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Kefalogianni to “Naftemporiki”: The British taking the lead in Greek tourismMost visitors to Greece in 2024 will be British, taking the lead again after several years, Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni said in an interview with “Naftemporiki” in the framework of the World Travel Market 2023 held in London.
As Price of Olive Oil Soars, Chainsaw-wielding Thieves Target Mediterranean’s Century-old TreesIn an olive grove on the outskirts of Athens, grower Konstantinos Markou pushes aside the shoots of new growth to reveal the stump of a tree — a roughly 150-year-old specimen, he said, that was among 15 cut down on his neighbor’s land by thieves eager to turn it into money.Surging olive oil prices, driven in part by two years of drought in Spain, has meant opportunity for criminals across the Mediterranean. Warehouse break-ins, dilution of premium oil with inferior product, and falsification of shipping data are on the rise in olive-growing heartlands of Greece, Spain and Italy. And perhaps worst of all: Gangs using chainsaws to steal heavily laden branches and even entire trees from unguarded groves.Greek farmers want to bring back a rural police division that was phased out in 2010.The olive groves outside Athens are part of a tradition that stretches back to antiquity, on plains that now surround the city’s international airport. Some trees are centuries old.Most of the thefts are branches. When an entire tree is cut down, the thieves typically cut it up and load the pieces into a pickup truck, selling the wood to lumber yards or firewood vendors and taking the olives to an oil mill.
METEO: 38% of Greek territory suffers from droughtConditions of mild or medium drought were recorded in 38 per cent of Greece’s territory in October 2023, the Athens National Observatory’s meteo.gr service reported on Tuesday.
Climate News – Record October rainfallIn October 2023, the UK had 40% more rain than average with 171.5mm in what was provisionally the joint-sixth wettest October on record. Regionally, a number of areas recorded their wettest October on record, including Eastern Scotland in a data series that goes back to 1836. Some counties saw well over twice their average rainfall for the month.
Coleraine take win over Ballymena after 'marathon' 44-penalty League Cup shootoutBallymena United and Coleraine couldn't be separated within 120 minutes of their League Cup clash, with the score tied at 1-1.Penalties followed - and it took no fewer than 44 [forty-four] of the spot kicks before a winner could be decided, with the Bannsiders edging it 18-17.Northern Ireland statistician Marshall Gillespie said it ranks joint third in the list of the longest penalty shootouts of all time.
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