Dumping

Polluters of Diavata fields charged with violating environmental protection laws

Police have identified a husband and wife, aged 70 and 65, who dumped waste in fields in the area of Diavata in Thessaloniki and charged them with violating environmental protection laws.

The 65-year-old owns a company that specializes in emptying and cleaning cesspools and unblocking blocking hydraulic installations.

Minister expects regional players to be involved in Koper-Divača track

The minister's comments on Thursday come after 2TDK, the state-run company managing the project, has decided to enter negotiations with ten of the 15 bidders that responded to an international call to tender for the main construction work, including several Chinese and Turkish companies, aside from builders from Slovenia, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.

Dual signal

Closing the border conveyed a message to Ankara that its blackmail will not pass and also to Europe that Greece is not a human dumping ground.

The Greeks saw their government take tough decisions to protect the national interest.

Turkey will hopefully understand that the Greek border is also the European border.

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