News archive of February 2019

Anti-epidemic Measures in Burgas Region Lifted

The flu epidemic in Burgas region, with all associated anti-epidemic measures, has been cancelled, the Regional Administration said. The local health authorities have registered a significant decrease in the number of the patients and a trend of normalisation of the situation.

Bulgarian Researchers Discover Five New Plant Fossils on Antarctica

After the two-month biological research as part of the National Polar Research Programme has concluded, research continues in the remaining two months of the Antarctic summer in the field of earth sciences, said Prof. Hristo Pimpirev, Director of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute and leader of the 27th Antarctic expedition, reports Focus News Agency. 

Silence | Athens | February 2-17

Renee Revah presents "Silence," a collection of underwater photographs that address the struggle to breathe from a social perspective. The show at Booze Cooperativa is organized in cooperation with the Schedia street magazine and is part of events marking International Vendor Week. It runs through February 17 and opening hours are from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

'Carmen' from the Met | Thessaloniki | February 2

The Thessaloniki Concert Hall will screen George Bizet's "Carmen" live in high-definition from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The French romance is directed by Sir Richard Eyre, conducted by Louis Langree and stars Clementine Margaine, Aleksandra Kurzak, Roberto Alagna and Alexander Vinogradov. The performance is in the original French, with Greek surtitles. Doors open at 7.55 p.m.

KinderDoc | Athens | February 3

Kinder Docs, an initiative encouraging children and young people to document the world around them on film, presents three medium-length documentaries from Greece, Georgia and Ghana at the Benaki Museum's Pireos Street annex that look at child labor in different forms and the role of the refugee in crisis in the exploitation of minors, from noon to 2 p.m.

Expert: 800,000 Serbs were killed in Croat WW2 death camp

Jasenovac was a death camp in Croatia for Serbs, Jews, and Roma, set up and operated by the Ustasha regime of the Nazi-allied Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during the Second World War.

Parnitha Trek | Attica | February 2

The Flabouri Refuge has organized a three-hour trek on Mount Parnitha that aims to acquaint the public with the national park, its history and its flora and fauna. The difficulty level is described as easy to moderate, as the trek is suitable for everyone over the age of 8.

PPC hoping to convince investors

Public Power Corporation chief Manolis Panagiotakis is opening his door to candidate investors in the lignite-powered electricity plants at Meliti and Megalopoli on Friday. This follows his invitation for the assessment of the new conditions created after the implementation of the voluntary redundancy programs for the units' staff and its impact on their finances.

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