water shortage

Minister of Environment and Energy Thodoros Skylakakis deflected criticism that water prices will increase, instead pointing to billing

No restrictions are necessary yet, experts say, but alternative water sources are being sought and people advised to be mindful.

Greece is among the top 25 most water-stressed countries worldwide, increasing the potential for a water crisis

Continuously rising temperatures that have plagued Greece during the ongoing summer season, with meteorologists declaring last month’s heat wave the earliest on record, are now being accompanied by the threat of drought. According to the EU Commission’s European Drought Observatory (EDO), “warning drought conditions” have been declared for most of Greece—along with eastern Spain, most […]