West Macedonia

Youth laid back on AIDS

Six in 10 young people do not systematically practice safe sex and nearly one in two has a patchy knowledge of how the HIV virus that causes AIDS is transmitted, two new studies have shown. The studies, which come as doctors...

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Old, rare glimpses of Kastoria

A deeply sensitive man who caught the spirit of a society in transition, namely that of the northern Greek city of Kastoria in early 20th century, Leonidas Papazoglou is considered a recent «discovery» enriching the history of...

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Pollution and waste growing

Atmospheric pollution and inadequate waste management continue to pose a problem in Athens and other major Greek cities, while the risk of desertification has intensified in the provinces, according to the first study carried...

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AES Closes €50M for PV in Spain & Greece

AES Solar Energy Ltd., a joint venture between The AES Corporation and Riverstone Holdings LLC, announced that one of its subsidiaries closed three long-term non-recourse debt facilities for three of its portfolio of...

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Two die of carbon monoxide poisoning in Greek hotel

ATHENS, Greece -- Guests at Hotel Nepheli in Thessaloniki were evacuated on Friday (November 6th) after two people died in the hotel of carbon monoxide poisoning. The two victims, men aged 27 and 28, were found dead in their...

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One dead and one missing after floods hit Greece

Athens - One man died and another was missing on Sunday after storms washed away roads and flooded homes and farms across Greece, reports said. The body of a man was recovered after his car was swept away by a river in the...

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High-School occupations snowball in response to repression in Greece

025158_0911041419.jpg The decision of the State Persecutor to press charges against pupils occupying their school in Salonica has led to a snowball of occupations of high-schools in northern Greece. In the last month, there has...

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Wet spell causes floods, damage

Heavy rain and strong winds yesterday caused problems across much of the country, resulting in widespread flooding and damage to crops, wreaking chaos on the roads and even ripping the roofs off some buildings in the...

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Krokos Kozanis (Crocus) or Zafora (Greek Saffron)

The history of Greek red saffron or Krokos Kozanis (Crocus Sativus Linneaus plant) dates back to prehistoric Greece. In modern Greece, it starts again in the 17th century when traders from Kozani, Macedonia, bring the red...

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Where folklore meets Goth

You feel a certain sense of relief when exiting an exhibition that has not resorted to the postmodern, globalized language that has become all too familiar at galleries, museums and fairs. From London to Moscow to Osaka,...

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Kozani , Florina , Grevena , Kastoria