Niki Kitsantonis
@NikiKitsantonisFreelance correspondent @nytimesworld, contributor @bbcworldservice, ex managing editor @ekathimerini. Ex-Londoner. Exploring podcasts. [email protected]
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My first radio piece for @NPR about drought on Greece's islands where farmers struggle to grow crops even as tourism increases demand for water. With thanks to my dear friend and colleague @joannakakissis for the help and @nickspicerTV for the opportunity one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId…
One person dead. Homes and buildings charred. Huge tracts of forestland destroyed. Despite help from drones, "extreme conditions" continue to tax Greek fire service. nytimes.com/2024/08/13/wor… #GreeceFires
#EMSR746 Yesterday, a #wildfire broke out near #Varnavas, northeast of #Athens 🇬🇷, spreading rapidly & covering the city in thick smoke Our #MappingTeam is working to produce detailed maps of the 🔥 extent 🔽Our latest #EFFIS data shows the burnt area & active flames
Firefighters in Greece were working early Monday to contain a major and fast-spreading wildfire that broke out near Athens a day earlier, which has damaged buildings and produced flames more than 80 feet tall, the authorities said. nyti.ms/4csXqut
At least 10 foreign tourists have gone missing or been found dead this year in Greece after going for a hike, often in scorching temperatures. nyti.ms/3zk1XSs
Heat waves that have swept across Greece this month continued to exact a deadly toll over the weekend, with the authorities on Sunday reporting another death on a Greek island. At least six tourists remain missing on Greek islands. nyti.ms/3XqJyNF
Remains of man found today in a creek in Agia Kyriaki on island of Samos by drone of @pyrosvestiki believed to belong to Dutch hiker, 74, missing since last Sunday. Police ID pending. Search continuing for American hiker missing on Amorgos since Tuesday.
As Greece heat wave peaks, concerns grow for two foreign hikers missing - on Samos & Amorgos - days after British presenter Michael Mosley died on Symi. “Hikers go missing every year, we usually find them safe and well,” police spox said. “I don’t know what’s going on this year.”
As Greece heat wave peaks, concerns grow for two foreign hikers missing - on Samos & Amorgos - days after British presenter Michael Mosley died on Symi. “Hikers go missing every year, we usually find them safe and well,” police spox said. “I don’t know what’s going on this year.”
Intense heat in Greece prompted a mini lockdown for two days starting on Wednesday, with schools closing and the Acropolis restricting visiting hours. nyti.ms/4bWE4Pa
“These people left their countries to find safety and a better life, and now they’re trapped,” says @EStrovolidou of @UNHCRCyprus Outlook unclear for 27 asylum seekers stranded in Cyprus's UN-controlled buffer zone as temperatures soar.
Nearly 30 asylum seekers are stuck in the United Nations-controlled buffer zone between the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus and the internationally recognized south. nyti.ms/3RkRL1S
Another hiker is missing on a Greek island in sweltering heat. Dutch tourist, aged 74, missing on Samos after going for a hike on Sunday morning, Dimitris Kalaitzis of @HellenicRescue tells me. His cellphone is off and he had small bottle of water with him, his wife told rescuers
"It's unbelievable, he crossed all those rocks, all that rugged terrain, and fell on the beach," Greek police spox says after Michael Mosley found dead in northern Symi just a few meters from the sea. With @BellaKwai nytimes.com/2024/06/09/wor…
Symi Mayor Eleftherios Papakalodoukas said Michael Mosley was found 10 meters from the water. Police spox Dimoglidou said mayor spotted him from a boat patrolling the coast with @ertofficial_ news crew, recognized his shirt.
Breaking: Body of Michael Mosley has been found on Agia Marina beach, in northern Symi, deputy mayor Nikita Gryllis said.
Breaking: Body of Michael Mosley has been found on Agia Marina beach, in northern Symi, deputy mayor Nikita Gryllis said.
Greek authorities confirmed they are searching for missing BBC presenter Michael Mosley. They told us he was last seen by a witness at a bus stop after setting out for a walk, and that he could have fallen on the rugged terrain @NikiKitsantonis nytimes.com/2024/06/06/wor…
Greek authorities confirmed they are searching for missing BBC presenter Michael Mosley. They told us he was last seen by a witness at a bus stop after setting out for a walk, and that he could have fallen on the rugged terrain @NikiKitsantonis nytimes.com/2024/06/06/wor…
Lawyers hailed the Greek court decision as belated justice for the 9 shipwreck survivors. But the outlook for the case is now unclear, including where else it may be tried. nytimes.com/2024/05/21/wor…
Charges dropped against 9 Egyptians accused over 2023 migrant shipwreck off Pylos. Greek Court cites lack of jurisdiction to hear case. Report by @Beaking_News and @KallergisK bbc.com/news/articles/…
The trial of 9 men accused of causing one of the biggest migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean starts today. Tune in for updates throughout the day from Kalamata, #Greece with @Beaking_News & @kkoukoumakas Here's what you need to know bbc.com/news/articles/… #pylos #pylos9
The Supreme Court in Greece found that Spartans had “offered their party as a cloak” for the former spokesman of the banned neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn so Spartans are barred from E.U. Parliament elections. nyti.ms/4aSYdVK
Greece published a list of 198 “untrodden beaches” that it said are now off limits to bars, restaurants and large public gatherings in its latest attempt to contain development and address the backlash to the tourists that descend on Greek coastlines. nyti.ms/4d6BaYV
The Amalthia journey is one of hope and humanity, and it has only just began. The first ship in the context of the Cyprus Maritime Corridor Initiative for humanitarian aid to Gaza has sailed. It is a lifeline to civilians. #Amalthia #CyprusMaritimeCorridor
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