March 6, 2024
FEATURED, weather
Winter 2023-2023 has been the hottest recorded in Greece’s history, preliminary data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and analyzed by the scientific team of the National Observatory of Athens, meteo.gr have shown. The 2023-2024 winter (December 2023, January and February 2024) in Greece was marked by extended periods …
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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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January 2, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Winter sales in Greece are scheduled to start on Monday, 9 January 2023 and will run until 28 February 2023, the Enterprises and Retail Association (SELPE) announced on Monday. The SELPE added that the first Sunday of the winter sales, namely 15 January, the commercial shops will be open throughout …
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December 6, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Tuesday that an agreement has been reach with 11 airlines to increase flights from November 2022 until March 2023. In an interview with state broadcaster ERT, the minister referred to the interventions implemented to strengthen winter tourism, so that Greece welcomes travelers throughout the …
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October 10, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A “civil war” has broken out in Greece’s apartment buildings on the crucial issue of heating in winter as the energy prices, that is heating oil and natural gas, keep on rising. The issue has already called in meeting in apartment buildings where home owners, tenants and landlords have to …
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October 4, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism
The film “Greece DOES have a Winter” produced for the Greek National Tourism Organisation (GNTO) Visit Greece campaign is candidate for the World’s Best Tourism Film at CIFFT “People’s Choice” Award 2022, GNTO Secretary General Dimitris Fragakis posted on social media on Tuesday. According to film producers, main goal of …
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September 4, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis urged Greeks to seek alternative ways for heating, warning that the upcoming winter will be worse than the one in 1942, when the country suffered famine due to occupation by the German Nazis in WWII. Heating oil is currently 6 times cheaper than natural gas. the …
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February 17, 2021
FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis paid a visit to the hot spot of Kara Tepe on the island of Lesvos at midnight Tuesday. The Minister inspected the living conditions of the approximately 7,000 asylum-seekers in the camp, where icy conditions prevailed, and “issued instructions for their improvement,” state media …
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December 15, 2019
Social
In the city of Edessa, trees are adorned with jackets. No, it’s not an original Christmas decoration but a donation action for the needy of the town in West Macedonia, northern Greece. Jackets, anoraks sand overalls for children and adults will be hung on the trees a few days before …
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October 25, 2019
Very Mix
It’s time for “winter” time and for days to get shorter, no matter how much we hate that. In the night from Saturday to Sunday, October 26th to 27th 2019, clocks will be set one hour back: the change will occur at 04:00 am. Digital clocks will automatically show 03:00 …
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August 28, 2019
Refugees
Ten thousand asylum seekers are now living in cramped conditions in a camp that was designed for 3,500 people. With no proper accommodation or even sleeping bags to face the fast approaching winter, the safety of these desperate people is now at risk”, says Benedicte Giæver, Executive Director of NORCAP. …
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January 14, 2019
Tourism
Prices for admission tickets to the Museum of Acropolis will double during the summer period, Greek Culture Ministry announced on Monday. The ticket price will increase from 5 to 10 euros from 1. April to 31. October when the Museum will operate with extended visiting hours. During the same period, …
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February 11, 2018
weather
When strong winds are blowing in the Aegean Sea, the ferry and ship crews, the captains and the dock workers at the ports of the Greek islands deserve a special credit for the tough job they do under extreme weather conditions. But also passengers often display a good portion of …
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January 24, 2018
weather
When icy cold weather has Greece in its grip, Mount Parnitha cannot be the exception. With temperature at -3 degrees Celsius at 2 o’ clock in the afternoon and at -6 C at night and north winds blowing with intensity of 6 Beaufort, no wonder the mountain in the outskirts …
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December 8, 2017
Refugees
Greek Migration Minister, Yannis Mouzalas, has admitted that migrants in the Moria Camp on the island of Lesvos may die of cold in the upcoming winter. In an interview to German magazine Der Spiegel, Mouzalas said that he cannot rule out migrants’ death because of hypothermia. He said that authorities …
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November 13, 2017
Social
A 90-year-old woman died when the electric water bottle she used to keep her warm caught fire. A fire broke out Sunday midnight in an 2nd floor apartment in Neapoli, Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Neighbors who saw thick smoke coming out of the apartment called the Fire Service. When fire fighters …
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March 7, 2017
Society
Last night, a homeless woman started a fire in a public garbage bin in order to warm herself. However, authorities had little understanding for her plight and arrest her. The incident occurred in the heart of the city of Volos in Central Greece. The homeless started the fire in a …
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March 1, 2017
Society
Three days after the deadly car crash that took the lives of four people, and Greece’s traffic police continues the investigation. First findings from the highway security cameras reportedly show that the Porsche had developed a high speed of up to 250 km/h at many different points of its journey …
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January 3, 2017
animals
A horse is a horse is a horse … A horse in agricultural Greece may have a real tough life especially in the middle of winter. A horse tied up in the open snowed field exposed to wind and temperature at -7° Celsius… The poor horse was spotted in the …
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January 2, 2017
Society
Men, women and children defied the winter temperatures and took a dive into the cold sea of Pagasitikos Gulf in central Greece. The event took place on Sunday, 1st January. The swimmers were lucky that the sun was shining after days of snow weather and frost. In the company of …
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