Athens-Macedonian News Agency

Expert rebuffs WHO, says Greek measles epidemic has been contained

The Greek Health Ministry's Immunization Committee is planning to send the World Health Organization (WHO) a letter asking that it clarify its decision last week to list Greece among four European nations - including the Czech Republic, Albania and the United Kingdom - where measles is no longer considered eradicated.

PPC CEO to present 500-million-euro rescue plan on Friday

The new President and CEO of Greece's struggling public power utility PPC wll present to the company's board on Friday a 500-million-euro rescue package, where rate hikes will be offset by lower VAT and other levies for a net neutral impact on consumers, according state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Wednesday.

Smoke from blazes led to major air pollution in Athens

The high concentrations of airborne microparticles in the atmosphere of the Greek capital due to the large wildfire that raged across the island of Evia had dropped Wednesday from the levels observed on Tuesday, according to the director of the Institute for Environmental and Sustainable Development Research, Nikos Michalopoulos.

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