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Huge Whale Spotted off Mani, Peloponnese in Rare Sighting
Credit: Messinialive.gr A whale was spotted off the coast of the town of Gerolimenas in Mani, Peloponnese on Friday. The rare sighting of what was reportedly a sperm whale was pictured by passengers on...
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Majestic Wild Horses Spotted Galloping in Greek Mountains
Wild horses in the Achelous River. Credit: Wikimedia Commons An amazing video posted on Twitter of wild horses running free on Smolikas Mountain, the second tallest mountain in Greece, is sure to...
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Last Full Moon of Summer Dazzles Greek Skies
Full moon rising over the town of Edipsos, on the Greek island of Evia on Tuesday evening. Credit: A. Makris/Greek Reporter The last full moon of the summer lit up Greek skies on Tuesday evening. Each...
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Thousands of Dead Fish Wash Up Onshore Along Northern Greek River
Scores of dead fish are seen along the shores of Greece’s Kompsatos River. Credit: XronosGR/YouTube Shocking images emerged of thousands of dead fish washed up along the shores of several bodies of...
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Large Pod of 30 Dolphins Spotted Off Limassol, Cyprus
Bottlenose dolphin off the coast of Limassol. Credit: Department of Fisheries and Marine Research of Cyprus A pod of nearly 30 bottlenose dolphins were spotted in the Mediterranean Sea off Limassol,...
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Firefighters Try to Tame Wildfire on Kefalonia
File photo. Credit: Fire Brigade Firefighters on Kefalonia have been battling wildfires all night for the second day, while Argostoli mayor advises residents of certain areas to evacuate as strong...
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Dozens of Firefighters Battle Wildfires East of Athens
Water dropping helicopters have joined the battle in east Attica. Credit: AMNA At least two big wildfires broke out on Wednesday east of Athens, as authorities warned that much of Greece is at an...
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Europe’s Smallest School, on Greek Island of Arkioi, Honored in International...
Christos and his teacher Maria Faidra Tsialera, on the tiny Greek island of Arkioi. Credit: Maria Tsialera/ Facebook Located on the remote island of Arkioi in the Dodecanese archipelago, Europe’s...
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Unusually High Numbers of Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nests in Mediterranean This Year
Loggerhead sea turtle. Credit: AMNA According to ARCHELON, The Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece, 2020 has seen an unusually high number of loggerhead sea turtle nests in waters around Greece and...
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Greece’s Ionian Islands Brace for Hurricane-Force Winds of Medicane “Ianos”
Storm Ianos as seen on Thursday. Credit: AMNA The Civil Protection Secretariat of Greece’s Ionian Islands issued a warning on Thursday urging the restriction of people’s movement on the island of...
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Earthquake Measuring 5.4 on Richter Scale Hits South of Crete
File photo An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale has just struck south of the Greek island of Crete Just after 7:30 PM the temblor shook the ground 19 km (11 miles) southwest of Arvi, on...
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Greece Breaks National and European Renewable Energy Records
Wind turbines. Credit: Wikimedia Commons On September 14th, according to WindEurope, wind power covered 40% of Greece’s energy use, the highest percentage covered by wind power in Europe. According to...
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Earthquake Rattles Greek Island of Lefkada
An earthquake measuring 4.1, according to preliminary estimates, hit the sea area off the Ionian island of Lefkada, early on Thursday morning. According to the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens...
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Wildfire Rages on Zakynthos Island
Greek firefighters are trying to contain a large wildfire that broke out near the village of Volimes, on the island of Zakynthos, on Sunday afternoon. The fire, which is burning in a wooded area near...
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Hellenic Petroleum to Build Greece’s Largest Solar Energy Project
In a move signaling a major shift toward renewable energy, Greek oil giant Hellenic Petroleum announced that it will soon receive 75 million euros ($88.62 million) in funding toward the construction of...
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Buildings Collapse as 6.7 Earthquake Hits Greek Island of Samos
Church of the Panagia Theotokou in Karlovasi, heavily damaged in Friday’s earthquake. Credit: Greek Reporter An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 on the Richter scale hit the island of Samos on Friday...
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Temperatures in Eastern Mediterranean Rise 3 Times Faster than World Average
The sun. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/NASA Temperatures in the Eastern Mediterranean are rising three times faster than the global average, with the effects of climate change already felt in Greece,...
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Thessaloniki Wastewater Shows Disturbingly Large Presence of Coronavirus
Credit: pxfuel After continual testing of the wastewater in Greece’s large cities as a way to predict a spike in Covid-19, it now appears that the trajectory of the virus is still steep in...
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18-Million-Year Old Petrified Trees Unearthed on Greece’s Lesvos
Credit: AMNA Excavations for rainwater drainage pipes brought to light fourteen petrified trees, in an area near Sigri and the region of Lesvos island’s Petrified Forest. “The trunks were in a very...
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‘All for Blue’ Keeps Greek Seas Blue
Credit: amna.gr The eco group All for Blue, which has been active for 10 years, has removed 32 tons of waste from the bottom of the Cyclades islands since 2018, says founder Katerina Topouzoglou....
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