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A thunderbolt from Zeus couldn’t split the Earth with greater force. The limestone peaks of Crete’s White Mountains are slashed with dozens of gorges, but the mightiest of all is Samaria. It’s the longest gorge in Greece and one of the largest in Europe — and it reopened for the 2018 season at the start […]
Read More With 519 Blue Flag beaches, Greece ranks in second place globally among 47 countries. Out of the total number of countries that participate in the program, Greece has 12 percent of total awards. The top area in Greece, for this year again, with 89 flags is Halkidiki. The international committee awarded this year 3,687 beaches, […]
Read More Market experts say that revenues from the sale of plastic bags at shops and supermarkets have reached around 2.5 million euros since the initiative was launched on January 1. “According to market executives, revenues in the first three months of this environmental levy will be around 2.5 million euros,” said Lefteris Kioses, managing director at […]
Read More Crete is facing its driest year in more than almost thirty years. According to the local water management authorities, only 3.8 billion cubic meters of rainwater have fallen on the Island since September 2017, far below the normal amounts. For more than four decades, the average annual rainfall has been 7.6 billion cubic meters. This year’s […]
Read More The Saharan dust clouds are back in Greece as of Wednesday, with the phenomenon expected to unfold and reach its peak over the rest of the week, the Athens National Observatory meteorological service said. Dust concentrations are predicted to reach their maximum levels in Heraklion, Crete on Thursday and will be most intense in the […]
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