Niki Kitsantonis

How residents of Santorini are coping with the seemingly never-ending earthquakes that have scientists scratching their heads. https://t.co/zr3x9nPYuN via @NYTimes

RT @AP: As quakes rattle Greek islands, a few brave tourists enjoy having Santorini to themselves https://t.co/JfbRNRGqYB

As reports of domestic violence soar, Greece cracks down with a law heavy on punishment but light on prevention. Critics include judges and lawyers who say the new provisions could make things worse. https://t.co/XuTFppVqww #Greece

RT @dgatopoulos: Rural resurrection: How a schoolteacher and priest teamed up, luring families to a mountain village with community and ho…

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The Greek capital's innovative response to water scarcity: revive an ancient aqueduct! Unknown to many Athenians, the project has inspired officials in Rome and Serpa. With @ByronSmithphoto https://t.co/choVk1a0sS

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 https://t.co/swTvA7ZiK9

One person dead. Homes and buildings charred. Huge tracts of forestland destroyed. Despite help from drones, "extreme conditions" continue to tax Greek fire service. https://t.co/nwVmgqv5eJ #GreeceFires

RT @CopernicusEMS: #EMSR746 Yesterday, a #wildfire broke out near #Varnavas, northeast of #Athens 🇬🇷, spreading rapidly & covering the cit…

RT @nytimes: Firefighters in Greece were working early Monday to contain a major and fast-spreading wildfire that broke out near Athens a d…

RT @nytimesworld: At least 10 foreign tourists have gone missing or been found dead this year in Greece after going for a hike, often in sc…

RT @nytimes: Heat waves that have swept across Greece this month continued to exact a deadly toll over the weekend, with the authorities on…

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.

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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.”

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Intense heat in Greece prompted a mini lockdown for two days starting on Wednesday, with schools closing and the Acropolis restricting visiting hours. https://t.co/cbK2ASqGqJ

“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.

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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. https://t.co/97pjZi7eeT

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 https://t.co/TNDhn3IzLF