Greece to build escape port on Santorini as quakes continue, says minister
Athens, Greece Reuters Greece will soon set up an evacuation port on the island of Santorini to facilitate the safe escape of people in case a bigger quake hits the popular tourist destination, a Greek minister said on Monday. Santorini, a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea, has been shaken by tens of thousands of […]
Viking ship navigating seafarers’ ancient routes berths in Adriatic
Bar, Montenegro Reuters A replica Viking ship has berthed in Montenegro’s Adriatic port of Bar on a years-long trip through European waters inspired by the Norse seafarers who set out from Scandinavia to explore, trade and conquer a millennium ago. The ship, Saga Farmann, is a full-size archaeological reconstruction of a 10th-century Viking cargo vessel, […]
“My life stopped” – local people say they lost all in Greece wildfires
Rhodes, Greece Reuters Standing outside the blackened shell of what used to be his restaurant, Dimitris Hajifotis laments a livelihood lost to wildfires raging on the Greek island of Rhodes this week. “My life now stopped,” he said. “Everything is taken by the fire.” The destroyed restaurant of Dimitris Hajifotis is seen, as a wildfire […]