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‘Last generation’: Greek island’s fading pistachio tradition
Four farmhands whacked a pistachio tree with sticks, and ripe nuts rained down onto tarps. The bounty seemed plentiful but the crew was unimpressed. “Few pistachios,” Albanian worker Daso Shpata, …
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‘Roasted alive’: Greek wildlife suffers as climate changes
A badly burned tortoise that survived a Greek wildfire wriggles in an Athens animal clinic despite lots of painkillers, one of the latest victims of climate change that is playing …
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Greek economy on rebound but many still struggling
Greek barista Kyriakos Giannichronis has seen the headlines about his country’s newly booming economy after years of recession – but he does not feel the wealth. The Athens resident only …
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Athens faces new dangers as forest fires edge closer
With the smell still lingering in its suburbs after Greece’s worst wildfire this year, floods and pollution now threaten Athens, experts say. Thousands were forced to flee their homes as …
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Homeless struggling to survive Greece’s cruel heat
Sweating under the brutal Athens sun on a hot August afternoon, Emil Kamenov tugged the armpit of his T-shirt and said, “Smell this.” Particularly exposed as a street person, the …