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18.07.2024 / 11:20

Wildfires highlight island personnel shortages

ALEXANDRA KALAITZI

In mid-June a fire started on Milos. The island’s sole firefighter headed straight to the location in an antiquated fire truck, calling the head of the volunteer rescue team on the way.

18.07.2024 / 04:00

Cyprus plans solar panels for its army

Cyprus will begin installing solar panels at National Guard camps and other military facilities starting in September, aiming for completion by 2027, according to the island’s Defense Minister Vasilis Palmas.

18.07.2024 / 02:43

Strong interest in Greek five-year bonds

Investors showed keen interest in Wednesday’s auction of a reissued five-year Greek government bonds. Bids covered the asked sum (250 million euros) more than 3.5 times and the yield was 2.81%.

18.07.2024 / 01:15

Goal to speed up pension issuance

Labor and} Social Security Minister Niki Kerameus, Deputy Minister Panagiotis Tsakloglou and Secretary General of Social Security Nikos Melapidis inspected progress on the Electronic Single Social Security Entity (e-EFKA) digitization project on Wednesday.

18.07.2024 / 00:05

Air passenger traffic rises 11.4% in H1

The first half of the year saw an increase in passenger traffic of 11.4%, relative to the same period last year, at all of the country’s 39 commercial airports, official data have shown.

17.07.2024 / 23:18

An homage to freedom

Thousands of Greeks gather at Syntagma Square to listen to prime minister Georgios Papandreou’s declaration of Athens’ liberation from the Nazi occupation, on October 18, 1944.