In a post on social media, the EMY Director, Theodoris Kolidas, announced that he was leaving the service after 40 years of “full public service”.

“The last extraordinary card of my meteorological career at the NMS. After 40 years of full public service I leave, but maintaining my presence active in the field of meteorology, science that I will continue to serve through my personal website, social networks, academia and the media, “he said.

Indeed, in the photo of his post he writes in red letters “… and the (meteorological) life goes on”.

” Thanks to those who believed in me during my professional career, in which I was given nothing. What I “won” from this wonderful journey came only through hard work and dedication to science. ❤️A big thank you to my family for the practical support all these years, ”the well -known meteorologist writes.