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Wildfire near Aegaleo in west Athens
Story at Protothema [English]
Battling 73 fires
Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]
The "firestorm" across Greece
Story at Athina984 [Greek]
Bank and stock market numbers up in July
Story at Capital [Greek]
The ongoing fire fight in Rethymno
Story at Nea Kriti [Greek]
Arrest made in connection to fire in Rethymno
Story at Parapolitika [Greek]
The art collections with unusual public access in Greece
Story at Observer [English]
PPC Group expands in Poland
Story at Imerisia [Greek]
Adonis Georgiadis and his smart glasses
Story at Protagon [Greek]
Tourist evacuations at Agios Vasileios in Viotia
Story at MSN UK Daily Mail [English]
The new tech and regulations to combat traffic accidents
Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]
The huge numbers of Turkish tourists going to the islands
Story at Greek City Times [English]
Fire in Achaia, continuing fire in Rethymno
Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]
Fatalities in Spain as migrants overrun border
Story at Iefimerida [Greek]
PM Meloni in Italy wants to suspend Schengen during Spain's border crisis
Story at Protothema [Greek]
80 year old gun smuggler pleads guilty in US court of running weapons to Greece
Story at AOL [English]
View of Athens to the East from Lyvabettus, with Mount Ymittos in the distance. Click image to enlarge.
Thursday July 30, 2026
Fires on Crete, Rethymno and Andros
Story at Skai [Greek]
Ten evacuations due to fires in effect
Story at Protothema [Greek]
Funeral for 25-year-old firefighter Pantelis Diamantakis
Story at Kathimerini [Greek]
Damaging earthquake in Japan with many fatalities
Story at Protothema [English]
The Athens voucher program for free air conditioners
Story at Athina984 [Greek]
The Scottish woman found dead in Kypseli
Story at BBC MSN [English]
Greece, France and Spain fighting high temps and fires
Story at Reuters [English]
The regions on high alert for fire risk today
Story at Iefimerida [Greek]
The continuing intense fire fight in Rethymno
Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]
"Black Wednesday" for Greece's fire fighting forces
Story at Parapolitika [Greek]
Turkey's coordinated use of the World Decolonization Forum
Story at Protothema [English]
Huge thefts of chocolate and oil
Story at Newmoney [Greek]
PASOK wants textbook for 3rd graders withdrawn
Story at Athina984 [Greek]
The massive prison sentences given to gang members in El Salvador
Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]
Water and "fake news"
Story at Imerisia [Greek]
Major reforms for Mass Media, licensing
Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]
How the VAT is the "blood donor" filling state coffers
Story at Imerazante [Greek]
"Election promises are like a sieve"
Story at Powergame [Greek]
"36 hours on Sifnos"
Story at NY Times [English]
From either Artemonas or Apollonia, it’s about a 20-minute bus ride south to Platis Gialos, one of the island’s longest sand beaches. The wide bay, lined with tavernas and beach bars, has a relaxing atmosphere. Swim clear through the afternoon as catamarans and sailboats anchor offshore, then linger for sunset at an all-day beach bar like Palmira or Lost Bay. Here, the mood oscillates between laid-back days on the water and lively nights, with D.J.s keeping the bay buzzing into the evening..."
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Air Conditioned spaces for tourists and locals to "cool off" in Athens
Summer 2026 list of 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM facilities - click to view location on Google maps:
Agios Pavlos – Μαμούρη 22 & Δύμης (Corner of 22 Mamouri Street and Dymis Street)
Neos Kosmos ("Η Ανάληψη του Κυρίου") – Χελντράιχ 15 ("Ascension of the Lord" Friendship Club 15 Cheltraich Street)
Votanikos – Κοζάνης 4 (4 Kozanis Street)
Kolokynthou – Αίμονος 9 & Άστρους (Corner of 9 Aimonos Street and Astrous Street)
Agios Eleftherios – Αχαρνών 372 (372 Acharnon Street)
Kypseli – Σκύρου & Καυκάσου (Corner of Skyrou Street and Kafkasou Street)
Ampelokipi – Πανόρμου & Βαθέος (Corner of Panormou Street and Vatheos Street)
Updated! Demographics of Greece to 2050 and beyond
Updated! The Political Parties of Greece, 2026
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