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A large fire that broke out on Sunday afternoon near Grammatriko, northeast of Athens, continued to burn on Monday, testing the efforts of firefighters who resumed their efforts to extinguish it in the early hours. The fire was close to residential areas in Grammatiko and neighboring Kalamos and Varnavas, eastern Attica. The constant changes of […]
More than half of Greeks cannot afford to go for a one-week holiday, according to research conducted and released by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics service. More specifically, 53.6% of Greeks didn’t have enough money to take a week’s vacation during 2016. The percentage was higher in Romania (66 percent), Croatia (62.8 percent) and Bulgaria […]
The robust performance of Greece’s tourism sector is giving the country’s property market a much-needed boost, according to German daily Handelsblatt. Evolving into one of Europe’s leading destinations, Greece is attracting all the more interest by foreigners seeking to buy vacation homes there. In fact, Germany-based real estate agents are speaking of a 60 percent […]
He approaches the first stranger with an expectant smile and an urgent query: “Do you know about the solar eclipse?” The man shakes his head, and Mike Kentrianakis is launched. He’s here at the Hayden Planetarium as an emissary of the American Astronomical Society, and his mission is to spread the word: On Aug. 21, the […]
In an update on the condition of the four patients airlifted from Kos with serious injuries after Friday’s strong earthquake, the Iraklion University General Hospital on Saturday said in a statement that two of the patients, both foreign nationals, were still in critical condition. “A man, 21 years old, of Swedish nationality has undergone orthopedic […]