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Air will be toxic for a long time after fires, says expert
The adverse impact on air quality from the wildfires that engulfed different parts of Greece will be protracted, Athanasios Nenes, a professor of atmospheric processes at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, tells Kathimerini.
Teachers wait until their 50s for a permanent post
The average age of the 3,600 newly appointed teachers and the 140,000 permanent teachers is over 50, according to data seen by Kathimerini, a stark illustration of one of the many distortions of the Greek secondary education system.
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Still room for all-inclusive resorts in Greece, hotel executive says
There is still room for more all-inclusive luxury resorts in Greece and other Mediterranean destinations, Javier Coll, group president at Hyatt Hotels Inclusive Collection, tells Kathimerini.
Hyatt recently announced the opening of its sixth hotel in Greece, an all-inclusive resort at Sani, in Halkidiki Peninsula.
Zoëtry Halkidiki is expected to open in 2024.
Arrested Croats deny hooligan tag
The dozens of young Croatians detained for their roles in the violent clashes on August 7 which led to the death of 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris deny they are members of the so-called Dinamo Zagreb ultras Bad Blue Boys (BBB), notorious for hooliganism, according to their testimonies to Greek judicial authorities, seen by Kathimerini.
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Annual Covid vaccine under consideration
Scientists are debating whether or not to provide an additional dose of the Covid-19 vaccination to members of vulnerable groups in the fall.
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Climate change: Saving Athens from itself
Public water reservoirs and drinking fountains, splash pads and fountains, pocket parks, green parking lots, trees and bushes in public spaces, sustainable mobility and reused buildings, starting with the public ones, are just some of the measures architect Petros Babasikas and his team recommend for Athens in the age of climate change.
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Kotsovolos woos power firms
When in mid-June British group Currys, the owner of electrical and electronic goods chain Kotsovolos, announced that it was looking for a buyer for its subsidiary in Greece and Cyprus, no one could have imagined that the historic commercial chain of electrical appliances would become the object of a claim by large energy groups of Greece.
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Questions loom over air base’s security
The 111th Combat Wing at Nea Anchialos, near the city of Volos in central Greece, is considered one of the Hellenic Air Force's jewels in the crown. The wing's base is home to nearly half of Greece's F-16 fighters, specifically 70 out of 154. It is multi-mission, with squadrons specializing in interception, suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), attack and advanced training.
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Transparency watchdog chides government over delay in gifts list
The government, which was re-elected in June, has delayed publishing a list of the gifts its officials received in 2022, as stipulated by law, according to Vouliwatch, an independent transparency watchdog that filed a request for the list on July 18.
Helping kids to cultivate a head for business at school
A distinction at the recent pan-European Junior Achievement (JA) competition for young entrepreneurship by a team calling itself Isometricks that developed a fun and education brain game, has shone a spotlight on the work of the University of Macedonia's Experimental Junior High School in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.