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Impressive Meteor with blue glow over Athens (video)

An impressive phenomenon with a blue glow over Athens, when a meteor crossed the cloudy sky in the evening and early morning hours of Monday, February 10, 2025. The meteor passage was recorded by the Web Camera of Vangelis Markoulis, which is integrated into the Acharnes Meteorological Station as well …

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Santorini: Special prayers for protection from earthquakes (video)

Holding banners, Greek flags, holy icons, the relics of Saint Charalambos and the scull of Saint Prosdokimos, clergy and locals of the village Emporeio in south Santorini held a procession through the village streets seeking divide protection from the earthquakes. Pictures via neakriti.gr The procession took place on the occasion …

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Farmers to block with tractors the highway in Central Greece

Protesting farmers from Magnesia in central Greece will stage a symbolic blockade of the Old Volos-Larissa National Road at Rizomylos on Monday, from 5 p.m. The farmers are rallying for support from local authorities as they continue their protest against rising production costs, low product prices, and the lack of …

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Urgent investigation ordered into videos linked to Tempi train collision

Larissa appellate-level examining magistrate Sotiris Baikamis ordered on Monday an urgent investigation of the three videos handed over to the Tempi train crash investigation by the company responsible for the video surveillance of railway line, on behalf of the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE).  The court-appointed fact-finders will examine the authenticity …

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Over 11,700 earthquakes in Santorini Jan 26-Feb 7

Over 11,700 earthquakes occurred in Santorini and nearby area between January 26 and February 7, an analysis by the Interdisciplinary Committee for Risk and Crisis Management of the National University of Athens (EKPA), published on Sunday, February 9, 2025. has shown. At the same time, a small and gradual decrease …

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Greece Weather: Temperatures blow seasonal average, snow

Temperatures remain low, at single digit also on Sunday even in the suburbs of southern Athens that usually have a mild climate. Around 10 0′ clock in the morning it was 6 degrees Celsius and the cats that insisted on their morning stroll in the balcony quickly changed their mind …

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Greece, Cyprus among UN nations supporting ICC after Trump sanctions

Greece and Cyprus are among the 79 UN member states that signed a joint declaration issued on Friday confirming their strong support of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) independence, impartiality, and integrity following the sanctions imposed on it by United States President Donald Trump. The  initiative for the declaration was …

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Hotel construction on unique Sarakiniko beach on Milos

World famous Sarakiniko beach on the island of Milos turned into a construction site and has residents to go furious into the prospect that the unique landscape with its volcanic rock formations that are protected by NATURA will be the ground for a luxury hotel. The beach on the north …

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