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Environment
Fires on Rhodes, Greece Burned 13,500 Hectares of Forest
The recent fires on the island of Rhodes have burned 13,500 hectares of forest, based on calculations carried out by the University of Athens, said Professor of Dynamic Tectonics, Applied Geology and Natural Disaster Management Efthymios Lekkas on Tuesday.
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Environment
Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Shakes Greek Island of Karpathos
A strong earthquake of 6.1 Richter magnitude hit in the sea area south of the Greek island of Karpathos on Tuesday morning.
According to the automatic solution of the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the seismic vibration...
Environment
Crete Earthquake: Dramatic Videos of People Running for Their Lives
Dramatic videos emerged showing people running out of businesses and shops as Tuesday's 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit the island of Crete.
The quake had a focal depth of 8.2 km (5.09 miles), and its epicenter was southeast of the city...
Greece
Strong Tremor Near Samothrace, Tenedos
Residents of the Greek islands of Samothrace and Tenedos, and as far away as Mytilene, were rocked by an earthquake of 5.1 Richter on July 30, recorded by the Euro-Mediterranean Institute. It was even felt in the town of...
Crime
Papandreou's Mother Sues Over Lagarde List
The mother of former Greek prime minister George Papandreou, who said she had wrongly been named as having held a secret $550 million Swiss bank account on a list of 2,062 Greeks with deposits in the Geneva branch of...
Economy
Papandreou Denies Mother On Swiss Bank List
Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and his mother have denied reports in the Greek media that she's behind the name of a civil servant with 550 million euros ($714 million) in deposits in a Swiss bank, with the...