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Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Wednesday that  the mandatory use of masks indoors in all areas will be suspended from June 1 to September 15, 2022. Masks will no longer be obligatory in all transport with numbered seats such as airplanes, trains, Intercity Buses (KTEL) as well as …

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“There is no greater honor for an elected leader of Greece, where democracy was born, to address the representatives of people who have defended democratic ideals strongly since the founding of their country,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during his address at the US Congress on Tuesday. The Greek premier …

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Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday, 6,252 new coronavirus cases and 21 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-patients in intubation has decreased to 167. Total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began stands at 3,401,927. Daily change on May 17: +0.2%. Of the daily total, …

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The former mayor of Bucharest convicted of corruption has been arrested in Athens on an international warrant. Sorin Oprescu, 70, who served as mayor in the Romanian capital from 2008 and 2015, was found guilty by the Romanian courts of bribery, setting up a criminal organization and abuse of power. …

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When the doors of the White House opened on Monday evening and the US President Joe Biden welcomed Greek Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis many were surprised to see that the President was wearing a tie decorated with Greek flags.     A very symbolic gesture and PR-conform, The story as …

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Health Minister Thanos Plevris said that the mandatory use of mask in public indoor spaces will be lifted on June 1 and for this reason the epidemiologists’ committee advising the Greek government on  coronavirus measures will meet on Wednesday and issue its recommendations on the issue. Speaking to Skai TV …

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Passenger traffic at Greece’s airports soared 383% to reach 8.1 million in the period January-April 2022, compared with the same period in 2021 when only 1.7 million were recorded due to Covid restrictions, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Monday. The CAA added on its statement that scheduled flights at …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency warning of weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, powerful winds and noticeable drop of temperature. The bad weather front is forecast to be of relative short duration and affect the northern, the western and central parts of the country before it …

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581 beaches, 15 marinas and 6 tourist boats have been awarded with the Blue Flag in 2022, bringing Greece once again in 2nd position in the world, among 53 countries, the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (EEPF) announced on Monday. Top regional unit with the most Blue Flags …

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed that Greece is eyeing the purchase of advanced US-built F-35 fighter jets and that a leading American defense contractor is seeking to invest in the country’s aerospace industry. “We will launch the process for the acquisition of a squadron of F-35 aircraft, and we do …

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The mysterious death of a 14-year-old boy in his family home on Friday night, just hours before participating in a competition sports game, has set authorities on alert and the prosecutor ordered an urgent investigation on Monday. The boy was found hanging from the ceiling of his room with a …

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400 special guards complete their training tomorrow, Tuesday, and after a few days off they will start patrols in two big university campuses, Minister for Citizen Protection, Takis Theodorikakos, said on Monday. He added the university police will assume their duties in early June. Theodoriakos said further that the first …

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