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Schools in Thessaly and Sporades islands to remain closed next week
The regional government of Thessaly and the Education Ministry are set to jointly announce that schools will remain closed in the region and the Sporades islands next week due to the destructive nature of storm Daniel.
A re-evaluation of the situation is expected next week to determine whether schools will open the following week.
Coast Guard rescues 48 off Siteia
The Hellenic Coast Guard located and rescued 48 people on Friday after they had been disembarked on a rocky outcropping off Siteia, on the island of Crete. The group was comprised of 35 men, nine women, and four children.
A mother and two newborns were moved to the General Hospital of Agios Nikolaos, while two men and one woman are being treated at the local health center.
Vucic: Ruling coalition wants elections, discussions due at end of month
BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday Serbia's ruling coalition was in favour of meeting an opposition demand for early elections and announced that discussions about this would begin after a September 14 meeting of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and a September 19-26 UN General Assembly session.
Rainfall during Daniel much higher than 2020 Ianos storm
The rainfall levels recorded by the automated monitoring stations of the National Observatory of Athens during the during the recent storm Daniel were much higher than those recorded during the Ianos storm that hit Greece in September 2020.
When comparing the cumulative rainfall amounts, the data confirms the conclusion that the recent phenomenon was many times stronger.
Brnabic: Serbia ready for technologically advanced, capital-intensive investments
SEOUL - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Friday in Seoul Serbia was ready to receive technologically advanced, capital-intensive investments.
Brnabic said this after the signing of a MoU with the South Korean conglomerate SK Group, noting that Serbia's chance lay in the fact the conglomerate had no biotech centres in Europe.
Brnabic:Serbia ready for technologically advanced, capital-intensive investments
SEOUL - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Friday in Seoul Serbia was ready to receive technologically advanced, capital-intensive investments.
Brnabic said this after the signing of a MoU with the South Korean conglomerate SK Group, noting that Serbia's chance lay in the fact the conglomerate had no biotech centres in Europe.