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Baby girl with Covid-19 airlifted to Athens hospital
A seven-month girl with Covid-19 was on Friday airlifted from the island of Amorgos in the Cyclades to a hospital in Athens after suffering from breathing difficulties.
A Fire Service helicopter was used to respond to the incident.
No more information was immediately available.
The changing face of Spinalonga, ‘island of the living dead’
Immortalized in Victoria Hislop's award-winning novel, "The Island," the uninhabited islet of Spinalonga has a long and tragic past. Known by its grim epithet, the "island of the living dead," and nestled in the picturesque Elounda Bay of northeast Crete, the islet was home to one of Europe's last leper colonies, active from 1903 to 1957.
Up to a third of Slovenian caves polluted
Slovenia has a rich underground world with caves large and small dotting the country. They have attracted cavers, visitors and researchers from near and afar for centuries, but also people who used them as a handy way to dump their waste. As a result, 20-30% of Slovenian caves are now thought to be polluted and cleaning them is a major challenge.
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Research shows Triglav, Skuta glaciers continue to shrink
The latest measurements of the glaciers below the Triglav and Skuta peaks have shown that the only two remaining glaciers in Slovenia have shrunk and thinned significantly this year due to the unfavourable snow and temperature conditions, and that they are under threat of disappearing.
Mountain huts see record footfall, over half foreign visitors
Slovenian mountain huts are looking back at a record season, having reported 120,000 nights spent by hikers by the end of September 2022, which the Alpine Association of Slovenia says is slightly above the record figures posted in 2019.
The amazing artificial Lake Doxa (glory) (stunning photos)
The lake is wedged between the foothills of Mount Aroania
Greece’s stunning alpine lakes you must see
The most famous alpine lake, also known as Dragon Lake, in the country is located up high, at 2,050 m altitude
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Triglav Glacier mission ends with 16,000 trees
Pokljuka – A project as part of which a fraction of a glacier from Slovenia travelled to the Beijing Winter Olympics has ended as 16,000 trees have been planted in Slovenia this year to offset the CO2 emissions generated during the 13,000-kilometre journey from Mojstrana in the Julian Alps to the Chinese capital for the 2022 Olympics.
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Incredible scuba diving at the Kali Tychi shipwreck in Magnesia (video)
The freighter ship sunk near the port of Agia Kyriaki on 25 July 1975 in the prefecture of Magnesia
Did you know Greece has its own 'sahara desert'? - But where is it?
A unique natural landscape for Greece in the northern Aegean Sea