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Polish national dies in the floods of Attica as storm Erminion sweeps through Greece
A 54-year-old Polish national lost his life in the floods in Nea Makri, eastern Attica, late on Wednesday, April 1. The man had fled his flooded apartment in the basement of a residential building during the heavy rainstorm Erminion and was swept away by the rushing waters that had turned the road into an angry […]
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“Greece Like Never Before”: Tourism campaign 2026 on YouTube & TikTok (video)
The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) has launched a new campaign for Greece 2026 on TikTok and YouTube on Wednesday in the context of the Organization’s strategy to strengthen Greece’s global image as a contemporary, multi-theme, and sustainable tourism destination. According to an announcement, it will be the first GNTO campaign to be exclusively based […]
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OPEKEPE scandal shakes Mitsotakis’ gov’t with resignations of ministers and high-ranking officials
Three ministers and two high-ranking officials resigned at noon on Friday as their names included in the European Public Prosecutor investigating the OPEKEPE scandal, the fraud of illegal distribution of EU agricultural funds worth millions of euros. Agricultural Development & Food Minister Costas Tsiaras, Climate Crisis & Civil Protection Minister Giannis Kefalogiannis and Deputy Health […]
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Council of state fines gov’t agency for not demolishing hotel’s upper floors
The Council of State (CoS) fined the government’s Decentralized Administration of Attica (DAA) 10,000 euros on Thursday for not razing two floors and a terrace room at a hotel owned by Coco-Mat in Athens, for violation of laws on the height of buildings around the Acropolis. Following an earlier decision by a section of the […]
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Sahara Dust suffocates Crete, creates eerie landscapes (pcts, videos)
Stormy southern winds have led to an extremely high concentration of Sahara Dust particles covered Crete on Wednesday, April 1, turning the island in the southern Aegean Sea into a landscape from Blade Runner or the planet Mars. Below: Rethymno at 4 p.m. on wed, april 1, 2026 Pictures and footage show the color of the […]
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