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Greece updates plans for flood, wildfire emergencies Greek officials presented on Monday two updated comprehensive plans for addressing floods and wildfire emergencies in order to prevent in the future the tragedies which resulted in more than 100 victims and extensive material and environmental disasters in recent years.A total of 664 entities of the central, regional and local administration in Greece have already received the updated plans and the message to improve communication and act together to be better prepared in times of crises, Civil Protection Secretary-General Nikos Hardalias said at a press briefing.The two plans have the code names Dardanos and Iolaos, two heroes in ancient Greek mythology, whose stories teach that teamwork leads to success.
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Greece’s Ancient Power Is in Crisis on Climate-Cost CollisionOutside a city that once vied with Sparta in ancient Greece, giant excavators are grinding away vast chunks of the rocky landscape to get at a form of energy that’s now becoming a risk to the country’s future.Legend has it that Megalopolis was where Zeus smote the Titans because the ground was known to smolder as if struck by the god’s lightning bolts. The reality is that the area in the southern Peloponnese region, like parts of northern Greece, has an abundance of lignite -- a soggy form of coal that’s a major energy source for the country’s modern economy.But in the age of global warming, the cost of pollution permits for burning the dirtiest fossil fuel has turned these aging power plants into money pits. The indebted state-owned Public Power Corp. SA will spend as much as 300 million euros ($330 million) this year to operate lignite facilities, compared with 200 million euros in 2018.The dilemma is so bad that Greek officials say it would cost PPC less to pay workers to stay at home rather than produce at the most outdated facilities.
Vodafone Greece launches Vodafone Giga NetworkVodafone Greece said it launched its Vodafone Giga Network which brings fibre speeds to households. Giga Home delivers Giga Fiber 100 and 200 Mbps speeds and powerful Giga WiFi in every corner of the home. In addition, Giga Home brings the Vodafone Giga WiFi Calling service that allows all mobile customers to make and receive calls to their mobile phone wherever there is Wi-Fi, even if the mobile signal is limited.Also, the Vodafone Giga WiFi service's Ready team expert can come to end-users' homes and make sure WiFi reaches every corner of their house.
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Chinese tourists hold key to Greece’s tourism future: Greek ministerChinese visitors hold a key role in the effort to keep Greece’s tourism growing in the future, Greek Tourism minister Harry Theoharis told Xinhua in a recent interview in Athens.“The immediate goal that we have set in the next two years is to increase the number of Chinese tourists to more than 500,000, which is an ambitious, but realistic target,” Theoharis said.Approximately 150,000 to 200,000 Chinese tourists visited Greece last year, marking a growth of over 20 percent from the year before, according to the Beijing Office of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO).
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