Island desalination projects will boost water supply
The Environment Ministry has approved 42 water-supply projects worth €75.5 million to address water shortages, including desalination plants for islands receiving them for the first time.
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December 4, 2025 Campaign groups welcome move on deep-sea mining
By Martin Banks Campaigners have welcomed a decision by the Norwegian Parliament to stop all plans for deep-sea mining in Arctic waters until the current parliamentary period ends in fall 2029.
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November 7, 2025 Award winner urges world to do more to protect biodiversity
By Martin Banks The prestige High Seas Treaty has been declared winner of the 2025 Earthshot Prize in the “Revive Our Oceans” category.
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October 31, 2025 Greek capital faces rising oxidative pollution risk
A groundbreaking international study published in Nature warns that Athens ranks among Europe’s most polluted cities in terms of the oxidative potential of airborne particles – their ability to cause oxidative stress in the human body.
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October 14, 2025 New report warns of “damaging industry” posed by carnivorous aquaculture
By Martin Banks A new report warns of the “disastrous implications” for the marine environment, animal welfare, and food security of octopus farming and the expansion of carnivorous aquaculture.
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October 4, 2025 Greece among top food wasters in Europe, EU data shows
Greece ranks among the EU’s highest food wasters, with an estimated 200 kg of food wasted per person each year, according to EU data.
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June 13, 2025 Maritime’Listen to the ocean before it falls silent’
By Martin Banks A major hospitality group is calling on chefs at all of its 580 properties, including those in the UK and Benelux, to remove threatened seafood species from their menus.
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June 12, 2025 “Listen to the ocean before it falls silent” – message of new initiative on biodiversity
By Martin Banks A major hospitality group is calling on the chefs of its 580 properties,including several in Benelux, to remove threatened seafood species from their menus.
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June 11, 2025 Greece moving ahead with marine parks
Greece is moving cautiously to finalize the creation of two new national marine parks, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in Nice, France. He said the legal process to establish the parks in the Ionian Sea and the southern Cyclades will begin before the end of June.
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April 29, 2025 Cretan village shaken by mysterious cracks
A village near Iraklio on the island of Crete, has been placed under a state of emergency after large ground fissures caused serious damage to about 20 homes. Nine houses in Voutes have been marked as unsafe, forcing evacuations, officials said. “The cracks are essentially due to some form of landslide phenomenon,” said Efthymios Lekkas, […]
