May 16, 2023
environment, FEATURED
180 firefighters from five European countries will assist Greece combating wildfires in the period July and August. The teams will come from Bulgaria, France, Germany, Romania and Slovakia. The assistance comes in the context of the firefighters pre-positioning program that will be implemented again via the European Civil Protection Mechanism …
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May 15, 2023
environment
Prince Albert II of Monaco will be visiting the island of Elafonisos to attend the Eco-Week symposium on May 29. The prince’s visit to the island, located off the southern end of the Peloponnese, is taking place in the context of attending the 6th Edition of the Eco-Sustainable Symposium during …
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May 9, 2023
environment
Artificial intelligence is being deployed in the battle for the prevention and management of forest fires through innovative programs developed and coordinated by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA). Forest fire risk is being assessed through the Deep Cube and SeasFire programs, which started in January 2021 and March 2022 …
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May 2, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Weather events and patterns in the Mediterranean indicate that the region, including Greece, will experience a summer as hot if not hotter than the last, which brought successive heatwaves and raised the climate change alarm. “We are watching the evolution of [weather] events in Spain and other countries in the …
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May 2, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin warning of weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and storms that will be accompanied in places by a high frequency of lightning and hail, as well as temporary stormy winds. The bad weather front is forecast to strike Greece from the West …
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April 30, 2023
environment, FEATURED
The fire season in Greece starts on Monday, May 1, and lasts until October 31, 2023 and the Civil Protection mechanism is in full readiness the institution ηασ has announced. The strategic planning is based on the new doctrine of Prevention, Preparation/Readiness in combination with the Immediate Response to emergencies …
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April 19, 2023
environment, FEATURED
The negative assessment of the Environment Ministry’s Directorate of Natural Environment and Biodiversity has essentially pulled the plug on plans for the construction of six wind farms in the pristine southern part of the central Aegean island of Skyros. The body opined that the construction of the project will cause …
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April 16, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin on Sunday afternoon, warning of weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and storms, strong winds and possible hail. The bad weather front is forecast to hit Greece from Sunday afternoon, April 16, and affect mostly regions in the West and the North …
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April 3, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Residents in Thessaloniki, Pella, Imathia and Pieria, northern Greece, have received an alert message from the <112> emergency line of the Civil Protection, warning them of the possibility of dangerous weather phenomena from midday Monday onward. Video: Fallen trees in Thessaloniki The Civil Protection recommended that citizens limit their movements …
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April 2, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin on Sunday, warning of a weather deterioration with intense phenomena such as heavy rainfalls and storms, high frequency of lightning, hail, stormy winds, Sahara dust and snow. The bad weather front comes from Italy with local meteorologists to have named it …
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March 27, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Meteorologists in Greece have been warning of a weather deterioration with strong rainfalls and storms locally, a significant temperature drop and stormy north-west winds up to 8 and 9 Beaufort in the seas and in continental areas. The bad weather front will hit Greece from the West from Monday afternoon, …
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March 24, 2023
environment
The European Court of Justice has once again condemned Greece over its environmental performance, and Thessaloniki more specifically over its air quality. The court on Thursday found very high levels of micro-particles in the air of the northern city, which Greece has failed to tackle over the last decade. The …
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March 16, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service updated on Thursday its weather warning and extended it until Saturday, March 18, 2023. The update forecasts heavy rainfalls, powerful winds and possible hail storms in several regions across the country, with the islands expected to be heavily hit. Winds will be blowing with intensity 0f …
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March 15, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s Meteorological Service EMY issue an emergency bulletin warning of weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and storms, locally possibly accompanied by hail and stormy winds. The bad weather front is forecast to hit Greece starting on Wednesday, March 13, and lasting until Friday, March 17, 2023. There will be snow …
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March 13, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Fourteen people who protested the cutting of trees in Thessaloniki on Monday morning were arrested accused of trying to prevent a crew of the Municipality from cutting trees. Police dragged the protesters from arms and legs and pushed them violently into vehicles. an elderly man is heard shouting “Shame! Shame!” …
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March 10, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin on Friday warning of weather deterioration forecast to hit several parts of the country from Friday afternoon until early Saturday afternoon, March 10-11, 2023. Man features of the bad weather front are heavy rainfalls and storms, accompanied locally by high frequency lightning …
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March 3, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Temperatures in Greece fluctuated at very high levels in winter 2022/2023 the National Observatory of Athens/meteo.gr announced on Friday. According to the network of 53 meteorological stations of the National Observatory of Athens/meteo.gr that have been operating continuously since 2010 until today, the winter of 2022-2023 was the warmest for …
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February 28, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Thousands of dead crabs have been washed up ashore in the shores of protected Kotychi wetland some 45 km away form the city of Patras, in north-western Peloponnese. According to local media, thousands of dead crabs have been recorded either washed up on the shores or they are floating dead …
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February 17, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Smog in Athens and Attica rose by 2 to 2.5 times, higher than the usual cold evening in the Greek capital due to the massive traditional grilling on Tsiknopempti, the Smokey Thursday, on February 16. Speaking to state broadcaster ERT, Director of Research of the Athens Observatory, Evangelos Gerasopoulos, said …
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February 8, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Snowfalls will continue late on Wednesday and also on Thursday, February 8-9, and Greece’s National Meteorological Service updated its weather warning on cold front “Barbara”. Snow, sleet and frost are the main features for the next hours. Schools will be closed in some suburbs of Attica. Weather Warning Wednesday (08/02/2023) …
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