Philantropist Marianna Vardinogiannis dies, aged 86
Marianna Vardinogiannis, a prominent philanthropist, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and wife of shipping magnate Vardis Vardinogiannis has died, it was announced on Monday.
Vardinogiannis family announcement
“It is with great sadness that the family of Vardis I. Vardinogiannis announces that beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Marianna V. Vardinogianni, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, President of the “ELPIDA Association of Friends of Children with cancer”, passed away on Monday, July 24.
ATHEX: Minor losses on reduced turnover
Concerns over Greek tourism, given the forest fires on Rhodes and Corfu, put an end to the rising streak of the Athens stock market on Monday.
Rhodes blaze claiming lives of island’s iconic fallow deer
Rhodes’ iconic fallow deer – statues of which stand as emblems at the entrance to the southeastern Aegean island’s Mandraki Harbor – are being decimated by the raging wildfire tearing through forests.
More than 32 Greek regions experienced temperatures exceeding 40 degrees
Temperatures receded slightly on Monday but areas in Greece remained in the midst of a heatwave with high temperatures in several regions of the country. According to automated weather stations operated by the National Observatory of Athens and meteo.gr, 32 of these stations recorded temperatures exceeding 40 degrees.
My Past is a Foreign Country | Chios | to July 28
DEO Projects, in collaboration with Chios Ephorate of Antiquities, presents the group exhibition held at two historical landmarks in Chios Castle: the Temenos Hamidiye and the Ottoman Baths.
British airline announces four new repatriation flights
British airline Jet2 announced a further four flights for Monday night to repatriate its passengers back to the United Kingdom following the catastrophic wildfires on the island of Rhodes.
Car overturns near SNFCC
A traffic accident led to a car overturning near the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in southern Athens on Monday afternoon. The accident, that occurred at approximately 3 p.m., has led to disruptions in traffic.
High winds curtail efforts to put out three active fire fronts and rekindlings in Rhodes
Three separate fire fronts were still burning in the island of Rhodes late afternoon Monday, as firefighters tried to fight strong winds and put out rekindlings in several locations for a seventh consecutive day, said the Fire Brigade.
Hospitals try to eliminate use of gurneys as beds
The first time Athens’ Evangelismos Hospital was on duty to accept emergency cases in June, it treated 908 people. Doctors decided that 189 needed hospitalization. Almost unheard of for a Greek hospital, none of them had to lie on gurneys – also called “supplementary beds” – in some corridor instead of a room. Eliminating “supplementary…