Swimming pool

The government has green-lighted a measure allowing tourist accommodations in drought-prone regions to use seawater in swimming pools.

Previously restricted to pools on ships, the decision aims to conserve precious potable water amid escalating shortages.

Starting tomorrow, lifeguards will no longer be present on Bulgarian beaches, marking the end of the beach season along the Black Sea. Today is the final day that concessionaires are contractually required to provide lifeguards, medical assistance, and beach toilets.

The billboard in front of the construction site promotes luxury homes with uninterrupted sea views, each featuring its own private pool. The development will stretch across a lush hillside, just outside a coastal village in the Peloponnese. The pools will be only a few meters away from a stunning and secluded, almost private beach.

The neighborhood in the area of Xirokrini, in the municipality of Thessaloniki is experiencing its own drama over the loss of the 8 girls who drowned on Tuesday (13/8) in the camping pool in Kryopigi, Halkidiki.

The drowning of a 60-year-old tourist in Hania on Crete on Sunday has brought to the fore the need for more lifesaver cover, as the annual average of such deaths in Greece stands at 359, either while swimming or participating in recreational activities.

In 2023, the world's oceans took up an enormous amount of excess heat, enough to "boil away billions of Olympic-sized swimming pools," according to an annual report published Thursday.

PARIS - I slip into the water and push off quickly before the man swimming like a breast-stroking porpoise gets any closer. Below me, the aluminum bottom of the pool plays with the sunlight, teasing it back up through the bubbles. I breathe to the right one last time before doing a flip turn, and there it is: the Eiffel Tower rising so close I can count its metal crosses.

A total of 4,630 fire water ponds and pools have been constructed around several forested areas for quick water supply to intervene in wildfires more efficiently, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry announced.

Drownings at sea remain quite common despite authorities' repeated warnings and guidelines. By July 20, 125 people had drowned at sea in Greece this year, official statistics show.

Of the 125, just two were minors, 18 aged 18-59 and 105 aged 60 and over. Old people have always been most likely to drown. In 2022, 386 people drowned, seven of them in swimming pools.

The small Greek island of Lipsi in the Dodecanese is seeking to promote an authentic and sustainable holiday experience this year, ditching swimming pools and sunbeds in favor of more environmentaly-friendly ways to enjoy the island.