Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of subdued celebrations because of the war in Gaza.
The coldest Christmas Day in Greece occurred in 1909 (based on the Julian calendar used at the time) according to the records of the historic climate station of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), permanently stationed at the Nymphs Hill in the Thissio area that has been providing valuable information about Athens’ weather since 1890.
Traffic on the capital’s streets has begun taking a toll on people’s nerves. We hear it in everyday conversations all around us. Stories of near insanity from commuters who spend almost two hours covering a route that, under normal conditions, would take just half an hour.
Greece’s Coast Guard said it was searching for a missing person believed to be a minor after rescuing 52 migrants in two separate incidents in the Aegean on Thursday.
Traffic across the country’s national road network is testing drivers’ nerves as agricultural blockades and police-ordered detours slowed travel on Tuesday, creating kilometer-long queues and hours of delays, authorities and participants said.
Greek tourism stands out among the competition and has been setting records over the past decade, driven by both the rise in international travel demand and the substantial strengthening of the country’s competitiveness.
Thirty thousand adults are receiving SMS messages notifying them of eligibility for a free obesity treatment program.
The wet weather system that battered Attica on Wednesday is moving to the north of the country with rain and storms expected to affect several regions of Macedonia and islands of the northeastern Aegean on Christmas Day.
A €700,000 project for the restoration, protection and enhancement of the ancient theater of Calydon, one of western Greece’s most important archaeological monuments, got under way last week, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).