

The network, however, has not been evenly developed and it is vulnerable to accidents and natural disasters in several areas.

Having an affordable and reliable railway in this country remains, despite the recent trauma, a challenge.

The proper management of natural resources has become urgent due to the climate crisis and the increasing pressure from tourism, especially in areas with outdated infrastructure like islands.

Water should not be held hostage by local, narrow interests but managed regionally.

US tech giant Amazon is investing in three new large-scale wind farms in Greece, which it sees as a particularly important area of Central and Eastern Europe where it is strategically developing with new data centers.

The local community in northern Evros in northeastern Greece is opposing the licensing of wind farms in an area favored for ecotourism and environmental education.

Residents argue that the wind farms could disrupt the natural landscape and hinder eco-friendly tourism activities.

“Deep concern” was expressed by Germany and Finland after damage was detected in an undersea telecommunications cable.

BELGRADE - Building a large gas power plant with Azerbaijan would ensure a stable electricity source to Serbia, says Jelica Putnikovic, editor-in-chief of the Energija Balkana internet portal.

Bulgarian taxi drivers are set to stage a national protest on November 20, planning to halt traffic for about an hour in major cities across the country, as well as on highways and roads leading to border crossings. The demonstration aims to draw attention to what drivers describe as a drastic surge in mandatory "Civil Liability" insurance costs, which they say have increased tenfold.

The agricultural landscape in the Thessaly Plain in central Greece has come under pressure from solar energy projects encroaching on productive farmland.

Türkiye installed the fifth-largest volume of onshore wind energy in the first half of 2024, with 426 megawatts, according to a report by WindEurope.

This capacity was comprised of 78 turbines giving an average power rating for newly installed turbines of 5.5 megawatts, the report said.