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Massive Volkswagen Investment Seen as Vote of Confidence in Greece

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis hailed on Wednesday the ambitious investment by German automaker to the island of Astypalaia a "vote of confidence in Greece." Volkswagen, in cooperation with Greece, announced it will launch an innovative project to bring climate-neutral mobility...

Volkswagen to Turn Greece's Astypalaia into Green Energy Island

The Greek island of Astypalaia will be the site of a major new investment enterprise, helmed by the Volkswagen corporation. Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and officials from the German automaker will announce on Wednesday the details of a plan to bring...

Earth’s Climate at a Crossroads After Worldwide Industrial Standstill

The extremely rapid transmission rate of the coronavirus this Spring has resulted in governments around the world ordering their citizens to stay inside for at least 2-3 weeks, with many also banning all international arrivals and even all non-essential...

Scientists Reveal This Winter Was Warmest on Record in Europe

Scientists from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service announced recently that the period between December 2019 and February 2020 was the warmest winter ever to be recorded in Europe. This shocking revelation comes as no surprise, since most of...

Greece Ahead of Germany, France and the UK in Share of Renewable Energy Produced

A surprisingly positive development was made public on Thursday in regard to Greece's efforts to step away from forms of energy which are detrimental to the environment and shoot for the EU's targets in the use of renewable energy. According...

Thessaloniki Among Handful of European Cities to Enforce Innovative CO2 Reduction Plan

Greece's second-largest city of Thessaloniki announced on Monday that it will be among at least five European cities which will participate in the EU's ''2050 Climate-friendly Mobility in Cities" project. The aim of this ambitious environmental program is to reduce the carbon...

Experts Reveal Weather Records of 2019 for Greece

The National Observatory of Athens' ''Meteo'' service revealed on Friday the weather extremes and records of 2019 from the Greece's dozens of meteorological stations. 2019 was a year of surprises since many abnormalities were recorded. The most striking one was that...

Yale Researchers Convene Olive Oil Symposium in Delphi

The ancient Greeks’ center of the universe recently attracted more than 100 researchers and professionals from seven countries to an area once dedicated to the oracle of Apollo. This time, the gathering did not focus on the prophecies of...

Anti-Climate Change Protest Held in Athens' Syntagma Square

Hundreds of Greek students protested against climate change in the country’s capital on Friday morning in what is becoming a regular occurrence, taking place every Friday in many cities around the globe under the title of ''Fridays for Future.'' The...

Greek Parliament Boosts Efforts to Become Energy Efficient, Reduce CO2 Emissions

A two-year plan to improve the energy efficiency of Greece's Parliament building has been put up for bid as of November 15, it was announced on Monday. The Greek Parliament decided to boost its efforts to tackle its own contribution to climate...