Residents of the Greek islands Icaria and Fournoi staged a demonstration yesterday, protesting the lack of ferry services connecting them to Piraeus. Protesters charged that there have been no ferry services for a month.
Source: ekathimerini.com
At 03:00 on Sunday, Greece is going into summer time. Clocks will be set one hour ahead to read 04:00. The change of time has been set by a European Union directive ands will be in force until the last Sunday of October.
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted the island of Crete friday morning. No damage was reported.
The earthquake was recorded at 2:16 a.m., with its epicentre in the sea area south of Gaidouronissi islet in the Libyan Gulf. The quake was felt throughout Crete.
The 4.8 kilometers long road tunnel will open for traffic in April 2008.
The two-way tunnel at Driskos (Egnatia Motorway’s) that took seven years to complete, cuts through Mount Mitsikeli linking the Ioannina plateau with the Arachthos River valley.
Meanwhile the larger (9 kilometers long) road tunnels in the Tempi Valley, central Greece, are expected to be […]
The Greek Civil Protection agency declared a state of emergency on the island of Skopelos in the northern Aegean on Tuesday after a major and uncontrolled wildfire that broke out on Monday ran into its second day.
The fire originally broke out in the region of Agnonta, far from inhabited areas on the island, but took […]
Firefighters in Hania had to quell four fires yesterday that broke out as a result of farmers burning brush. No injuries or damage was reported.
Meanwhile, a house was seriously damaged on Saturday in the area of Lagadas, near Thessaloniki but nobody was injured.
Source: ekathimerini.com