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Greece to Celebrate Easter Under Coronavirus Lockdown
Greece will celebrate Easter on Sunday, the most important religious holiday of the Orthodox Church, behind closed doors this year after the authorities strictly forbade the traditional spirited...
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16-Year-Old Greek Girl Donates Hundreds of Masks to Hospital
A 16-year-old Greek girl on Thursday donated 300 masks to an Athenian hospital in a heartwarming gesture that shows how philotimo can motivate the country during these dark times. Coralia Hadjiyannaki...
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Irresponsible Ten Percent Threaten to Undermine Greek Coronavirus Success
Despite the travel restrictions imposed by Greek authorities to contain the spread of the coronavirus, many city dwellers have still somehow managed to travel to the Aegean islands to celebrate Easter....
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Cosmopolitan Mykonos Prepares for Muted Easter Celebration
Mykonos has traditionally been one of the Greek islands where thousands of Athenians and city-dwellers from other parts of Greece have descended for Easter celebrations. But this will clearly not be...
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Worst-Case Scenario for Greece is Eight Percent Recession, Says BoG Chief
Bank of Greece. File photo Estimates of a ten percent economic contraction this year were excessive, Bank of Greece (BoG) governor Yannis Stournaras said on Tuesday, while noting that he still expected...
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Zero Coronavirus Fatalities in Greece on Wednesday
Health staff applaud a coronavirus patient as he exits an ICU in Athens last week Greek Health Ministry representative Sotiris Tsiodras on Wednesday announced seven new cases of coronavirus in the...
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Greek Cleaner Praised for Her Honesty after Returning Bag Containing 19,000...
A cleaner working for the municipality of Athens found a bag containing 19,000 euros and turned it over to the police, Athens mayor Kostas Bakoyannis revealed in a social media post late Wednesday. The...
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Greece Extends Coronavirus Lockdown to May 4
The Greek government announced on Thursday that all the restrictions imposed on the Greek public in the effort to combat the coronavirus epidemic will be extended until May 4. Government spokesman...
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Turkey Conducts Major Naval Exercise as Jets Violate Greek Airspace
File photo Greece is monitoring a huge Turkish air and naval exercise which is currently taking place south of Crete and southeast of Rhodes, defense sources in Athens said on Thursday, as Turkish jets...
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Central, Northern Parts of Greece Under Another Blanket of Snow in Late April
Several parts of central and northern Greece were covered by a thick layer of snow on Thursday as an unseasonable cold snap dealt another blow to the country. Social media users are posting photos of...
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Residents of Greek Town Near Coronavirus-Hit Hotel Test Negative
Greek authorities announced on Thursday that all Covid-19 tests performed on residents of the town of Kranidi, Peloponnese, were negative. Authorities had been particularly concerned that the...
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Two Migrants Injured After Shots Fired at Lesvos Camp
Two migrants were hospitalized with slight injuries after gunshots were fired into Greece’s largest migrant camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos. The unknown assailant or assailants evaded...
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Greece Eyes Opening for Tourists from Selected Countries in July
The Greek Minister of tourism said on Thursday that the country will prepare to welcome foreign tourists beginning in July, but that the arrivals will not be from all over the world, as is usual every...
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Foreign Diplomats Recite Greek Literature in Touching Video
Ambassadors and other foreign diplomats from 18 countries have recorded themselves reciting Greek literature in support of the “Stay Home” anti-coronavirus campaign in a video posted on the Greek...
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Scientists Use Satellites to Detect Plastic in the Greek Seas
Scientists from Greece and the UK developed a new technique to detect patches of floating plastic in the marine environment using satellites. Writing in the journal Scientific Reports, the scientists...
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Ancient Greek Site Where Men were Buried with their Horses to be Restored
The Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni vowed to restore the ancient burial site of Doxipara located in Evros in northeast Greece which she described as having an “indisputable archaeological and...
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Popular Greek Singer Gives Concert on Wheels for Athenians
Alkistis Protopsalti touring Athens on a truck Popular Greek singer Alkistis Protopsalti gave a concert from the top of a truck as it was moving through the center of Athens on Saturday. “As people...
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Lifting of Coronavirus Lockdown in Sight as Greece Records Zero Deaths
The Greek government is expected to announce next week the gradual lifting the coronavirus restrictions which will start on May 4, as health authorities announced on Saturday that no fatality was...
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Greek Football Giants Olympiacos Threatened with Relegation
A new scandal is brewing in Greek football. Following allegations of match-fixing Olympiacos are threatened with relegation and Olympiacos’ owner Evangelos Marinakis may face a life-long ban from the...
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Greece’s Little-Known Desert Captured on Drone Video
An arid piece of land in north-western Peloponnese has been dubbed the “Greek desert” for its dunes and lack of vegetation. Located near the village of Vartholomio, the area of Thines has been offered...
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