A ‘bad week’ for businesses in whiffy Volos

Business owners in Volos are sniffing with dismay after hundreds of thousands of dead fish flooded the harbor of the seaside city in eastern mainland Greece, putting off regulars and tourists from visiting their establishments with their stench.

"I have a staff of 20 and we just sit around looking at each other. Morale is down to nought; revenues are down to nought," the owner of a taverna on Volos' main coastal strip, Dimitris Iakovidis, tells Kathimerini just under a week after the dead fish appeared in the popular destination's harbor.

"We're just waiting for the state to step in and help, but hopefully the people will take pity on us too and return to Volos," he adds, echoing the sentiments of other local business owners as authorities investigate the cause of the phenomenon and scramble to get it under control.

"We're hoping people will come downtown to...