Scientists and experts have presented the Greek island of Antikythera as “the place that can give the solution to climate change.”
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appealed to Turkey to find a diplomatic solution to the tension in the Eastern Mediterranean, in a pre-recorded address to the 75th United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
In an interview with Athens-Macedonian News Agency, Professor of Physics at the University of Patras, Athanasios Argyriou, stated that the recent spate of unsettled weather in Greece is the result of atmospheric…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis strolled down the main streets in Piraeus on Monday, a few hours after cafes, restaurants and bars reopened for the first time after the Covid-19 lockdown. During…
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis took a walk through Athens’ popular shopping strip Ermou on Thursday, in order to talk to shopkeepers and citizens after the lifting of the restrictive measures in the commercial…
Greece’s President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday thanked the Presidents of Malta, George Vella and of Ireland, Michael Higgins for their letters of solidarity over the coronavirus pandemic. During their telephone conversation, the…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that the European Emergency number 112 will be operational from 1 January 2020. 112 is the emergency number in all 28 EU member states, as well…
The 13th International Science Film Festival of Athens (ISFFA), which will be held from the 5th to 9th December 2019, presents over 60 documentaries covering a wide range of fields such as geology and geo-environment, zoology,…
The 2019 UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes, was awarded on 18 November to Instituto do Património Cultural in Cabo Verde, for its outstanding contribution…
Over the next two days, Athens is hosting a United Nations conference that aims to discuss the effects of climate change on transport infrastructures in Europe. ‘Raising awareness on adaptation of transport infrastructure…
A Finance Ministry official on Monday confirmed that the Government was against ‘green’ tax on air and sea transport. Proposals for the tax were put forward in the context of climate change…
The Orthodox Christian world’s Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew, also known as the Green Patriarch, urged global leaders to reach climate change targets of the Paris Agreement, on the occasion of the UN Summit…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday, on the sidelines of the annual summit of the international organisation in New York. Both leaders discussed the…
Greece’s Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented his case to the UN Climate Summit 2019 in New York yesterday, Monday, where he declared to adopt a resolution on the protection of the cultural and…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will make a presentation today, Monday, at the UN Special Climate Conference concerning the risks posed by climate change to world cultural heritage, at the level of…
Thousands of students gathered in downtown Athens on Friday and marched against climate change, joining their voices with the rest of the worldwide student movement ‘Fridays For Future,’ a protest against the…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be submitting a proposal to protect the country’s cultural heritage in the context of climate change at the forthcoming UN Summit in New York. On Thursday…
Climate change is one of the key controlling factors in grape and wine production, affecting the suitability of certain grape varieties to a particular region as well as the type and quality…
By Stamatina Mylonas On Saturday July 20, the National Hellenic Student Association (NHSA) hosted their annual beach clean up, which saw North American University students of Greek descent pick up plastic and…
According to a new report from scientists, climate change is threatening the Acropolis and other ancient Greek monuments, which are some of the most visited archaeological sites in the world. The reason…