Satellite analysis by the METEO unit of the National Observatory of Athens has revealed a striking rise in soil temperatures, up to 10°C, in areas affected by the August 2024 wildfire in Varnava and Penteli, northeast of Athens.
A case file involving a senior judge at the Athens Court of Appeals, accused of systematic drug use and purchases from dealers, has been forwarded to the Piraeus Prosecutor’s Office of Appeals.
Coast guard officers carried out nearly 3,000 inspections of water sports rental businesses between June and mid-July, issuing more than 260 violations and imposing fines totaling nearly €80,000, authorities said on Wednesday.
Police carried out a raid at Korydallos Prison on Wednesday, during which 11 inmates were arrested on charges related to drug and weapons offenses.
July is harvest time in Greece’s northern peach orchards, where pickers mount wooden ladders and carefully place the fruit in crates ready for factories that peel, slice and can them, often for consumers in the United States.
Legendary rock band the Melvins will take the stage at Technopolis on July 23. Formed in 1983, the Melvins became pioneers of heavy and alternative rock, shaping a sound that influenced generations of musicians, including Kurt Cobain, who considered them among his favorite bands.
The second largest village in the municipality of Platanias at Hania, western Crete, will be “artificial.”
A fire broke out on Wednesday morning in a forested area in the area of Spilia, in Tempe, central Greece.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday defended his government’s decision to submit a motion for a parliamentary inquiry into the OPEKEPE farm subsidies agency, covering the period from 1998 to the present. The investigation aims to examine long-standing structural failures in the distribution of EU agricultural funds.
Athens’ primary water supply system is under mounting stress, as the Mornos Reservoir – the main source of drinking water for the capital – recorded its second-lowest water level in two decades this May, according to a comprehensive new study.