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Greek Swimming Waters Among Top Five Cleanest in Europe
Myrtos Beach in Kefalonia, Greece. Photo Source: Denajhr/Wikimedia Commons The EU environment agency, or EEA, released a report on Monday which declares that Greece is among the top five European...
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Greece Announces Highest Number of Covid-19 Cases Since Re-Opening
Greek health authorities announced on Monday 97 new cases of coronavirus in the last four days, 52 of them since Sunday in what is an alarming spike of infections since the country lifted most of the...
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Erdogan Ratchets Up Rhetoric Against Greece; Hagia Sophia Decision on July 2
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday warned Greece to stop issuing empty threats over his country’s planned oil and gas drilling operations in the eastern Mediterranean, which Athens says...
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WHO Clarifies Statement Regarding “Rare” Asymptomatic Spread of Coronavirus
The World Health Organization announced on Monday it that it believed that the spread of the coronavirus from individuals who do not have symptoms of the virus is “rare.” Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s...
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Greece, Italy Sign Agreement on Maritime Boundaries
Greece and Italy signed an agreement in Athens on Tuesday regarding the delimitation of maritime zones between the two countries. The signing of the agreement on the boundaries of the Exclusive...
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Greece to Gradually Open to Italian Tourists Starting Monday, June 15
Photo: Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias informed the public at an Athens press conference held with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio on Tuesday that Greece...
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Athens Public Transport in the 1920s: Rare Black and White Footage Digitized
A rare silent movie of the Athens tram in the late 1920s was recently digitized by Greek state television (ERT) and was released on Tuesday. The astonishing footage, which dates from 1929, shows a...
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Greek Basketball Giant Panathinaikos Up for Sale for 25 Million Euros
Dimitris Giannakopoulos seen recently awarding winning medals to Panathinaikos players Panathinaikos, the most successful Greek basketball team ever, has been put up for sale by its owner, businessman...
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Long-Lost Carriage Used at Spanish Royal Wedding Discovered in Athens
The ornate horse-drawn carriage used in the wedding of Queen Sophia and King Juan Carlos of Spain, in Athens, 1962 At least four elegant horse-drawn carriages, among them one used during the wedding of...
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Greek Frigate Shadows Turkish Ship Suspected of Carrying Weapons to Libya
The Greek frigate HS Spetsai. File photo A frigate from the Greek Navy which is taking part in the EU naval mission off the coast of Africa is currently shadowing a Turkish vessel suspected of carrying...
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Honorary Greek Tom Hanks Becomes a Wax Figure in His Adopted Country
A wax museum in the northern Greek city of Kavala plans to celebrate the reopening of museums throughout Greece on June 15 with the unveiling of a wax figure of one of Hollywood’s most beloved actors,...
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Greece, Italy Maritime Deal “Model of Cooperation” in the Mediterranean
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi di Maio (left) and his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias sign the agreement in Athens on Tuesday. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday hailed an agreement...
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Flight Bookings to Greece Take Off for July and August
Photo Credit: Anastasios Papapostolou/Greek Reporter ForwardKeys, the travel analytics company, revealed on Wednesday that flight bookings to Greece, Portugal and Spain for the months of July and...
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Muslim Woman Becomes First Female Bus Driver in Komotini, Greece
Photo Credit: xronos.gr A Muslim woman this week became the first female bus driver in Komotini, a city in Thrace which has long been home to a sizable community of Greek Muslims. Twenty-two year old...
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Greece on Edge as Covid-19-Untested Tourists Arrive on Monday
File photo As Greece gets ready to welcome tourists on Monday, a poll published on Thursday finds that the overwhelming majority of Greeks would like tourists arriving in the country to undergo...
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Greece Quarantines Northern Village After Spike in Covid-19 Cases
File photo Greek authorities on Thursday ordered a village near the city of Xanthi, in northeast Greece, into quarantine after a spike in the number of coronavirus cases there. Greece’s General...
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UNHCR Calls on Greece to Investigate Alleged Migrant Pushbacks
File photo UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urged Greece on Friday to investigate multiple reports of pushbacks by Greek authorities at the country’s sea and land borders. UNHCR Spokesperson Babar Baloch...
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Greece Opens All Airports, Border Points to Tourists on July 1
Greece announced on Friday that it will fully open all its airports to flights from abroad and all border crossings on July 1. All ferries will also be operative as of that date. While presenting the...
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The Most Beautiful Eyes on Mykonos?
This feline’s unusual, arresting green and blue eyes have become the newest attraction on the glittering island of Mykonos, according to a report on Mykonos Live TV. The white beauty, who is often seen...
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Greece’s Plan to Secure Islands Stay Coronavirus-Free in Summer 2020
Credit: Norbert Nagel/Wikimedia commons Greek islands are preparing to host their first tourists as the country opens up to foreign travel beginning on June 15. Authorities say that they have put in...
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