New Mayor Hopes Trees Will Cool Athens Down
Pictures by Angelos Tzortzinis. Video by Will Vassilopoulos Athens’ new mayor will plant 25,000 trees over the next five years to try to cool the sprawling Greek capital, he told AFP. Scorching summer heatwaves can make the city of tightly-packed concrete office and apartment blocks almost unbearable, with temperatures topping 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). […]
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1,200 Children Evacuated From Greek Holiday Camps Amid Wildfires: Mayor
Greek authorities on Monday evacuated 1,200 children from holiday camps threatened by wildfires burning near the seaside resort of Loutraki, the town’s mayor said. “We have saved 1,200 children who were in the holiday camps,” Giorgos Gkionis told private television channel Skai, after wildfires whipped up by strong winds broke out near Athens on Monday […]
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Mayor Eric Adams heading to Greece, Qatar next week
The Big Apple’s jet-setting chief executive, Mayor Eric Adams, is heading to Athens, Greece for a conference on anti-Semitism and Doha, Qatar, to “learn more” about co-hosting the World Cup. According to a copy of Adams’ public schedule released Friday, Hizzoner will head to Athens on Nov. 30 to attend the 2022 Mayors Summit Against […]
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Mayor Eric Adams heading to Greece, Qatar next week
The Big Apple’s jet setting chief executive, Mayor Eric Adams, is heading to Athens, Greece for a conference on antisemitism and Doha, Qatar to “learn more” about co-hosting the World Cup. According to a copy of Adams’ public schedule released Friday, Hizzoner will head to Athens on Nov. 30 to attend the 2022 Mayors Summit […]
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