Summer thunderstorms and downpours are typical for the region. Hail cannot be predicted with accuracy and firing missiles at it is not effective, as stated by weatherman Konstantinos Lagouvardos in an interview with GRReporter.

The hearing of Ilias Kasidiaris in the Court of Appeal took place under draconian security measures, as supporters of the Greek neo-Nazis had gathered in front of the building chanting offensive slogans.

The number of deputies who want a referendum exceeded 120 as required by the Greek Constitution.

According to the information available so far, 520 tons of chemical weapons will be destroyed by hydrolysis in the Mediterranean. The particular process has been developed by the Pentagon, but it has never been used in a real operation.

The most possible candidate is former Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis.

Real estate agencies claim that the number of holiday houses and villas for sale is over 30,000. It may reach up to 50,000, including the thousands of houses that are located at a short distance from the sea.

Desislava Nikolova is chief economist at the Institute for Market Economics (IME) and currently its interim CEO. The Institute is a non-profit organisation that deals with the analysis of economic policies in Bulgaria, aiming to justify the benefits of free choice in various spheres of the economic life and to promote less interference in it on the part of the state. Desislava Nikolova talks to Polina Spartyanova.