Greece

The heavy snowfall in Greece brought about by the storm "Elpis" may cause power outages across regions that have been hit with dense snow. Many regions in Attica, where the city of Athens is located, Evia, and Crete are facing...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Katerina Sakellaropoulou spoke together on Friday about the lessons learned this week after the power outages.

Greece's most recent winter storm, dubbed ''Hephaestion,'' which brought extensive snowfall, frost and extremely forceful winds to many parts of Greece, is now gradually moving eastward and away from the country. The Aegean islands of Tinos and Andros were left...

Greece’s Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DEDDIE) sent a clear warning on Friday that Greece's largest island, Crete, will experience power blackouts in the summer unless special measures are taken. DEDDIE sent an open letter to the Public Power Corporation, the...

Flooding from the winter storm "Oceanis" killed one person and extensive damage was recorded on bridges and roads in Crete as the extreme weather which began on Sunday continued to pummel the Greek island. The body of a 61-year-old farmer...

Electricity and water supplies were restored on the Greek island of Hydra on Monday afternoon, after a power outage since early Sunday morning. The Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DEDDIE) apologized for the blackout and said it had restored a fault...

Many Greek citizens have not paid their electricity bill and have decided to steal electricity instead. Electricity theft is costing Greece’s dominant power utility Public Power Corporation (PPC) about 170 million euros in lost income each year, the company said...

According to the newspaper "To Vima," the Ministry of the Environment is seeking options in order to ensure that vulnerable households will retain their electricity supply. The Minister Yiannis Maniatis proposed  the introduction of a 50-cent levy on all electricity bills  in...

The power supply to the Greek island of Santorini was returning to normal over the weekend, after several days of serious shortages following a blackout caused by a power station fire last Tuesday, with the country's electricity distribution network...