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Turkish Dissidents, Including Policemen, Sail to Greece on Migrant Boat
Greek Coast Guard vessel. File photo Dozens of Turkish citizens, who claimed to be dissidents of the Erdogan regime, sailed to the Greek port of Katakolo on the Peloponnesian peninsula, on Wednesday...
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Greek PM Announces Nationwide Lockdown Till November 30
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Credit: Greek Presidency Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in a televised address to the nation on Thursday that a nationwide lockdown will be...
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SMS Required to Leave House after Greek Lockdown- How it Works
Text messages and typed or hand-written notes will once more become part of the everyday life in Greece, after PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday a three-week nationwide lockdown, beginning...
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Greece Under Lockdown: Travel, Shopping, Work in the Covid Era
Credit: Greek Reporter Greek authorities on Thursday detailed the restrictions of public travel to be put in place starting 06.00 on Saturday and published a list of the businesses that will be allowed...
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Animal Cruelty in Greece Now Punishable by Up to 10 Years Jail
Credit: pxfuel The Greek Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a new law that makes serious animal abuse a crime that can lead to a maximum 10-year prison sentence. According the new provisions,...
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Thessaloniki Becomes the Epicenter of the Covid Pandemic in Greece
Health officials were dispatched to Thessaloniki on Wednesday to coordinate efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus as Greece’s second largest city has become the epicenter of the second wave...
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Minoan Palace in Crete Flooded After Heavy Rainfall
Credit: AMNA The ancient workshops excavated in the Malia palace complex, in northeast Crete, have been flooded after heavy rain in the area this week, the Culture Ministry said on Wednesday, with...
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Elderly Greek Couple Die One Day Apart from Coronavirus
An elderly Greek couple from the town of Volos died from the coronavirus just one day apart, it was announced on Thursday. The 90-year-old man and his 86-year-old wife had been hospitalized for one...
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Greek Hotels Suffer Blow as Travel Conglomerate Tui Defers Payments
Credit: Raimond Spekking/Wikimedia Commons Greek hotel owners are facing huge losses this year as Tui AG, the largest leisure, travel and tourism company in the world, is deferring the payment of...
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Greek Government, Opposition Clash Over Handling of Covid Wave
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis clashed with main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras in Parliament on Thursday over the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Mitsotakis said that young adults...
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Greece Under Overnight Curfew Beginning on Friday
Credit: AMNA An overnight curfew will come into effect across the country on Friday, November 13, and last until November 30. During the hours of 21:00 to 05:00 every day, citizens must restrict their...
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18-Million-Year Old Petrified Trees Unearthed on Greece’s Lesvos
Credit: AMNA Excavations for rainwater drainage pipes brought to light fourteen petrified trees, in an area near Sigri and the region of Lesvos island’s Petrified Forest. “The trunks were in a very...
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Mainland Greece Placed on UK Quarantine List
Credit: Greek Reporter Travellers returning to the UK from mainland Greece will now have to self-isolate for two weeks, the British government confirmed on Thursday. The measures will come in to force...
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Greece in Talks With London-Based Banks for Relocation to Athens
The Greek government revealed on Friday that it is in discussions with three London-based banks regarding their possible relocation to Athens following the official exit of the UK from the European...
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Covid Vaccine Will Be Free of Charge for All Greeks, PM Mitsotakis Says
Credit: Greek government Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised on Friday that the coronavirus vaccine, when made available in 2021, will be provided free of charge to all Greek citizens. Speaking...
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Greek Church Slams “Neurotic” Focus on Holy Communion
File photo The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece said on Monday that members of the media who allege that the coronavirus can be spread via Communion are “neurotic.” In a statement issued after the...
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The Greek Uprising: How Brave Students Rebelled Against the Junta
The Athens Polytechnic uprising occurred in November 1973 as a massive student demonstration of popular rejection of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. The uprising began on 14 November 1973,...
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Banning Protests in the Birthplace of Democracy
Nineteenth-century painting by Philipp Foltz depicting the Athenian politician Pericles delivering his famous funeral oration in front of the Assembly. Public domain The Greek government’s decision to...
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Suspect in Murder of Cypriot Protester Proudly Poses Next to Erdogan
The man accused in the killing a Cypriot protester in August of 1996 was seen standing proudly next to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to the occupied territories last weekend....
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Greek Leaders Lay Wreaths Honoring 1973 Student Uprising
Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis lays a wreath at the Athens Polytechnic. Credit: Greek government Greek politicians honored the 1973 student uprising against the junta on Tuesday by laying wreaths at...
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