Athens

By the end of 2025, 900-950 new buses will be on the streets of Attica, while the fleet will be renewed in Thessaloniki as well, the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Christos Staikouras, told SKAI 100.3.

He explained that there are already 140 new electric buses on the streets of Athens and 110 on the streets of Thessaloniki, which are fully accessible to all citizens.

Water drainage from houses, traffic disruptions and even fires caused by lightning were some of the problems caused by the 48-hour bad weather that hit the country.The weather subsided late in the afternoon and today summer will return with temperatures rising up to 35 degrees Celsius and local rains and sporadic thunderstorms in the northern and eastern Aegean.

Last month was the hottest June ever experienced in Athens, at least since records began over 150 years ago. In fact, eight of the hottest 10 Junes ever recorded in Athens were during the last 20 years and four of those were in the last decade alone.

Over 12,000 lightning strikes were recorded across Greece on Thursday, according to the National Observatory of Athens.

Several small fires broke out due to lightning in northern suburbs of Athens and wider Attica as a storm pounded the region, the Fire Department said on Thursday. 

Blazes were reported in arrested parts of Dionysos, Marathonas and Chalandri. The Fire Department has dispatched ground and air forces in affected areas. 

Flisvos Marina, managed by LAMDA Development and with an 8.16 million euro upgrade plan, is among the investment projects that have received the green light under the Ministry of Tourism’s approval decisions for Recovery Fund projects involving the upgrading of tourist ports.

The University of Athens is about to put forward for utilization three emblematic and historic properties in its portfolio in the near future.

These are two buildings in the center of Athens and another in Piraeus, for which it is estimated that there will be significant investment interest thanks to their location and character, as well as due to their historical significance.

Police are focusing their investigation into the murder of 54-year-old civil engineer Panagiotis Stathis, who was gunned down on Tuesday morning outside the offices of his company in Psychiko in northern Athens, on the island of Mykonos, where he had been professionally active since the late 90s.

On a day of reduced turnover, the Greek stock market recorded losses on Tuesday following two days of growth, in what seemed like a full reversal of Monday's rebound. More than just cashing in on recent gains, traders sent bank prices into a nosedive, partly due to the downgrade of JP Morgan's guidance on Greek stocks from "buy" to "neutral."

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