Zakynthos, one of Greece’s most popular tourist destinations is at risk of ecological and economical disaster as drilling companies prepare to exploit thousands of kilometres of land, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned. The Greek government has allocated 17,000 square kilometres of Zakynthos to oil companies, leading …
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17 Greek beaches lose “Blue Flags” award for 2019, HSPN decides
Seventeen beaches across Greece had to removed the “Blue Flag” after inspectors found out that they do not meet the strict criteria for the quality award for 2019. The Blue Flags were not only removed from the beaches but also from national and international lists. In a statement issued by …
Read More »National Meteo upgrades Weather Warning to “Red Alert” July 16-17
Greece’s National Meteorological Service has updated the weather warning of July 15, 2019 to a Red Alert warning of Dangerous Weather Phenomena. According to the Red Alert warning issued by EMY on Tuesday, July 16, main features of the weather are strong rainfalls and storms that will be locally accompanied …
Read More »Expats report: “Fragments of a life in several places across Greece”
We love to hear by expats writing about their experiences from their life in Greece. Jacqueline Paizis, an author and KTG reader sent us her “fragments of a life” here and told us also about a book she wrote, a novel “the Cleaner of Kastoria.” Greece has been part of …
Read More »ND elitism: Different school courses for rich or poor children in cities or villages
Different courses and education schedule per school unit depending on the village, town, city or region. Slowly but gradually, high-ranking officials of conservative and neo-liberal New Democracy reveal the party plans once it emerges as the winner of the general elections on July 7, 2019. Slowly but gradually, ND officials …
Read More »Ferries remain docked at several Greek ports due to powerful winds
Ferries and ships remain docked at the ports of Rafina and Lavrio in Attica and other ports across Greece on Wednesday, due to strong winds blowing with intensity of up to 9 Beaufort and locally up to 10 B. Ferry links Aghia Marina-Nea Styra, Kavala-Prinos, Kavala-Thassos, Kyllini-Zakynthos and Kyllini-Kefalonia are …
Read More »Extreme Weather Warning for Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese
Ferries remain docked at the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio on Sunday, February 24th 2019, as powerful winds are blowing with intensity of 8-9 Beaufort and locally up to 10 B. Barometric low “Okeanis” has moved in the South of Greece, and meteorologists warn of extreme weather phenomena in …
Read More »Sea traffic disrupted, many ferries docked as winds blow with up to 10 Beaufort
Sea traffic has been disrupted and many ferries remain docked at Greece’s ports due to stormy North-East winds blowing with intensity of up to 9 and even 10 Beaufort. The schedule of passenger ferry “Dionysios Solomos” from the port of Piraeus to the west islands of the Cyclades was cancelled …
Read More »Expansion of Airbnb leads to revenue decrease for Greek home owners
Short-term lease via the platform Airbnb is spreading in Greece as more and more apartment and home owners prefer to lease to tourists and visitors. However, they are surprised to see that the revenues they were anticipated to earn are decreasing. Reason for this is the plethora of offer that …
Read More »Envelopes with mysterious substance arrive to 11 Greek universities from India
Several suspicious envelopes, some of them containing an unknown substance were sent to eleven University facilities in Greece over the last hours. All of them were sent from India, had Indian stamps and leaflets in English reading “Islam will rule but this will not happen because of the Muslims.” Special …
Read More »Italian President to formally apologize for declaring war to Greece on 28. Oct 1940
Italian President Sergio Mattarella will reportedly formally apologize on behalf of his country for the unprovoked declaration of war to Greece, on 28 October 1940. Invited by his Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Matterella will pay an one-day visit to Greece on Sunday. The two presidents will attend the military parade …
Read More »Three reasons Zakynthos survived 6.8R earthquake with minor damages
The powerful earthquake that hit the island of Zakynthos with 6.8R in the early morning hours of Friday had surprisingly few damages. Despite its force, there were no casualties and “no injuries” as the mayor told media Friday noon, several hours after the earthquake. Some old uninhabited houses and buildings …
Read More »Earthquake 6.8R strikes Zakynthos early Friday morning (videos)
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit the island of Zakynthos early Friday morning. The earthquake stroke at 1:54 a.m. with its epicenter located 34 km South-West of the island in the Ionian Sea. It occurred at a depth of 10km. It is the biggest earthquake occurred …
Read More »Ferries to Aegean Sea docked, sea traffic disruptions as Cyclone strikes Greece
Ferries to the island groups of the Cyclades and the Dodecanese remain docked at the ports of Piraeus and Rafina since Saturday (Sept 29/2018) morning due to gale force winds in the Central and East Aegean Sea. The sailing ban follows a relevant decision by the Greek Coast Guard. Mediterranean …
Read More »Power column explodes like fireworks due to gale force winds in Attica (video)
It was short after 7 o’ clock Thursday evening, when a power column started to explode like fireworks. A resident immediately called the Fire Service as the area of East Attica still suffers from the painful and deadly wildfires in July. Powerful winds blowing with intensity of up to 9 …
Read More »From “Xenophon” to “Zorbas”: Medicane Forecast Sept 27-30/2018
From barometric low “Xenophon” to Medicane “Zorbas.” Stormy winds blowing with intensity 9 and 10 Beaufort are sweeping across Greece and ferries remained docked for second consecutive day on Thursday. On several islands schools remained closed on Thursday and will remain closed also on Friday as Xenophon will keep sweeping …
Read More »Demolition of illegal beach bar in front of stunned tourists
Customers of a hotel in Anavyssos were stunned to hear police officers urging them to leave the area of the beach bar because demolishing works were imminent. Bulldozers had arrived early Monday morning to demolish four illegal constructed buildings and several kiosk in an area of 100 square meters in …
Read More »Zakynthos Shipwreck beach closed until ‘further notice’. What’s next?
Thousands of tourists will be able to admire the famous Zakynthos Shipwreck from afar after Port Authorities forbade both anchoring of boats and swimming in the area following the cliff collapse on Thursday. Port Authorities on the island of Zakynthos have issued a decision forbidding the sailing of and anchoring …
Read More »Sinead McNamara’s Parents reveal “she called us crying short before” the tragedy
The parents of 20-year-old Australian instagram influencer Sinead McNamara are intensively looking to the causes of their daughter’s death on a luxury yacht anchored off the island of Kefalonia last week. They reveal that Sinead called them short before she was found and she was crying. Sinead’s desperate family is …
Read More »Civil Protection warns of Very High Risk of Fires for several Greek regions, Sept 5
Greece’s Civil Protection has issued a fires risk warning for Wednesday, September 5, 2018. For several regions in Greece there is Very High Risk (Level 4) and High Risk (Level 3), the Civil Protection notes. At Very High and High Risk of fires are the regions of Attica, Evia, Peloponnese, …
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