Greece Declared Emergency

Current Context : The port city of Volos in central Greece has declared a state of emergency for a month due to a massive influx of dead fish in the city.

• Objective : to speed up the cleanup of the Pagasetic Gulf port where tons of dead fish have piled up along the coast and in rivers.

ABOUT GREECE

• Located in southeastern Europe, at the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula.
• Boundaries: It shares land borders with Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. It has extensive coastlines along the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Mediterranean Sea.
• Islands: the Cyclades, Dodecanese, and Ionian Islands.
• Agriculture: Known for olives, olive oil, grapes, and wine.

Shipping: Greece has one of the largest merchant fleets in the world.