Thessaloniki hit by flooding
Firefighters in Thessaloniki received 300 calls for assistance following flooding in the northern city during the early hours of Saturday morning.
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June 16, 2023 Barack Obama Returns to Greece
Former US president Barack Obama has reportedly arrived in Greece where he is scheduled to participate in an international conference held in Athens next week.
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June 14, 2023 Pylos shipwreck death toll continues to climb with 78 bodies found
At least 78 bodies have been found by rescuers conducting search-and-rescue operations on Wednesday following the capsizing of a fishing vessel off the town of Pylos in the Peloponnese. There are fears that the death toll may still yet increase further. 104 people on board have been rescued, with information suggesting that the people on […]
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June 7, 2023 Meet the Anemoi, the Greek Gods of Weather
Ancient Greeks believed that the weather, like nearly everything else on earth, was the result of divine activity. Wind, specifically, was associated with the Anemoi, or the Greek gods of the wind.
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June 6, 2023 Greek High School Students Win Eurostat Competition
Three Greek students from a high school in Thessaloniki triumphed in the European Statistic Competition held by Eurostat.
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June 5, 2023 Authorities rescue 91 migrants from Evros islet
Authorities rescued 91 migrants from a river islet and transferred them to a processing center near the border with Turkey, police said Sunday.
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June 4, 2023 Geology of Greece: How the Country’s Beautiful Landscape Formed
By Tony Cross Greece and its geology are a wonder of nature, with the nation a paradise blessed with high mountains, blue seas, and over six thousand islands. But it’s all a big geological accident, the result of millions of years of violent earth movements on a planetary scale.
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June 1, 2023 Greece Reopens Corinth Canal for the Tourist Season
Authorities in Greece announced that the Corinth Canal that connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea reopened on Thursday for the summer period and will remain so until September.
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May 29, 2023 The Mystery of the Tidal Rips of Chalkida, Greece
People of Chalkida (or “Halkida”) on the Greek island of Evia have plenty of reasons to be proud of their historic and beautiful city, but if there’s one thing that stands out among all its other qualities, it would have to be its tidal currents, which are most unique.
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May 28, 2023 Ancient Greek “School Yearbook” Discovered on Stone
An ancient Greek inscription on a marble slab that was recently found in storage at a Scottish museum is a “graduate school yearbook” with a list of Greek names, historians say.
