Environment Ministry

Demand for real Christmas trees has been declining steadily since the start of the crisis in Greece, and this year the Environment Ministry has approved the felling of around 17,000 fewer firs than last year, figures show.

Hosting Turkey's most beautiful bays, on the routes of the famous Blue Voyage, the southwestern province Muğla has reservations against the recent protected area zone changes.

Turkey's 2.5 million hectares of protected sites have undergone a review during a categorization of the areas was replaced by three different categories.

Relations between the Environment Ministry and Eldorado Gold have changed completely after the departure of former minister Panos Skourletis, as the signing of a decision by new minister Giorgos Stathakis illustrated this week.

The ministerial decision approves the technical study by the company's subsidiary Hellas Gold on the ore dressing plant at Skouries in Halkidiki.

A majority of voters have come out in favor of the construction of a large marina in the Ataköy neighborhood of Istanbul's Bakırköy district in a public vote, with the project in legal limbo amid support from the Environment Ministry but objections from the local municipality. 

In a bid to reduce waste the country produces, a 0.05- to 0.1-euro charge for disposable plastic bags will be introduced at supermarkets next month, the Environment Ministry has announced.

A case opened to overturn an Environment Ministry report permitting copper mining activities in the Cerattepe area of the northeastern province of Artvin has been rejected by a local administrative court in the Black Sea province of Rize. 

An industrial accident occurred on Wednesday at a logistics hub in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, after 700 liters of formaldehyde poured out of a tank onto the street while it was being transferred.

The area was blocked off for hours while specialized crews removed the toxic waste.

The driver of the vehicle transferring the tank was arrested.

The party plaintiff lawyers in the case of a controversial mine construction in the Black Sea province of Artvin demanded recusal and abandoned the hearing room on Sept. 19 amid intense security precautions.

The Canadian mining group Eldorado Gold confirmed on Monday that it was resuming work at a controversial site in Skouries, Halkidiki, after the Environment Ministry approved a technical study for the project.