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City of Athens prepares for today’s soaring temperatures with 7 AC spaces and other measures

Seven Friendship Clubs will open as cooling centres from 9am to 9pm, alongside a 24-hour helpline, extra street patrols, drone monitoring, adjusted staff hours and rubbish collection changes forming the Municipality's wider citywide heatwave response

Police arrest helicopter passenger over drugs after Spetses beach landing on a beach

The Greek passenger caught discarding cocaine and hashish is expected to be freed, as the Piraeus prosecutor and aviation authorities continue examining how the risky landing was ever allowed so near bathers on the island

‘Thieves are breaking into the house!’: Father of 18-year-old describes son’s ordeal with 3 intruders in Nea Penteli

The father of the 18-year-old who locked himself in a room and managed to drive off the intruders has described to protothema.gr the terrifying moments his son lived through when three burglars broke into their home in Nea Penteli. According to the father of the courageous young man, his son escaped the worst of it […]

Greece’s West Nile virus cases surge, with eastern Attica hit hardest

Greece's national public health authority has confirmed 157 West Nile virus cases and 13 deaths this year, all among people over 65, as infections continue rising across Attica, Thessaly, Central Macedonia, Peloponnese and Central Greece

Budget camping holidays surge in popularity, with Chalkidiki occupancy hitting 95%

Greek campsite operators report booming demand into September nationwide, with Greeks now up to 40% of guests amid rising hotel costs, while occupancy across Greece's 293 organised sites has climbed about 10% overall this year

Global trend for online fame puts lives at risk across Greece

From jet blast surfing at Skiathos airport to subway surfing and extreme rooftop stunts, growing numbers of Greeks and tourists across Greece are risking serious injury or death chasing viral videos and social media fame

Fire on Lemnos prompts evacuation of two villages as 59 residents rescued by sea

33 firefighters, six aircraft and a coast guard fleet are battling the Lemnos blaze, rated a high fire risk today, as an arson unit from Lesvos examines the cause and evacuation continues at Platy beach

“Scorching” final week of August: Temperatures will exceed 40°C in places — where the heat will be most intense

Temperatures will rise further from Saturday — air masses are expected to be 6–8°C warmer than normal for the season — detailed forecast for the coming days

Plevris in Rhodes: “We are providing tangible support to the islands that have borne the brunt of migration”

The Minister of Migration met with South Aegean Regional Governor Giorgos Hatzimarkos at the Regional Authority’s headquarters

AADE: 4 tons of illicit alcohol and 700 bottles of laughing gas seized in Heraklion

A 62-year-old man had set up an operation in his warehouse in Crete — enough gas was available to produce up to 18,000 balloons

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