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Greece travel warning as hotels evacuated in tourist hotspot
Liverpool Echo
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July 3, 2025
Hundreds of people have been evacuated as a major wildfire continues to burn on the Greek island of Crete. A fast-moving wildfire whipped by gale-force winds burned through the night and into Thursday on Greece’s southern island of Crete, More...
New wildfire near Athens, Crete blaze 'retreating': firefighters
The Paintsville Herald - Kentucky
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A wildfire on the island of Crete that forced the evacuation of 5,000 tourists and locals is "retreating", Greek firefighters told AFP on Friday, but a new blaze fanned by strong winds is spreading east of the capital, Athens. Hot dry weather in...
Greece Wins Spot On UNESCO's Oceanographic Commission Executive Council
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 3. Greece was elected to the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Council for the 2025–2027 term, Trend reports via the Greek MFA. This election, backed by widespread...
Deal Dispatch: Trump Settlement Clears Way For Paramount Merger, Euronext Eyes Greece, KKR Strikes Twice
Benzinga
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New On The Block Abry Partners hired JPMorgan Chase to find a buyer for physician social network Sermo, Axios reports. Bids are expected to be between $600 million and $800 million. Boston-based Abry first invested in Sermo in 2019. Verint Systems...
The "Athens Of Florida" Is Quickly Becoming The Coolest City In The State
The Travel
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July 4, 2025
When most people plan a trip to Florida, they usually stick to well-known tourist spots like Miami and Orlando. However, this has started to change in recent years. Located between Orlando and Daytona Beach, DeLand has quickly become the state's...
The New Gospel Of Death: What Hollywood’s Afterlife Looks Like Now
Religion Unplugged
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July 7, 2025
(ANALYSIS) Death is a part of life. Ben Franklin put it this way: “In this life, nothing is certain but death and taxes.” It’s only natural that every society tells itself stories about death to help make sense of life — whether it’s the Egyptian...
Oxford study finds lasting impacts of aquaculture on Greek seagrass
The Fish Site
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The master’s-level field study conducted in October 2024, highlighted significant degradation of seagrass meadows in the shallow, sheltered waters surrounding the Greek island of Poros, an area with aquaculture farms. The study suggests that the...
From ancient Athens to AI: The evolving anatomy of misinformation
Kathimerini
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The OpenAI logo is seen on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT. ‘The presumed authority of AI delivers both flattery and falsehood with the polished confidence of expertise, selling lack of doubt as its...
Eretria: A Forgotten Powerhouse of Ancient Greece
Greek Reporter
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July 4, 2025
For centuries, Eretria played a pivotal role in shaping early Greek civilization. Credit: Swiss School of Archaeology, Greece Nestled on the western coast of the Greek island of Euboea (Evia), the ancient city of Eretria was once one of the most...
Greece battles wildfire on Crete for a third day as temperatures rise
Yahoo News
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Gale force wind gusts complicated efforts on Friday to contain wildfires on Crete that have razed forests and olive groves and forced thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate. Around 130 firefighters, 48 vehicles and six...
Greece welcomes Euronext's proposed full acquisition of Athens Stock Exchange
Xinhua News Agency
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ATHENS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The Greek government on Tuesday expressed support for a proposed full acquisition of the Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) by Euronext, Europe's largest stock exchange operator. In a statement, the Ministry of Economy and...
Greek treasures on display and in print
China Daily
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A sharing event is held in Beijing about a catalog of the exhibition The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Due to its popularity since its opening in November, the exhibition The Countless Aspects of...
Is it safe to travel to Crete? Your holiday rights as wildfires rip through Greek island
The Independent
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July 4, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
HEATWAVE DISRUPTS EUROPEAN TOURISM AND EXPOSES CLIMATE CHALLENGES
Tourism Review
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The summer of 2025 is proving difficult for Europe. An intense heatwave, pushing temperatures toward 115°F (46°C), is severely impacting European tourism in popular destinations like France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece. The consequences...
Drug Trafficking Ring Busted in Athens
To Vima
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July 3, 2025
Authorities in Athens have dismantled an organized cocaine trafficking ring operating primarily in the southern suburbs of the city. A large-scale police operation on July 3 led to the arrest of six individuals, both Greek nationals and...
Dramatic Scenes as Over 840 Migrants Arrive on Crete, Some Landing Amidst Bathers
Greek Reporter
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July 7, 2025
File photo of migrants arriving on Greece’s Lesvos. Credit: wikimedia commons / Ggia CC BY 4.0 The escalating migration crisis on Crete was dramatically underscored on Sunday morning, as a group of migrants arrived directly onto a beach in...
AJ McCarron, Trent Richardson pick Alabama’s toughest month during 2025 season
On3
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July 7, 2025
It started as a poll question for fans to argue over, but former Alabama greats AJ McCarron and Trent Richardson didn’t need much research to decide which month of games will prove to be the toughest for the Crimson Tide in 2025. The famous...
Israel hits three ports and power plant in Yemen
Khaama Press
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July 7, 2025
Israel carried out airstrikes on Yemen, targeting three ports and a power plant, in response to a suspected Houthi attack in the Red Sea. A commercial cargo ship, Magic Seas, sailing under a Liberian flag and operated by a Greek company, was...
Greece needs a different foreign policy
Kathimerini
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Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis (right) and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan thank each other at the end of a joint news conference, in Athens, on November 8, 2024. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP] The Greek state is characterized by inertia...
Greece Secures €15 Million EU Grant to Boost Marine Protection
Greek Travel Pages
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July 2, 2025
Photo source: Ministry of the Environment and Energy The Greek Ministry of the Environment and Energy has secured 15 million euros in EU funding for an ambitious eight-year marine conservation initiative under the LIFE Program. The national...