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Turkey: Western states gave it no evidence to back up security threat reports

February 3, 2023 0

Turkey said on Friday that Western nations, including the United States and Germany, had not given it any information to back up their assertions that security threats had prompted them to close their missions in the country. Foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu suggested the powers may have been trying to portray …

Ancient artifacts, products of illegal trafficking, return to Greece from Switzerland

February 3, 2023 0

Fifteen ancient objects dating from the prehistoric to the Roman period are being repatriated to Greece from Switzerland the Greek culture Ministry has announced. The ancient items are being repatriated by decision of a Geneva court in July last year following proceedings against an antiquities dealer. The items include figurines, …

Greece Weather Warning: Dense snowfalls, stormy winds, frost

February 3, 2023 0

Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY warns of cold weather front “Barbara” that will hit the country with main features locally dense snowfalls even in lowland areas, freezing temperatures,stormy north winds of up to 8-9 Beaufort and frost. Cold air masses will be moving to the south from northern Europe and …

Coast Guard fires warning shots at speedboats carrying migrants to Kos

February 3, 2023 1

The Greek Coast Guard has announced it stopped two speedboats carrying a total of 37 migrants off the island of Kos and arrested three alleged Turkish nationals traffickers on Thursday night. Video released by the Greek Coast Guard Both boats ignored warnings to stop and tried to ram Coast Guard …

Amendment to exclude electoral candidates with criminal past at the Parliament

February 2, 2023 0

An amendment setting out conditions for drafting ballot combinations of individual candidates or party coalitions running in national elections that excludes candidates who have been sentenced for serious crimes was tabled in Greek Parliament by the Interior ministry on Thursday. The Greek government saw the necessity of tabling such an …

Tax inspectors shut down gas station illegally operating for 12 years

February 2, 2023 1

Tax inspectors have shut down an illegal gas station in Western Attica that sold €18 million worth of fuel since opening in 2010. An inspection revealed that the filling station did not have an operating license, lacked an input-output monitoring system and issued receipts from a cash register that did …

Coronavirus infections down, says EODY weekly report

February 2, 2023 0

Τhe number of Covid-19 hospital admissions and intubations decreased in the week of January 23-29, while the number of coronavirus deaths stayed the same as in the previous week, said the National Public Health Organization (EODY) in its weekly statistics report on Thursday. A total of 1,112 Covid-19 patients were …

Father accused of raping his 4-year-old son

February 2, 2023 0

A 38-year-old man is accused of repeatedly raping his 4-year-old son and filming the acts with the help of the boy’s grandmother in a new case of sexual assault against a minor. The suspect is also facing charges of sexual acts with a minor under the age of 12, sexual …

2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture opening weekend Feb. 4-5 program

February 2, 2023 0

The “2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture” program kicks off with a weekend of special opening events, at the coastal front of Elefsina, west Attica, on Saturday and sunday, February 4-5, 2023. The opening events will he held throughout the weekend with a program of exhibitions, concerts, DJ parties and …

January 2023 was one of the warmest recorded in Greece

February 2, 2023 0

The month of January 2023 was one of the warmest on record for the greater part of Greece, according to data collected by the 53 weather stations of the National Observatory of Athens weather service meteo.gr. In an announcement on Thursday, meteo.gr said that the average maximum temperature in January …

Church turned into classroom on Crete (video)

February 2, 2023 1

High school students in Herakleio, Crete, are forced to have lessons in a church, because there is not enough place, read: classroom, for them in the school building. The small chapel is located in the courtyard of Kapetanakeio school and has been converted into a classroom, since the school facilities …

Senators ask Biden to link F-16 sale to Ankara to NATO enlargement

February 2, 2023 0

Two US Senators are asking President Joe Biden to link the issue of NATO enlargement with the request submitted by Turkey for the upgrade and purchase of new F-16 fighter jets. In the letter authored by Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Republican colleague Thom Tillis of North …