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Kasselakis, a political unknown and ex-banker, wins race to lead Greek left

At 35, Stefanos Kasselakis, who is openly gay, campaigned heavily on social media to win the Syriza vote.

Al Jazeera

Political neophyte Stefanos Kasselakis elected new leader of Greece's main opposition Syriza party

A 35-year-old businessman without prior political experience has been elected to lead Greece’s main opposition bloc, the left-wing Syriza party

The Independent UK

Political outsider Stefanos Kasselakis wins race to lead Greece’s Syriza

Centre-left entrepreneur wins 56.69% of vote in stunning and unprecedented rise ‘from nowhere’

The Guardian - UK

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Woman on vacation in Greece gets stuck abroad after being diagnosed with cancer

Sandra Gutierrez told she must stay in Crete for emergency treatment

The Independent UK

‘Capitalism is dead. Now we have something much worse’: Yanis Varoufakis on extremism, Starmer, and the tyranny of big tech

In his new book, the maverick Greek economist says we are witnessing an epochal shift. At his island home, he argues it’s now the ‘fiefdoms’ of tech firms that shape us

The Guardian - UK

Stefanos Kasselakis: the political outsider hoping to revive the Greek left

The 35-year-old businessman came from nowhere to win the most votes in the first round of Syriza’s leadership election

The Guardian - UK

Woman diagnosed with cancer while on vacation in Greece

Sandra Gutierrez told she must stay in Crete for emergency treatment

The Independent UK

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How an all-inclusive hotel helped me rediscover how to holiday

It’s been years since Benjamin Parker had a holiday where the entire itinerary consisted of doing nothing, but this resort in Crete showed him that recline, read, rest, repeat is a perfectly acceptable ‘flop and drop’ schedule

The Independent UK

Syriza leadership: After Tsipras, an ex-banker runs to rule the Greek left

Stefanos Kasselakis hopes to lead the Greek left into a new era after a series of disappointing results at the polls.

Al Jazeera

Greek civil servants have stopped work in a 24-hour strike that is disrupting public transport

Greece’s civil servants have walked off the job on a 24-hour strike that disrupted public transport and left ferries tied up in ports

The Independent UK

Indian team leaves for World Deaf tennis championship

Indian team to compete in Deaf World Tennis Championship in Greece. Chief coach optimistic of good performance. Prithvi Sekar spearheading team, competing in World Railways Games. Team to feature individual events, singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. Jafreen Shaik and Bhavani Kedia to compete in all three events. Arshit and Sivaji…

The Hindu

Climate crisis made devastating Libya flooding ‘50 times more likely’

Floods like the one in Greece and Libya now ‘reasonably common’ due to climate crisis, study finds

The Independent UK

Global heating made Greece and Libya floods more likely, study says

Report says climate change made rainfall heavier but human factors turned extreme weather into humanitarian disaster

The Guardian - UK

Libya floods made up to 50 times more likely by climate change, study suggests

It also combined with poor maintenance of the broken dams and because the city is built on floodplains, exposing thousands of homes.

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As extreme downpours trigger flooding around the world, scientists take a closer look at global warming's role

Torrential downpours sent muddy water racing through streets in Libya, Greece, Spain and Hong Kong in early September 2023, with thousands of deaths in the city of Derna, Libya. Zagora, Greece, saw a record 30 inches of rain, the equivalent of a year and a half of rain falling in…

The Guardian - UK

Tui extends Greece and Turkey season to November after extreme summer heat

Tour operator says more people are choosing to holiday in cooler autumn months

The Independent UK

Cost of holidays up 27 per cent since 2019, says travel giant Tui

The season in Greece and Turkey has been extended “to accommodate increased demand”

The Independent UK

Bodies of 5 Greek military personnel killed in Libya flooding rescue effort are flown home

Greece’s armed forces have declared three days of national mourning after five members of a military rescue team were killed in a road accident in flood-hit Libya

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‘People feel unprotected’: Greeks lose faith in state after Storm Daniel and a summer of wildfires

Before the catastrophe in Libya, the cyclone brought devastation to Thessaly – and there are fears the climate crisis will bring more

The Independent UK

The cost of damage from the record floods in Greece's breadbasket is estimated to be in the billions

Greek officials are assessing the staggering cost of repairing the damage from record flooding and compensating residents and businesses

The Guardian - UK

People in Thessaly: how have you been affected by storm Daniel?

We want to speak to people in Greece’s Thessaly region about the impact of storm DanielΘέλουμε να μιλήσουμε σε κατοίκους της Θεσσαλίας για τις επιπτώσεις από τις καταστροφές

The Independent UK

Cyprus holds military drill with France, Italy and Greece to bolster security in east Mediterranean

The Cypriot president says joint military maneuvers with three other EU member states underway in the Eastern Mediterranean underscore the bloc’s readiness to ensure security and stability in the region

The Independent UK

Survivors of a deadly migrant shipwreck off Greece file lawsuit over botched rescue claim

A group of survivors of a deadly migrant shipwreck in southern Greece three months ago is suing authorities for failing to intervene to rescue passengers before their vessel capsized in international waters

Al Jazeera

New lawsuit filed against Greece on behalf of refugee shipwreck survivors

Forty survivors part of suit alleging Greek authorities failed to protect lives of those on boat that capsized in June.

WEKU

Climate change exacerbates deadly floods worldwide

Climate change makes deadly floods, like what happened in Libya, more likely. Floods in China, Greece and Brazil in recent weeks underscore the growing danger.

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