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Top 10 Multilingual Careers You Can Land in Greece This Year
For those seeking exciting professional opportunities, multilingual careers in Greece are booming in 2025! The country has firmly established itself as a vibrant hub for international businesses, particularly in the customer service and tech...

Flexible Travel Planning: Hacks for a Stress-Free Paros Greece Getaway
If you’re planning to visit Paros, get ready for an unforgettable experience. This charming Cycladic island offers crystal-clear waters, traditional villages, stunning sunsets, and mouthwatering Greek cuisine. But to truly enjoy it all without the...
Bird Flu Is Killing Wildlife, and Experts Fear the Ecological Toll
25,669 Northern Gannets in Canada. 134 harbor and gray seals along the coast of Maine. 21 California Condors in the western U.S. These are just a tiny fraction of the wild victims of a strain of high pathogenicity avian influenza—what we...

Kerrville city manager says he had weather alerts turned off on his phone
click to enlarge Facebook / City of Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice said during an interview with NBC News that he had weather alerts turned off on his phone. Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice revealed during an interview with NBC News that...
Athens-Clarke County Library solar trackers are a small step towards a 100% renewable energy commitment
The Athens-Clarke County Library is bringing the county closer to a 100% renewable energy commitment with the addition of seven solar trackers. As of May 20th, the panels have been turned on for use and will provide electricity for the library. It...

Rights group warns of rising xenophobia, racist rhetoric in Greece
Public discourse in Greece is increasingly shifting toward xenophobia and racism, the Athens-based Racist Violence Recording Network said Tuesday, warning that the trend undermines rule of law and social cohesion. The network — comprising dozens...

Dangerous 48 Hours Ahead Due to Downward Winds
Greece is bracing for an exceptionally dangerous 48-hour period as the ongoing heatwave intensifies, with temperatures expected to soar to extreme levels. The country’s national weather service has updated its emergency alert, warning of a...

At Joe’s Deli in Kingston, The Breakfast King builds community – haters go hungry
Noli takes a break. (Photos by Rokosz Most) Deli-cooking and newspaper-reporting share two things right out of the gate. The first is the conceit that what is produced can have artistic value. The second is that whatever is produced must be handed...

Greece Advances in Global Rankings for Trade Facilitation
Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has made notable progress in trade facilitation, according to the latest results of a biennial global survey conducted by the United Nations on digital and sustainable trade facilitation....

Climate Change Turns Deadly: Europe’s Heatwave Exposes a Crisis
Climate change is no longer a distant threat — it is our present and our future. Ours, our children’s, and that of every generation to come. With each passing year, its impact grows more severe, more deadly, and more undeniable. A recent heatwave...

Ancient Helike Reveals How Earthquakes Shaped a Greek City’s Rise, Fall, and Return
Ruins of the ancient Greek city of Helike. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports The ancient Greek city of Helike (Greek: Ἑλίκη), once a thriving capital in Achaea, was destroyed by a powerful earthquake and tsunami in 373 BC. Located on...

Most Livable Cities 2025 – Where is Athens: Economic Intelligence Unit
Three European cities top the list as the most livable in the world, according to the 2025 annual Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranking. The capital of Austria, Vienna, was toppled from the top spot after three years of dominance by Denmark’s...

Greece declares 'shut down' with millions of UK tourists who have holidays booked warned
Millions of Greece tourists from the UK have been warned as the popular holiday hotspot begins a shutdown in certain hours of the day. European Union holidaymakers are being warned over a rise in temperatures in Greece. Greece has shut the...

Israel's Loanwise offers mortgages for Greece and Cyprus
Two months after the war broke out in December 2023, non-bank financing (mainly loans for buying vehicles) company Mimun Yashir founder and CEO Eran Wolf stepped down after 18 years in the job. In his resignation letter to employees Wolf promised...

Greece’s Asylum Ban: ‘Violation of International Law and Political Responsibility’
Refugees on a boat crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Many are lost at sea. Credit: Mstyslav Chernov, CC4/Wikimedia Commons Lefteris Papagiannakis, the Director of the Greek Council for Refugees, blasts Greece’s government decision to impose a...

Monmouth School awarded for climate education
Haberdashers Monmouth School won the national Muddy Stilettos Best School Award 2025 in association with Debrett’s Education for championing sustainability. Muddy Stilettos Best School Award 2025 for Championing Sustainability (Haberdashers'...

UC Berkeley professor gunned down in Greece outside of his ex-wife’s home
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‘Imagine Vienna With a Cycladic Setting’: Syros’ Classical Music Festival Returns
The Aegean island of Syros is known for its neoclassical architecture, its elegant capital of Ermoupoli, and a rich musical heritage, yet this summer, it’s set to make an innovative cultural statement with the resumption of an international...

Adoption in Greece: ‘The wait just kills you’
A house with an empty kid’s room. This is what the two young couples who spoke anonymously to Kathimerini about their experience with adoption have in common. About five years ago, they both joined the National Registry of Prospective Adoptive...

Greek parliament passes suspension of asylum claims despite international criticism
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