This is Beirut, 29/07 11:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Festival Greece Culture Art Music Dance
It's midnight in the Aegean Sea, but on the Greek island of Ikaria, in the courtyard of the church of St. Elijah, the revelry is barely getting started. Dozens of dancers and scores of onlookers, including many tourists, are attending the local panigiri, a folk celebration that is an integral part of centuries-old summer traditions in villages ...
This is Beirut, 28/07 17:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Turkey Wildfire Heatwave Greece
Firefighters battled blazes across Turkey on Monday as the country sweltered in a summer heatwave across much of the Mediterranean, with wildfires leading to at least 14 deaths in the country in the past week. Around 20 villages have been evacuated, officials said, and more than 3,500 people have been forced to leave their homes. "We are ...
This is Beirut, 26/07 21:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Greek emergency services were battling many wildfires on Saturday afternoon as a week-long heatwave peaked with temperatures surpassing 45C degrees. According to firefighters, one of the most difficult fronts was around Drosopigi in northern Attica, just 30 kilometers north of Athens. Authorities called for an evacuation of the village, while ...
This is Beirut, 09/07 12:25 - Reading : less than a minute
Greece Acropolis Temperatures Heatwave
The Acropolis in Athens will limit its operating hours for a second straight day because of heatwave conditions, the Greek culture ministry said Wednesday. The ministry in a statement said the world-renowned site would be shut till 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) "for the safety of workers and visitors, owing to high temperatures." The four-day heatwave ...
This is Beirut, 30/05 22:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
St. Catherine Egypt Greece Monastery Unesco
Egypt and Greece sought to ease tensions over the historic St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula on Friday after a controversial court ruling said it sat on state-owned land. Cairo has denied that the ruling threatens the UNESCO World Heritage landmark, a pilgrimage, and tourism site, after Greek and church authorities warned the ...
This is Beirut, 14/05 09:15 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck south of the Greek island of Kasos on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The offshore quake hit at a depth of 74 kilometres (45 miles), about 23 kilometres from the island's capital of Fry around 1:50 am (22:50 GMT Tuesday). The USGS had ...
This is Beirut, 16/03 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Greece Weather Athens National Observatory
Greece is riding a weather "rollercoaster," with weekend temperatures spiking to a record high for March, just ahead of a forecast bout of snow and frost, meteorologists said on Sunday. The mercury soared to 33.7 degrees Celsius (92.66 Fahrenheit) on Sunday in Lasithi, in Crete—the highest-ever recorded for March, according to the Athens ...
This is Beirut, 04/02 19:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Thousands of people fled the Greek island of Santorini by sea and air for a third day on Tuesday, as more earthquakes shook the top travel destination. Some 7,000 people have left the island, known for its spectacular cliffside views and dormant volcano, which has been hit by hundreds of tremors since last week, officials said. One quake with a ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-11 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a striking reminder of Athens’ rich historical tapestry, laborers digging a trench for natural gas pipelines unearthed a marble statue and Roman-era artifacts near the Acropolis. Greece’s Culture Ministry announced the discovery on Tuesday, highlighting its significance to the country’s archaeological heritage. The centerpiece of the ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-03 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Greece inaugurates a new museum honoring one of its greatest poets, Odysseas Elytis, who received the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979. Located in the heart of Athens, in the historic Plaka district, the museum occupies a post-war residence, accompanied by two annexes. With a budget of 657,200 euros, this ambitious project aims to ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-08-31 15:31 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The port city of Volos in central Greece declared a state of emergency following an inundation of dead fish, which local residents say could threaten their livelihoods, the state's news agency announced Saturday. The month-long emergency declaration issued by the Climate Ministry's Secretary-General for Civil Protection, Vassilios Papageorgiou, ...
This Is Beirut, 2023-12-21 12:17 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Greece will join a US-led coalition to safeguard the Red Sea's shipping route from Houthis, as announced by Defense Minister Nikos Dendias on Thursday. A Greek navy frigate, acting on orders from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will be part of the task force, according to the minister. Given Greece's status as a leading shipping nation, ...