Category Archives: Latest Greek news

The deafening silence of the forests

Bass Rock is an island not too far off the coast of Scotland, east of Edinburgh. It is home to the largest northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony in the world, hosting nearly 75,000 couples each year.

Tentoglou wins long jump gold with final leap

Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece won long jump gold at the World Championships on Thursday as his final leap of 8.52 metres edged him ahead of long-time leader Wayne Pinnock of Jamaica.

Index up, but cannot rise above 1,300

The Athens Stock Exchange rose slightly on Thursday but could not scramble above 1,300 points, a level it has found difficult to sustain.

Study shows health staff left ‘exhausted’ by pandemic

A study conducted by the University of Athens showed high levels of burnout among healthcare professional following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recruiting the best

Whatever the final tally of managing the climate threat, what is certain is that the people on the front lines – pilots, firefighters, security forces, volunteers – are fighting with self-sacrifice.

Efforts to contain wildfires continue

Firefighters struggled Thursday against strong winds and hot, dry conditions to tame multiple wildfires ravaging Greece, including one in the country’s northeast that officials say is the largest recorded in the European Union.

Firefighters in Greece struggle to control wildfires, including the EU’s largest blaze on record

Firefighters struggled Thursday against strong winds and hot, dry conditions to tame multiple wildfires ravaging Greece, including one in the country’s northeast that officials say is the largest recorded in the European Union.

Menendez wants to end requiring yearly approval for US weapons sales to Cyprus

The chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Thursday he will push to either end or extend the timeline of a legal clause that requires annual approval for the sale of US-made weapons to Cyprus.

Smoke microparticles reach Malta and Sicily 

Smoke from the forest fires burning in Greece has spread across most of the Eastern Mediterranean, with the National Observatory of Athens’ Meteo meteorological service reporting that the Thrace blazes in particular are releasing enormous volumes of microparticles that have now made their way to Malta and southern Italy.

The Athens meeting

The presence in Athens of leaders from most of the countries of the Western Balkans, as well as others from the wider region, strengthens Greece’s leading role in the area.