Oil spill
Environment
Athenians Swim in Oil Coated Beaches as Pollution Damages Sea-Bed (video)
Despite authorities assuring the people of Greece that the oil spillage caused by the sinking of a tanker last Sunday is gradually being put under control, environmental groups and local authorities in the towns around the Saronic Gulf say...
Animals
Dying a Black Death in the Saronic Gulf: Distressing Images of Animals Glued to Oil
Environmental groups are battling against time to save as many animals as they can in the Saronic Gulf, after the oil spillage caused by the sinking of a tanker last Sunday.
Unfortunately for many birds, fish and turtles, it is...
Environment
Eco Groups Warn Greece is Not Prepared to Respond to Marine Disasters
Environmental groups warn that Greece is unprepared to deal with marine disasters, in the aftermath of the destructive oil spill in Salamis that soon spread across the Saronic Gulf, reaching Athens' coastal front.
According to a Kathimerini newspaper report, the World...
Environment
Greek Minister Offers to Resign as Experts Warn of Long-Term Damage from Oil Spill
On Thursday, the Minister of Shipping, Panagiotis Kouroumblis, said that he has offered his resignation to PM Alexis Tsipras, following the oil spill that coated many beaches around Saronikos Gulf, south of Athens.
The spillage was caused by the sinking...
Environment
Drone Footage Captures Environmental Devastation at Athenian Riviera (video)
Greek government is facing criticism for its delayed and ineffective response in the wake of the oil spill from a sunken tanker, which has spread to some of Athens’s most popular beaches.
Crews scrambled to clean up the oil that escaped...
Environment
Spilled Oil Pollution from Salamis Shipwreck Reaches Piraeus Coast
On Tuesday night, strong winds swept away large chunks of oil slick that were the result of Sunday's sinking of the anchored oil tanker "Agia Zoni II", just off Salamis island in the Saronic Gulf.
Five large anti-pollution vessels are in...
Environment
Greece, Cyprus, Israel Agreement on the Protection of Mediterranean
Greece, Cyprus and Israel, preparing for the exploration of hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean Sea, on Tuesday signed an agreement for the protection of the environment from possible oil pollution.
Environment ministers from the three countries agreed to move ahead as soon as possible on...