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
The fire service reported a total of 40 wildfires on Friday. Of the 40 fires, 33 were swiftly extinguished in their initial stages, while firefighters continued to battle the remaining seven blazes as of Friday evening.
