According to the updated emergency weather bulletin issued at noon on July 4, very high temperatures are forecast in our country until Wednesday (09-07-25). The highest values (maximum values of more than 40 degrees) will occur from today (07-07-25) in the interior of mainland Greece. On Thursday (10-07-25) a significant drop in temperature is expected throughout the country.
This follows the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee vote on June 24, which passed the draft report with wide support despite Bulgarian objections. The initial text included direct references to “Macedonian language and identity” and dismissed amendments suggesting “modern” as a qualifier.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived at 11 a.m. in Karyes, the administrative center of the monastic community, for a two-day visit to Mount Athos. Accompanying him were Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Nikos Papathanasis, Deputy Minister of Interior (Macedonia-Thrace) Kostas Gioulekas, New Democracy Political Committee Secretary Kostas Skrekas, Halkidiki MP Giannis Giorgos, and Aristotle Mayor Stelios Valianos.
He was formally welcomed in the central square by Protopresbyter Avraam and the political administrator of Mount Athos, Alkiviadis Stefanis.
According to the National Meteorological Service (EMY), strong northerly winds—reaching up to 9 Beaufort locally—are expected across the Cyclades, Crete, the Dodecanese, and the eastern Aegean. The Fire Risk Prediction Map issued by the General Secretariat for Civil Protection has marked at least 10 regions, including Attica, in the “red zone” for extreme fire risk.
Fires from lightning on Friday night in five areas of Thessaloniki - Yesterday the temperature exceeded 43 degrees Celsius in Skala Messinia - In force the EMF emergency bulletin
