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Fire fighters were able to bring under partial control a large blaze that broke out near the town of Karystos, in southern Evia, on Wednesday night.

Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller and 1958 sensation "Vertigo" is set to light up the Little Theater of Ancient Epidaurus on Saturday, June 22 as part of the Athens Open Air Film Festival. The Hitchcock classic, which features a detective (James Stewart) who suffers from vertigo, was the first film to use the dolly zoom, a camera effect that distorts visual perception.

Acclaimed American director Robert Wilson rings in the start of the Greek Festival's section which draws from the classical playwrights with a bold interpretation of Sophocles' "Oedipus" at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus.

Major Greek museums and archaeological sites will remain open longer as of April 1, with the schedule introduced gradually to other areas as more seasonal staff is hired over the next month, the Ministry of Culture said on Tuesday.
The following museums and sites will extend their opening hours as of April 1 (daily):
- Acropolis and Knossos palace will be open 08:00 - 18:00

A flock of flamingos prepares to take flight over the Nea Kios coastal wetland near the port of Nafplio in the Peloponnese on Tuesday. Conservation groups and local residents have reported an increase in sightings of flamingos in the Argolida area, and particularly around the wetland, as they migrate south for the winter. [Evangelos Bougiotis/ANA-MPA]

Icicles hang off oranges in an orchard in Argolida, in the northern Peloponnese, on Saturday morning following a cold snap. After plunging to -4 degrees Celsius (24.8 Fahrenheit) in the Argos Plain on Friday night, temperatures rose slightly over the weekend. It was unclear whether a series of cold snaps will create problems for citrus fruit harvests in the region.

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue is launching targeted inspections at olive oil production units in central and southern Greece after data pointed to income hiding and tax evasion in this sector.

Checks will focus on the areas where these phenomena are most common, such as Crete, the Peloponnese (Messinia, Argolida and Laconia) and Fthiotida in central Greece.

A weather system dubbed Eurydice swept across Greece on Sunday and Monday, claiming a life on the Ionian island of Corfu and wreaking havoc in the northern Peloponnese.

Unidentified thieves blew up a bank ATM in the village of Lygourio near Ancient Epidaurus in Argolida on Saturday.

The perpetrators fled the scene in a stolen car, the charred remains of which police found later in the day on the outskirts of the village.

It remained unclear how much cash was stolen.

People cool off at a beach in Tolo in Argolida in the Peloponnese on Saturday, as temperatures started inching up again across the country.