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The Zakynthos Museum is set to receive a fresh, modern upgrade thanks to a €940,000 restoration and modernization project led by the Ministry of Culture. Approved plans from the Museum Council now bring the 1959 landmark building, designated as a heritage site, closer to significant renewal.

The new investment consortium of Dromeus Capital and Apto, PIMCO's vehicle in the field of data centers, is making its first investment in the sector at Spata in eastern Attica.

In one of the largest estates in Paiana, eastern Attica, which covers over 75,000 square meters, French group DATA4 is already developing one of the largest complexes of data centers in Greece, which will be ready by early 2027.

Starting in 2029, heating with wood and coal will be entirely banned in Sofia. The regulation for this change was adopted two years ago, and the city began enforcing restrictions last winter, initially targeting polluting vehicles in the city center.

According to a foreign consultancy, the data center market in Greece is expected to grow in value from €695 million in 2023 to €1.2 billion in 2029, expanding at an average pace of nearly 10% annually.

While we have yet to identify life on any other planet or anywhere else in space, a new study has revealed the telltale signs which could indicate a planet being inhabited.

Air conditioners are non-existent or poorly maintained at student halls of residence in Athens, residents have told the relevant authorities.

Students have requested the Institute for Youth and Lifelong Learning and the Ministry of Education to ensure that proper air-conditioning systems are installed in the residencies.

Thousands of high-school students had to suffer through June's early heatwave with no air conditioning or fans as they sat the nationwide university entrance exams this week.

Primary school students were ordered to stay home on Wednesday and Thursday, while the Acropolis and other archaeological sites were closed during the hottest hours of the day.

Large amounts of climate-warming refrigerant gases from China and Turkey are being smuggled illegally into Europe, undermining a global pact to phase them out, a report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said on Monday.

Europe underwent “extreme cooling” about 1.1 million years ago