Greece records hottest June since 2010
This June was the hottest in Greece since 2010 by a significant margin, according to data from 53 meteorological stations by the National Observatory of Athens.
This June was the hottest in Greece since 2010 by a significant margin, according to data from 53 meteorological stations by the National Observatory of Athens.
A 47-year-old foreign national, wanted on a European arrest warrant for money laundering, was arrested in the island of Santorini early Monday morning.
Due to the increased number of wildfires, Greek firefighting planes, Canadair and PZL, saw their flight hours in June increase by 1260% compared to the same month last year, sources stated to Kathimerini.
A fire that began Monday morning in Metochi Sidirountas on the island of Chios continues to cause extensive damage and has injured five individuals battling the blaze.
The Charles Lloyd Sky Quartet will perform under the starlit Athenian sky with Greece’s Maria Farantouri at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus on July 18, as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival (aefestival.gr), along with special guest Sokratis Sinopoulos.
The now evident impact of climate change on agriculture in Greece and the need for ways to adapt were discussed at a forum organized on Friday and Saturday in Lasithi by the University of Crete and the National Network on Climate Change.
Traffic tickets to be issued electronically starting Monday for violations in Athens and Thessaloniki.
A man was arrested for arson in Loutraki, Corinth on Monday and remanded in custody pending trial.
London-based artist Christina Mitrentse’s interactive installation-performance “Censored” explores banned books borrowed from four libraries, constructing a temporary Metalibrary at Greece’s National Library (364 Syngrou) in a co-production of the Athens Epidaurus Festival and the Municipal Theater of Piraeus.
Former interim British Museum director Sir Mark Jones has proposed that the Parthenon Marbles be shared between the UK and Greece.