September 2, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
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 …
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July 22, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
More than 100 veterinarians have been send to Central Greece to conduct health checks to sheep and goat as a serious outbreak of highly contagious of ovine rinderpest or cattle pest, a virus infecting sheep and goats. At the same time, the Regional Governor of Thessaly has ordered the closure …
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July 18, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
The Hellenic Train, the private company operating passengers and freight trains across Greece, claims 40 million euros in compensation from the Greek State for traffic disruption after the Tempi tragedy and damages of the rail network caused by storm Daniel. Talks are currently ongoing between the ministry and HT on …
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April 18, 2024
Economy
For the flood victims in Thessaly, the torture of the bureaucracy of the Greek state does not end. In addition to the energy bills in the flooded properties that remain without electricity, the closed and uninhabited houses, locals have now received also notices to pay the unified Property Tax (ENFIA). …
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November 20, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Dutch experts shed light on the causes of the floods disaster in Thessaly plain that destroyed agricultural land, farming animals, homes and businesses in September 2023. The experts hired to evaluate the causes of the floods have reportedly proposed a new water management model. Among their preliminary findings included in …
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October 31, 2023
Economy
“It will take at least two years before the railroad network is restored in floods-stricken Thessaly, Central Greece,” Deputy Infrastructure and Transport Minister Nikos Tachiaos said in Parliament on Monday. The region of Central Greece suffered immense destruction after storm Daniel beginning of September “We are talking about a full …
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October 13, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Nineteen new cases of leptospirosis have been confirmed in the areas affected by last month’s flooding in Thessaly, nine of them in the last 24 hours. Thirty-four cases of leptospirosis in total have been confirmed so far in the affected areas of Thessaly. Six of the infected people are hospitalized, …
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October 5, 2023
Uncategorized
European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski on Thursday visited areas of Thessaly affected by the flooding caused by the destructive storms, Daniel and Elias. Following an invitation by Rural Development and Foods Minister Lefteris Avgenakis, Wojciechowski flew with a helicopter over the flooded areas in Thessaly, visited farms and talked …
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September 24, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Greece’s Deputy Minister of Health Irini Agapidaki sounded the alarm about the health situation prevailing in the areas flooded by storm Daniel as cases of leptospirosis, gastroenteritis and lung infections are recorded almost daily, flood water remains stagnant and the carcasses of thousands of animals have not been fully collected …
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September 15, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix, weather
Rising water levels at Lake Karla are threatening to inundate the few remaining parts of the Thessaly plain that have not been flooded yet. The reason is that the waters from Pinios River continued to feed into the lake on Friday. Villages on the shores of Lake Karla such as …
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September 14, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism
Athens-Thessaloniki highway remains closed at the height of flooded Thessaly in Central Greece also on Thursday, September 14, 2023, due to flood water and mud. Authorities suggest the highway may open to traffic on upcoming Saturday or maybe on Sunday, September 16-17. Essentially, Greece is cut in two, since the …
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September 11, 2023
Society, Very Mix
Around 900 asylum seekers who are staying in the camp Koutsochero in Thessaly, will need to leave the camp to make place for the displaced, flood-stricken residents of the broader area. Asylum seekers will be transferred to other camps across the country. Citing local media, news website news247.gr reports that …
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September 19, 2020
FEATURED, Social, Uncategorized, weather
Two people have been recovered dead and three are missing in Central Greece where Medicane IANOS struck with heavy intensity, flooded large parts of Thessaly and damaged infrastructure. The towns of Karditsa, Farsala and surrounding areas down to the outskirts of Volos are under water, and dozens are still waiting …
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August 13, 2020
Archeology
One of the things that would sound really strange to today’s Greeks would be to expect to see in the countryside elephants, hippos, and bison, but things were not always this way according to current research – wild mammals found today in Africa and in Asia were once roaming in …
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January 14, 2018
weather
Two hobby fishermen have been missing in Mikri Volvi Lake in Halkidiki peninsula in Northern Greece since Sunday morning. The two men, aged 40 and 70, went out to collect the nets despite the bad weather and the strong winds blowing in the area and the lake. When hours …
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