Herds of wild boars, which destroy crops before harvest time, have appeared in various parts of the country, leaving farmers in despair. Every night they literally thresh the farmers' crops, destroying all plants in their path.
A thirty-year cycle is closing, while a new one has already opened with the Athens metro adding an additional 38.3 km to the 85.3 km existing network.
Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias noted the benefits arising for Greek families from the rise of tourism in a post on Twitter.
The Celebrity Beyond cruise ship arrived in Piraeus on Wednesday morning. The ship is 327 meters long and 39 meters wide, has 21 decks, and can carry 1,416 crew members and up to 3,937 passengers.
Celebrity Cruises' newest ship is captained by Kate McCue, who was one of the first women and the first American woman to head a cruise ship.
This is the third ship of the Edge class, which was built a few months ago in the French shipyards Chantiers De L'Atlantique, while its maiden voyage to the Mediterranean began last April. Celebrity Beyond is slightly larger than her sister ships, Edge & Apex. The company has ordered two more ships of the same class from the French shipyards, the Celebrity Ascent to be delivered in November 2023 and the fifth and last of the class in 2025.
Kate McCue (born January 6, 1978) is an American cruise ship captain, currently employed by Celebrity Cruises. She is currently the captain of the Celebrity Beyond.
When she became the commanding officer of Celebrity Summit in 2015, it was the first time that an American woman had been named captain of a "Mega" cruise ship. Prior to her time at Celebrity, she had worked as an officer for both Disney Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean.
The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America Elpidophoros on Tuesday announced an initial and immediately available donation of 350,000 USD for repair and restoration works at the Balukli hospital and nursing home in Istanbul.
Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar unleashed new threats shortly before floating drilling rig Abdul Hamid Han’s departure from port for drilling in the Mediterranean.
The first permit for a skyscraper in Greece was issued, as announced, last night, by the Minister of Development, Adonis Georgiadis.
The new Turkish drilling rig "Abdul Hamid Khan" is "getting to work" today on the edge of the Gulf of Antalya, inside the Turkish continental shelf and specifically in the Yorukler-1 field, .
Seven Italians on board a sailing vessel, which caught fire for reasons unknown while sailing in the sea area northeast of Antipaxos are safe and sound.
The occupants who left the vessel have been transferred to another vessel and are in good health.
Two coast guard vessels along with a Fire Department boat rushed to the spot where the sailboat is.
Northerly winds of 4 Beaufort are blowing in the maritime area.
Many times we discuss great scientists based on whether they were given a Nobel Prize, or if a subatomic particle is named after them.
Scopes Ratings believes Greece (BB+/Stable) has staged a strong recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. Last month, the agency revised up the 2022 growth forecast to 4.9% from an 4.6% estimate at the start of the year – the economy grew 8.3% last year – though Scopes revised down our 2023 forecast to 2.1% from 2.5%.
A 20-year Pakistani man wanted in relation to the murder of a 17-year-old teen in the west Athens district of Peristeri this week was apprehended on Friday in the neighboring Republic of North Macedonia and returned to the country, Greek authorities announced on Saturday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addressed a message to the nation regarding the wiretapping case of PASOK opposition party leader Nikos Androulakis and emphasized that "today I am presenting 4 fields of changes that the government will propose".
The Joint Ministerial Decision of the Ministers of Labor and Social Affairs, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Citizen Protection and Interior concerning the new way of calculating the National Pension of expatriates coming from Albania and from countries of the former Soviet Union has been published in the Government Gazette (Β' 4135/3.8.2022).