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Mykonos Island Sunset Offers Ray of Hope During Quiet Eastertime
As the citizens of Greece and most other nations across the globe continue to be stuck at home (or “safe at home” as some public health campaigns would have it) due to the coronavirus pandemic,...
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Scientists Use Satellites to Detect Plastic in the Greek Seas
Scientists from Greece and the UK developed a new technique to detect patches of floating plastic in the marine environment using satellites. Writing in the journal Scientific Reports, the scientists...
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What’s Up With Greece’s Weather? Scientists Find Huge Spike in Severe Phenomena
Photo credit: AMNA Greek scientists said on Monday that the number of severe weather events in the country was approximately 40 percent higher in 2019 compared with the average number experienced...
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Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Strikes South of Crete Causing Mini Tsunami
An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale hit the sea area south of Crete on Saturday afternoon. According to the Geodynamic Institute of Athens, the tremor occurred at 4 p.m. local time and the...
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Unseasonal Heat Wave Expected in Greece
Unseasonal temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) are expected early in the coming week in Greece, while southern winds will bring dust from Africa, meteorologists say. This is the first...
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Greeks Return to the Beaches Amidst Record High Temperatures
Photo credit: twitter.com/amna Beaches across Greece have flooded with people again on Sunday, on the third day of the heatwave that had meteorologists perplexed over how early in the season...
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Two Greek Cities Earn European Award for Safe Walking and Cycling Paths
The Greek cities of Karditsa and Rethymnno, situated in central Greece and on Crete, respectively, have won first and second place in competitions for actions they have taken to promote safe walking...
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Greek Beaches Second in the World, Racking Up 500 Blue Flag Awards
Greece is the number two country worldwide for the number of its Blue Flag beaches, according to the environmental group The Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature. Almost 500 of the country’s...
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Greek Scientists Record Alien Fish Species in Aegean, Ionian Seas
Lionfish By Daniel Harper Greek scientists have recently launched an attempt to record the actual number of alien fish species from the Red Sea which have “invaded” the Aegean and the Ionian Seas over...
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Lockdown Helps Remarkable Recovery of Fish Stocks in Greek Seas
Fishing boat off the coast of Naxos. Source: Kritzolina/Wikimedia commons Greek scientists say that the fish population in the Aegean and Ionian Seas has shown a remarkable recovery perhaps not seen...
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Greece Looks to Ban Plastic Bottles, Bags, Packaging in 2021
Greece will look to end the use of single-use plastics by July 1, 2021, according to Environment and Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis. Hatzidakis made the announcement on Saturday while attending an...
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Greece Vows 30 Percent of Cars Will be Electric by 2030
The Greek government announced ambitious plans on Friday to subsidize the purchase of new electric cars, vowing that by 2030, thirty percent of all vehicles on Greek roads would be electric. The...
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Meteorologists Forecast Very Hot Summer in Greece
File photo The forecast of the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), in accordance with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), shows that the June-August period will...
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Greeks Enjoy the Strawberry Moon with a Special Eclipse
Photo Credit: Nikos Nikoletakis Greeks witnessed a rare phenomenon watching the first full moon of the summer on Friday night, as the sky was illuminated and then went dark for a few minutes. The first...
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Greek Swimming Waters Among Top Five Cleanest in Europe
Myrtos Beach in Kefalonia, Greece. Photo Source: Denajhr/Wikimedia Commons The EU environment agency, or EEA, released a report on Monday which declares that Greece is among the top five European...
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Greece One of Top EU Countries in Reduction of Traffic Deaths
Photo: Twitter.com/@ETSC_EU While Greece has long lagged behind its fellow European Union countries in highway safety, historically recording a high number of traffic deaths per capita, the country is...
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Major Tourist Development Project to Begin on Corfu
Aerial view of Erimitis, Corfu, where development of a tourist village is expected to begin soon. Photo credit: www.kassiopiproject.com The U.S. investment group NCH Capital has just been given...
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Athens Area Boasts 19 Blue Flag Beaches With Crystal Clear Waters
The Foundation for Environmental Education has awarded its prestigious “Blue Flag” to over 500 Greek beaches, giving the country the distinction of being ranked second out of 47 countries worldwide for...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Spotlights Pollution, Leading to Greek Island Cleanup
Scientists from the Greek island of Andros are using a submarine with advanced sonar technology in order to document the state of the island’s polluted seabed. The submarine, which is also equipped...
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Magnitude 5.3 Earthquake Hits Greece’s Rhodes
A 5.3 earthquake hit off the island of Rhodes on Sunday evening. The quake struck at 20:43, local time. It’s epicenter was 20 kilometers north-east of the island and near the Turkish coast. It’s focal...
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