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PM Mitsotakis in the largest Greek energy storage investment in Amfilochia (photos)
themanews.com   31 January 2024   Greece   Amfilochia  
<p>On Wednesday morning, Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the construction site where the Amfilochia pumped storage unit is being built, which is the largest large-scale energy storage investment in Greece, amounting to 650 million euros, with the aim of supporting ...
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Athens prepares for the World Tunnelling Congress
Tunneling Journal   26 April 2023   Greece   athens  
<p>This year&rsquo;s World Tunnelling Congress (WTC 2023) will be held in the historic capital of Greece, Athens. Themed &lsquo;Expanding Underground&rsquo;, the event will run from 12 to 18 May at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre in the ...
Tunnel borer being assembled to start work on new Athens metro line
ekathimerini-com   28 March 2023   Greece   athens  
[Nikos Tachiaos/Facebook]
<p>The first of two massive tunnel borers that will be put to work on the extension of the Athens metro is being assembled, the president of Attiko Metro SA announced on Tuesday.</p>
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Popular Zakynthos beach to remain closed this summer due to landslide risk
ekathimerini-com   16 March 2023   Greece   Zakynthos  
<p>Authorities on the Ionian island of Zakynthos have decided to keep Navagio beach, a popular tourist destination famous for its signature shipwreck, closed to tourists this summer, for fear of landslides. <br />The decision to prohibit access to the Navagio ...
The Ministry of Infrastructure accelerates proceeds for the tender BOAK for the part from Chania to Heraklion
Real Estate and Development   07 December 2022   Greece   Crete  
<p>The Ministry of Infrastructure accelerates proceeds for the tender for construction project of the Northern Road Axis Crete (B.O.A.K.) from Chania to Heraklion to the Invitation to Submit Binding Offers.<br />This is the largest part of the BOAK, 157.5 ...
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Tourist killed as landslide hits Crete hotel (Video)
social news xyz   31 October 2022   Greece   Crete  
<p>(31 Oct 2022) A foreign tourist died on Sunday after a landslide at a hotel in Crete. (Oct. 31)</p>
Tender for Rio – Antirio bridge former construction park
Oikonomikos Taxidromos   08 July 2022   Greece   Antirio  
<p>The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund &ndash; HRADF, a member company of the Superfund, and the state&rsquo;s privatization arm, is proceeding with the development of property in the former construction site of the Rio &ndash; Antirrio brige project, ...
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GEK TERNA – Hard Rock Join Forces for Luxury Resort and Casino in Greece
An impressiion of Greece’s first Integrated Resort and Casino (IRC) in Ellinikon.
<p>Greek construction firm GEK TERNA, awarded the 30-year concession for the development of the first Integrated Resort and Casino (IRC) in Greece dubbed INSPIRE Athens, has entered a partnership with Hard Rock International, the companies announced this week ...
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In Turkey, a Frantic Rescue Effort After a Deadly Earthquake
The New York Times   30 October 2020   Greece   Samos  
Rescue workers continued to search for survivors in Izmir into the night.Credit...Usame Ari/Getty Images
<p>Rescue workers scrambled into the early morning Saturday in a frantic effort to save people trapped under debris in the western Turkish city of Izmir, several hours after a major earthquake in the Aegean Sea leveled several buildings and severely damaged ...
The beautiful GEOPARKS of Greece
Neos Kosmos   26 May 2020   Greece  
Chelmos Mountain. Photo: Wikipedia
<p>Can you think of an area that combines geology with environment, sustainable development, culture and tourism? Well, the answer is Global Geoparks. According to UNESCO, that has developed a Network of such Geoparks, these places are &ldquo;single, unified ...