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1. “Explosive Cocktail” to hit Greece with Sahara Dust, mud showers and over 30°C

   An “explosive cocktail” of Sahara dust, mud rains and temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius is forecast to hit Greece in the following days, marking the end of spring and the beginning of summer. Mercury will climb to 30° C by the end of the week but also exceed into higher levels as of Monday, May […]

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2. Cargo ship sinks off Andros island – Freighter blacklisted?

   A Turkish-owned cargo ship ran aground and sank just 180 meter off one of the northern shores of the island of Andros in the Aegean Sea early on Wednesday. All crew members – eight Turkish nationals and one Azerbaijani – were rescued.   The Greek Coast Guard launched a rescue operation after the cargo ship […]

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3. Crete: Father guns down young man he held responsible for his son’s death

   “I did what I had to do!” With these words a 54-year-old man on the island of Crete turned himself to police shortly after he gunned down a young man he held responsible for the death of his son in a traffic accident three years ago. “My life stopped on 20-10-2023,” he allegedly told the […]

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4. Three stations of Athens Metro Line 2 to close earlier May 5-21

   Three metro stations of Line 2 will close 2.5 hours early each night from Tuesday, May 5, until Thursday, May 21, 2026, the managing company Urban Rail Transport (STASY) announced. The Line 2 metro stations ‘Attiki’, ‘Stathmos Larisis’ and ‘Metaxourgeio’ will close earlier, due to ongoing works on the rail lines and to install a […]

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5. Ryanair threatens to close its base at Thessaloniki airport, N. Greece

   Local bodies, tourism entrepreneurs and workers in the aviation industry are highly concerned about the possibility that low-cost airline Ryanair will terminate the operation of its base at “Macedonia” airport in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. The possibility of Ryanair closing its base at Macedonia Airport from next autumn, after the end of the summer season, has […]

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