October 26, 2023
Earthquake, FEATURED, Society
Two earthquakes measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale were recorded on Thursday off the island of Kassos in the southern Aegean Sea, the Athens National Observatory’s Geodynamics Institute said. The tremors were recorded at 10.18 a.m. and 10.24 a.m. The first quake’s epicenter was located in the sea region 28km …
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February 7, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY updated its Emergency bulletin on Snow Weather “Barbara” for the next two days, Τuesday and Wednesday, February 7-9, 2023. Snowfalls will intensify from the evening hours of Tuesday and mainly in the midnight hours of Wednesday in low-altitude areas of Magnesia, Eastern Central Greece (Fthiotida, …
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January 19, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Ferries were forbidden to sail from the ports of Zakynthos and Kefalonia on Thursday morning, January 19, due to strong winds blowing in the southern Ionian Sea. According to Levante Ferries, the ferries from Poros (Kefalonia) to Kyllini departing at 9:00, from Zakynthos to Kyllini departing at 09:45 and from …
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December 27, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s government plans to extend its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles to the south and west of the island of Crete in March, local media reported on Sunday. The extension is in the context of hydrocarbon research and the government has reportedly already informed the European Union and the …
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November 26, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Greece expands its seismic surveys and the Navy issued a new Navtex to locate hydrocarbon deposits south of Crete. The new Navtex concerns the vessel Sanco Swift which is towing a 12km cable. According to state broadcaster ERT, the research vessel will move even further south, in an area of …
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June 4, 2022
environment, FEATURED
At least one house has been reportedly burnt , one firefighter was taken to hospital due to respiratory problems and residents of Panorama Voula, South Athens, and neighboring areas were urged to evacuate their homes due to the wildfire on Saturday afternoon. Two bed-ridden elderly have been reportedly taken to …
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November 24, 2021
Society, Very Mix
Houses, shops and streets were flooded and people were trapped in their homes and vehicles in southern Athens when a rainstorm hit on Tuesday night. The Fire Service received dozens of calls for help. Note that the flooded areas Kallithea, Moschato, Neo Faliro are right next close to a construction …
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January 17, 2021
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY updated Sunday noon its warning of snow weather front “Leandros” that is currently sweeping across the country. The next wave of weather deterioration will bring snow, sleet, torrential rainfalls, thunderstorms, gale-force winds and total frost. The recent EMY weather warning has been updated as the …
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September 29, 2018
weather
It was short after 10 o’ clock on Saturday morning when Mediterranean Cyclone Zorbas stroke the Prefecture of Messinia in South-West Peloponnese, in South Greece. “Initially it was just rough sea, when suddenly strong wind started to blow and rain fell,” a local reporter said. In the Gulf of Messinia, …
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April 23, 2018
Social
Creepy details about the death of the newborn baby boy found in the open space of a residential building in South Athens. According to the autopsy conducted on Monday, the baby boy was born alive, it was healthy and most probably died after being left for some 12 hours outdoors. …
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April 16, 2018
Economy
The issue of the islands does not concern only Greece, but the whole Europe, Alternate Economy and Development Minister Alexis Charitsis said on Monday in a statement to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) during the 13th Regional Development Conference of South Aegean held in Rhodes. Charitsis said that Special Development …
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April 10, 2018
Earthquake, Society
An earthquake measuring 4.7 on Richer scale stroke the South Aegean Sea at 06:56 p.m. on Tuesday and rattled the islands of the Cyclades group and the Dodecanese. The epicenter was in the sea area 21 km North-West off the island of Astypalaia and South-East off the island of Amorgos. …
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August 23, 2017
Economy
German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was always against a common European debt, against Eurobonds and new support programs for the European South. He seems to have made a U-turn. As expected not without strict measures and concessions. According to German daily BILD, Schaeuble is working on a proposal that would …
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March 23, 2017
Politics, World
With excessive sarcasm, two Greek female politicians replied to the sexist comments of Eurogroup head, Jeroen Dijsselbloem that the countries of the European South wasted the aid money in “drinks and women.” Maybe Dijsselbloem has not resigned, but sexist comments cost the job of a Greek from New Democracy. Member …
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November 20, 2015
Earthquake, Very Mix
The powerful earthquake that hit the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea with a magnitude of 6.1R shifted the island by 36 cm southwards and caused unusually deep vertical deformations. According to Greek media reports “Measurements of the National Observatory of Athens showed that the island of Lefkada was …
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April 6, 2013
Earthquake, Very Mix
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Crete at 2:46 p.m. on Saturday. The epicenter was in the sea 57 km south of Agia Galini and 10 km south-east of Gavdos island. The depth is estimated to be 27 km. The earthquake lasted several seconds. No injuries or …
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