AI-powered startup helps protect forests from fire

AI-powered startup helps protect forests from fire

The first 15 minutes are crucial for responding to a fire that has just started, firefighters say, and a Greek startup now ensures the fire service can have all the information it needs to tackle a flame from the first spark. This is Probotek, the company that for the last three summers has protected the …

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Reds top at the regular season halfway point

Reds top at the regular season halfway point

[Intime] Olympiakos has made the most of the points that PAOK, Panathinaikos and Aris dropped, opening a three-point distance at the top of the Super League table on Sunday with its road win at OFI. The Reds defeated their Cretan host 2-0 at Iraklio with goals from Giulian Biancone and Chiqinho and finished first at …

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Storms to continue until Tuesday, authorities warn

Storms to continue until Tuesday, authorities warn

[Intime News] Authorities remain on alert to deal with the Bora storm that hit several areas across the country, especially the islands of Lemnos and Rhodes. Storms are expected to continue until early Tuesday, meteorologists have warned. SMS’s have been sent, through the 112 emergency number, to residents of Larissa and Magnisia regional units in …

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Woman killed by husband in Thessaloniki

Woman killed by husband in Thessaloniki

A new case of femicide was reported Sunday in Thessaloniki, where a man is accused of killing his wife and injuring their son before turning himself in to the police. According to Greek police, a 46-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Sunday for the murder of his 60-year-old wife and the injury …

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Open shops attract crowds | eKathimerini.com

Open shops attract crowds | eKathimerini.com

[Intie News] Crowds thronged commercial Ermou St. in central Athens Sunday as many shops opened, offering reduced prices. Shops can stay open, but are not required to, all December Sundays except for next Sunday, Dec. 8. Suggested opening hours are 11 am – 6 pm.  (Photos: Intime News) Source link

Man missing for over a week found dead 

Man missing for over a week found dead 

[InTime News] A 76-year-old man, who had been declared missing since November 21, has been found dead after passing through the Kakavia road border crossing from southern Albania into northwestern Greece.  His corpse was discovered by a Pogoni village local approximately 200 meters from the Greek national highway, at the Delvinaki location, state broadcaster ERT …

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Moored cargo ships collide at Thessaloniki port 

Moored cargo ships collide at Thessaloniki port 

[Shutterstock] A cargo ship moored at the port of Thessaloniki broke free due to strong winds in the area early Sunday, leading to a collision with another cargo vessel, port authorities have reported.  The collision caused material damage to both vessels. According to the Coast Guard, no injuries were reported, and no signs of marine …

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Here it is!’ Thessaloniki gets its metro

Here it is!’ Thessaloniki gets its metro

[Yiannis Papanikos/InTime News]  Thessaloniki residents braved the bluster of Storm Bora to welcome the much-anticipated metro to their city on its inaugural run on Saturday afternoon, touring the stations, admiring the exhibitions of antiquities found during its excavations and riding the trains. “This is a great day,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at the metro’s …

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NGOs dealing with public mistrust, state taxation

NGOs dealing with public mistrust, state taxation

[AP] NGOs are viewed with suspicion by a large segment of the public and are subject to what some of their leaders call “punitive” taxation by the state, according to a presentation by the Bodossaki Foundation. Only one in four respondents (26.4%) to a survey by think-tank DiaNEOsis trust NGOs. About 70% said the NGOs …

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Downpour prompts traffic ban on Rhodes 

Downpour prompts traffic ban on Rhodes 

Storm Bora, the weather system that swept across the country Saturday, claiming the lives of two men on Lemnos, has also impacted Rhodes, prompting authorities to impose a traffic ban as sections of the island’s road network have been heavily damaged.  “The situation on the island is devastating and deeply shocking. The people of Rhodes …

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