Temperature records broken across seasons in 2024

Temperature records broken across seasons in 2024

Greece experienced its hottest summer and warmest winter on record in 2024, according to data from the National Observatory of Athens’ Meteo.gr network. The year brought unprecedented temperatures, extreme rainfall and a notable frequency of impactful weather events. June 13 saw the year’s peak heat at 44.5°C in Voukolies, Hania, in Crete. In contrast, the …

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Armed robbers hold up elderly couple in Vari

Armed robbers hold up elderly couple in Vari

File photo. [InTime News] An elderly couple were robbed at gunpoint on Friday night, when five people entered their home in the southern Athenian suburb of Vari and stole money and valuables. The perpetrators, who wore masks, broke into the house on Paleon Athinon Street where a 69-year-old woman and her 71-year-old husband live at …

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Poland takes over EU presidency with focus on security

Poland takes over EU presidency with focus on security

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaks during the opening gala of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union at the Polish National Opera in the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, Poland, 03 January 2025. [Radek Pietruszka/EPA] Poland launched its presidency of the Council of the European Union on Friday mired in a diplomatic …

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Main opposition leader to travel to Istanbul for Epiphany

Main opposition leader to travel to Istanbul for Epiphany

[Giorgos Zachos/Intime News] The leader of PASOK-Movement for Change, Nikos Androulakis, will be in Istanbul on Sunday for the celebration of Epiphany (known as Theophania in Greek). On Sunday, Androulakis will meet with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, at the Phanar, at 5 p.m., and on Monday he will attend the service at Agios Georgios, officiated …

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Archbishop Anastasios in stable condition, Athens hospital says

Archbishop Anastasios in stable condition, Athens hospital says

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania, who was airlifted to Greece on Friday after suffering a gastrointestinal bleeding, is in stable condition, his doctors said Saturday. “His health condition, despite his already burdened medical history, is considered stable and is being closely monitored by the Hospital’s medical team under the guidance of Professor of Pulmonology and Intensive …

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Athens metro train bound for airport breaks down

Athens metro train bound for airport breaks down

Passengers on Athens’ metro Line 3 faced delays in services on Saturday morning after a train broke down at the station Monastiraki, in the latest incident involving service disruptions. Shortly before 8 a.m., the train stopped at Monastiraki station and remained there for several minutes with the lights in the carriages flickering. At about 8.10 …

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Students at risk of functional illiteracy

Students at risk of functional illiteracy

One in five students graduating from Greek compulsory education risks being functionally illiterate. This stark warning headlines the 2024 annual report by the National Authority for Quality Assurance in Primary and Secondary Education (ADIPPDE).  The report identifies significant deficiencies in reading, writing and mathematical comprehension among students completing sixth grade and junior high, threatening their …

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Last year was good for new business, says report

Last year was good for new business, says report

The year 2024 was good for business, according to data released by the General Commercial Register (GEMI) and the Union of Hellenic Chambers (KEEE). Published in the weekly electronic newsletter of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the data showed that a total of 63,000 new businesses opened last year.  This was an increase …

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Attica authorities confiscate 122 kg of cheese goods from fair

Attica authorities confiscate 122 kg of cheese goods from fair

[Region of Attica] The monitoring services of the Region of Attica carried out 1,500 inspections at businesses and markets during the festive period. Where required, seizures were made and fines were imposed.  Among other things, 122 kilograms of cheese products were seized in a Christmas-themed fair in the northern sector of Athens, as they were …

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