A 32-year-old Ukrainian woman, who was residing in Germany, was the tourist who died in Samaria gorge on Wednesday, state-run news agency amna.gr reported on Thursday, clarifying  initially confusing information about the rockfall victim. The woman was member of a group hiking through the gorge. Following a heavy rainfall, the …

Average temperature in Greece has increased by about 1.5 degrees Celsius in the last 30 years, turning the country into a “hotspot” of the climate change, a study has found. According to the meteo service study, temperature increase has been bigger and quicker  mainly in northern Greece, in areas far …

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Tuesday  that the “sustainable transport and tourism” portfolio has been assigned to Greece’s European Commissioner, Apostolos Tzitzikostas. During a press conference after a meeting with the presidents of the political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Commission President said that …

“the electrical interconnection with Greece and Cyprus is top priority,” Israel’s Energy and Infrastructure Minister, Eli Cohen, said on Thursday, a day after Cyprus signaled that the GSI with Greece was in limbo. On a post on X, Cohen wrote that he spoke with his Cypriot counterpart on the “Great …

High-ranking Hellenic Coast Guard officers have been appearing before the Greek Ombudsman since Monday over the fatal shipwreck off southern Greece in June 2023. The process is expected to be completed on September 20, with the examination of the coast guard head himself, Vice Admiral Georgios Alexandrakis. The process is …

The Central Port Authority of Volos announced on Monday the lifting of the swimming ban at beaches in the broader Volos area. Swimming is now permitted at all beaches from Agria to Agios Georgios of Kynigos. The swimming ban was imposed in the area on September 2, following concerns about …

Six in ten doctors want to leave Greece and exactly 6 in 10 citizens declare to be dissatisfied with the services of the public health care system that has worsened in the last 2-4 years, two recent surveys conducted in northern Greece have found. The National Health System (ESY) is …

The Central Port Authority of Volos decided on Monday to impose a swimming ban on a large breach front – to the east and west of the wider area of ​​the city of Volos – due to the large quantities of dead fish washed up recently from Lake Karla in …

Angry citizens jeered and strongly disapproved Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday, while he was touring areas in the flood-stricken Thessaly almost a year after storm Daniel devastated villages and agricultural production. The Prime Minister who visited the area to announced anti-flooding measures in the infrastructure and “inspect” the restored …

Sovereignty issues are never going to be on the discussion table with Turkiye and we will defend our sovereign rights, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Friday in an interview with Skai TV. Speaking about the meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, a day earlier in Brussels, Gerapetritis said …

A digital map showing all active fault lines in Greece and there characteristic features  is now available for the public. The map has been prepared over the last two years by the Hellenic Authority for Geological and Mineral Exploration (EAGME) with data from the Geodynamic Institute, the Universities of Athens, …

An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale rattled the mainland and islands in Central Greece late on Monday. According to the revised solution of the Geodynamic Institute, the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale and occurred at 22:53:42 local time. Its epicenter was 4 kilometers …

Psimythos, the fantastic Greek island has gone viral on internet since Saturday afternoon. For years the island was just a secret among insiders. But now after it gained popularity on social media, it is threatened to fall victim to everything swallowing tourism industry. It was started with a tweet on …

An elderly tourist visiting Anavra in central Greece suffered a heart attack and died a few meters away from the rural clinic of the village because it was closed. Cynical ‘justification” by the Health Minister: It’s logical that clinics are closed over the weekend. The incident took place last Sunday, …

Angry residents on the island of Leros in the eastern Aegean Sea prepared an anything but warm welcome for the controversial Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis. Frustrated about the deterioration of the public health care system and the severe personnel shortages in hospitals, they called him a “clown”, “depraved” and a …

Vaccination against the Monkey pox (mpox) is available to the Greek public as of July 22, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday. Τhe minister’s  statement came after the World Health Organization’s (WHO) announcement on Wednesday that the spread of mpox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. “The …

Heavy grey-yellow clouds blanketed the sky of Athens on Sunday afternoon, after a wildfire broke out in the farmland and forest area of Varnavas in north-eastern Attica,some 30 km away, and has been raging out of control. The north suburbs of the Greek capital report of a “suffocating atmosphere”, while …

Greece’s National Public Health Organization (EODY) issued an alert on the West Nile virus on Monday, advising citizens to be cautious and take protective measures. According to EODY, the number of recorded cases are higher compared to the same period in the previous five years, while the virus is present …

For one more time a large area on the island of Evia is on fire, forcing evacuations of four villages and settlements. This time, it’s the only forest that had escaped fires so far and is now burning in Central Evia. An hour after the fire broke out, two warning …

Foreign investing in Greek real estate is highly attractive for several reasons, according to Managing Director of Premier Realty Greece Corina Saias. As Saias notes, investing in Greek real estate provides a combination of affordable prices, high return potential, lifestyle advantages, and strategic benefits. As the Greek economy recovers and …