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Campaigners Plan Special Dive to Clean Santorini’s Seas
Campaigners from the Healthy Seas Initiative are to carry out the first-ever live clean-up of abandoned fishing gear from a protected area of the Greek island of Santorini. The June 8 initiative is...
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Sikinos First Greek Island to Say No to Plastic Straws
The Municipality of Sikinos, along with the Sea Change ecology organization and the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, will be banishing the use of plastic straws on the island, according to...
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Greece Vows to Resolve Eldorado Gold Dispute ‘Soon’
The government expects to reach a deal with Canadian firm Eldorado Gold over a mining project in northern Greece which has been dogged by years of legal wrangling over environmental concerns. An...
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Drought-Hit Cretan Farmers Braced for 40% Loss of 2018’s Crop
The Cretan landscape may be beautiful but it is vulnerable to drought, which can hurt its farmers. By Heini-Sofia Alavuo As reported earlier this year by Greek Reporter, the island of Crete has been...
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Greek Cities Swelter Amid Shrinking Green Spaces
Heraklion’s Georgiadis Park is one of the few green spaces urban Cretans can relax in. By Heini-Sofia Alavuo Greece is known for its beauty and nature, but this doesn’t always shine through in the...
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European Environment Agency: 96% of Greek Beaches are Excellent for Swimming
The European Environment Agency annual report on clean water beaches, lakes and rivers for swimming, shows that 95.9 percent of Greek waters are considered excellent for swimming. Greece comes fourth...
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Greeks Fight to Protect Majestic Rare Vulture
By Heini-Sofia Alavuo The bearded vulture (gypaetus barbatus) is one of the rarest raptors in Europe, and now Greeks on its mountainous island home of Crete are doing all they can to help this...
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Greeks Shun Plastic Bags in Record Numbers
The use of plastic bags in Greece has dropped sharply following the introduction of a so-called eco-tax of €0.4 ($0.47) for every bag, introduced in the beginning of 2018. According to data collated...
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Motorbike, Radiators, Kitchen Sinks Dumped at Mykonos Beach (video)
A motorbike, radiators and kitchen sinks were among the debris recovered from the seabed at a beach in the Greek island of Mykonos by volunteers marking World Environment Day. Volunteer divers of the...
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Plastics Pollution Choking Greek Mediterranean: Report
By Heini-Sofia Alavuo As Greeks try to cut the amount of plastic clogging up their seas and environment, a new report released on Friday — World Oceans Day — claims the Mediterranean has the highest...
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Drones Detect Plastic Waste in Greek Seas
University of the Aegean kgiyvbk researchers conducted a successful experiment detecting plastic waste in the sea of Lesvos with the use of drones. The Marine Remote Sensing Group experiment was...
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Divers Clear Dangerous ‘Ghost Nets’ from Santorini Waters
An international team of eight volunteers from the Netherlands, France and Greece have taken part in a dive off Santorini to remove lost or abandoned fishing nets. The divers managed to clear a huge...
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Drones, Satellites Help Greek Researchers Tackle Plastic Pollution
Researchers from the University of the Aegean have developed an innovative experiment off the coast of Lesvos to tackle one of the biggest environmental challenges: the fight against plastic...
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Idyllic Lake only 30 km from the Heart of Athens
The Attica Regional Council (ARC) has approved €380,000 for the rehabilitation and promotion of the route to Kithara (Guitar) Lake in the former royal estate of Tatoi. The aim of the project is to...
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Garbage Piles Up on the Streets of Athens
Sacks of garbage piled high on the sidewalks of Athens have started spewing out onto the streets after a part of the capital’s main dump collapsed and waste trucks stopped collecting. More than 2,500...
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Greek Beaches Clear of 2017 Saronic Oil Spill, Tests Show
Tests have revealed that the waters of Greece’s Saronic Gulf are free of pollutants following last year’s Agia Zoni II oil spill, local authorities have said. In comments to the Athens-Macedonian News...
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Greece’s Corfu Wallows in Trash Amid Violence over Garbage Site
The authorities on Corfu have started collecting the mounds of trash which have been piling up for weeks on the island after residents near dumping grounds prevented garbage trucks from approaching....
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Monster Catfish Caught in Greek Lake (photos)
Greek fishermen have caught a colossal 185-pound (83 kilogram) wels catfish at Lake Polyfytos, near Kozani, northern Greece. Professional fishermen Nikos Kourtidis and Haris Bountios, caught the 2.30...
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Greek-American Students Clean up Attica Beach
Greek-American students on Saturday conducted an underwater and beach clean-up operation at a popular Saronida beach, southeast of Athens. According to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, the students...
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Giant Mushroom Discovered on Greece’s Crete (photos)
A massive mushroom weighting 3.9 kg (8.6 pounds) has been discovered near a mountain top on the Greek island of Crete. Experts say that it is the first time the calvatia gigantea, commonly known as...
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