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The Peloponnese emerges as Greece’s affordable holiday hotspot and top investment magnet
Peloponnese hotel bookings jumped 63.8 percent this year as ferry costs push Greek families toward the mainland, while Costa Navarino, luxury resort brands and a privatised Kalamata airport drive a 1.2 billion euro wave of tourism investment
Force 9 winds forecast for the Aegean on 15 August as Civil Protection declares red alert in 19 regions
Strong winds will continue to blow tomorrow, Saturday 15 August, the Feast of the Assumption (known in Greece as Dekapentavgoustos), significantly raising the risk of wildfires in parts of the country. Greece’s Civil Protection authority has placed a number of regions under Red Code mobilisation status. In the Cyclades, winds will locally reach force nine […]
No active fire front in Chalkidiki, authorities on alert for flare-ups; damage to homes and sea evacuations underway in Siviri
A second firefighter is hospitalised with breathing difficulties as authorities clear Fourka, traffic is suspended between Sivira and Fourka, gale-force winds are forecast for the next two days, and fires ignite in Aitoloakarnania and Boeotia
Wildfires break out in Gastouni and Kotteika in Ilia, Fire Service reinforces both fronts
Firefighters, aircraft and drone surveillance are battling two blazes in low vegetation near Gastouni and Kotteika as investigators are dispatched to determine the cause, with the area remaining under a high wildfire risk warning today
Forensic examination to settle conflicting death timeline of elderly man whose son froze him to collect his pension
Police in Sparta have charged the son of the deceased with concealing his father's death in order to keep collecting his pension, as investigators now await forensic results to establish when and how the elderly man died
Marinakis on “recycling kiosks”: No spending without an approved plan – He did not answer who will carry out recycling in Attica, Peloponnese and Crete
The government responds institutionally, said the government spokesperson, adding that he is “tired of receiving questions about rumours and reports, especially when they are linked to court cases”
Very high wildfire risk tomorrow in Attica, Crete and areas of Central Greece, the Peloponnese and the North Aegean
The General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection has informed the relevant state authorities, as well as the regions and municipalities of the above areas, so that they remain on heightened alert
Temperatures set to reach 36 – 38 degrees Celsius this weekend in Greece
EMY forecasts a hot, sunny weekend across Greece, with mainland highs of 35 degrees Celsius, locally 36 in Central Macedonia and Thessaly. Islands see 32 to 34 degrees Celsius. Sunday climbs further, up to 38 degrees Celsius locally.
