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SYRIZA Leader Meets With Activists Opposing Former Athens Airport Sale
Main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras met on Friday with activists campaigning for the conversion of the former Athens airport site at Elliniko, Greece , into a metropolitan park and expressed...
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Incalculable Damages in Flooded Evros, Locals in Despair
After a fierce battle with flooding waters, the evacuated Ormenio village in the Evros prefecture in Thrace was saved when local authorities built a one-kilometer levee on the outskirts of the...
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One in Three Athenians Travel Daily by Bus
Buses are the most preferred means of transport for Athens residents, according to a new survey that shows that one in three Athenians takes the bus on a daily basis. The survey was conducted by Public...
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Greece to Propose Zagori for UNESCO World Heritage List
The Greek culture ministry announced that it intends to officially sponsor the traditional villages of Epirus’ Zagori district in northwestern Greece as a Greek ‘cultural landscape’ to be added to the...
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Trikala Pilot Scheme to Test First Driverless Buses in City Environment
The Greek city of Trikala in central Greece will be the first in the world to operate driverless buses in an urban environment, in a pilot scheme that city authorities hope will be up and running by...
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Environment Ministry Backs Down on Forest Zoning Bill
The environment ministry backed down on a bill seen as compromising legislation that protects Greek forests and the old Athens quarter of Plaka. The controversial bill facilitated the declassification...
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Two Greek Projects Left Without European Funding
The European Commission has officially rejected two projects regarding Athens’ regeneration. According to the documents that were submitted to the Greek Parliament by the Infrastructure Ministry, the...
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Greece Shrouded in Snow, Traffic Jams on Highways
Yesterday’s heavy snowfall has covered most of Greece in snow, causing traffic jams and leaving cars trapped in provincial highways for hours. National highways and provincial roads in Peloponnese have...
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Earthquake Measuring 3.3 Richter Shakes Athens
An earthquake measuring 3.3 points on the Richter scale struck Athens at 8:30 a.m. on Friday. Although not particularly strong, the tremor was felt strongly in most parts of the capital as the...
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Decision to Transport Thousands of Tons of Garbage from Tripolis to Athens...
The executive committee of the Regional Authority of Attiki solid waste management body, EDSNA, on Friday canceled a decision to transport 4,000 tons of waste from the town of Tripolis in Peloponnese,...
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Western Greece Ravaged by Floods, Evros Region on Red Alert
Heavy rainfall has caused major damages in western Greece, while the Evros region is on red alert because of flooded rivers. Other areas in Greece also suffered from the continuous downpour. Roads,...
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Bulgaria Warns Greece on River Levels
Bulgarian civil protection authorities have sent a warning to Greece and Turkey regarding the dangerously rising levels of rivers Maritsa, Tundzha and Ardas, in the country’s south east. The urgent...
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Evros Residents Going Through Difficult Times [Video]
The area around Evros River, northern Greece is suffering for the second time in just a few months, from severe floods that are putting people’s lives in danger and destroying the land. Most major...
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Greek Goldmine Workers Want to Continue Mining
The 1,900 miners who work in the goldmines of Hellas Gold in Skouries in Chalkidiki, northern Greece, want to continue their work, despite the new government’s pre-election promises to shut down the...
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Development Company Claims ‘Elliniko’ Acquisition Was Legal
Lamda Development, the company that has acquired the former Athens International Airport at the southern suburb of Elliniko, stated that the process was fully legal. The statement came just a few...
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Pink Flamingo Choreography Over Euboea
A series of beautiful photographs have been circulating the media over the last few hours. A group of flamingos with their characteristic pink plumage enjoyed the open sea in Euboea, Greece, before...
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Weather Conditions Worsen in Attica, Greece
People in Attica, Greece woke up to find their cars and yards covered in snow. Weather conditions across Greece are quickly taking a turn for the worse causing major problems both on land and sea. The...
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Sfendyli: Sinking Village in Crete [VIDEO]
Greek photographer Giorgos Skrafnakis recorded a stunning video that shows the before and after state of Sfendyli, a Greek village which is slowly sinking due to the rise of water in Aposelemis Dam....
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European Commission Takes Greece to Court for Waste Water Treatment Failure
The European Commission is taking Greece to court over a failure to ensure that waste water is properly treated. In the EU, member-states need adequate collection and treatment systems for urban waste...
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‘Hellas Gold’ and Miners in ‘War’ with Greek Govt over Skouries Goldmine
Hellas Gold SA (part of Canadian Eldorado Gold Corp.) and the mining workers employed in the company’s goldmines in Skouries, Chalkidiki, Northern Greece, appear determined to proceed with legal...
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