Greece has completed 11 million vaccinations as of Monday, Secretary General for Primary Health Marios Themistocleous said at the weekly live briefing on Monday. The total number refers to both those who have completed vaccination against Covid-19 or have had the first dose of vaccine only. He said that over …
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Tsitsipas says he will get Covid-19 vaccine only if mandatory
Tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas was one of the prominent Greeks appearing in the government’s campaign to promote health rules against Covid.-19. This was last year. This year the World Number Three and role model for many youth stated that he would only get the Covid-19 vaccine if it became mandatory …
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Greece among countries demanding safe passage out of Afghanistan
Greece joined 65 other countries in asking that Afghans and international citizens who wish to depart must be allowed to do so. The joint statement in fact asks the Taliban to allow these citizens leave the country. State broadcaster ERT reported on Sunday that the Greek Foreign Ministry was seeking …
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“Greece cannot be gateway for new refugees wave,” says Μigration Minister
“It is clear our country will not be a gateway for a new wave of refugees,” Greek Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Monday just hours after the Taliban took over Kabul and thousands of desperate Afghans started to flee their country. With the country to have experienced …
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Greece shows its gratitude to foreign firefighters (videos)
Officially and unofficially Greece showed its gratitude to the foreign firefighters who assisted the country in the battle against the devastating wildfires in Attica, Evia and Peloponnese. Local communities danced together with the foreign firefighters, local teams took souvenir pictures and the convoys departed with a hell of a noise. …
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Greece: 3,270 coronavirus cases, 24 deaths, geographic distribution
Greece’s health authorities announce don Saturday 3,270 coronavirus cases and 24 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients stands at 236. Tests in last 24 hours: PCR: 13,852 Rapid: 84,761 Positivity PCR & Rapid: 3.32% Since the pandemic began, Greece has confirmed 535,237 infections (daily change: …
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Turkey arrests and deports chairman of Pan-Pontian Federation of Greece
Turkish authorities deported on Friday the head of the Pan-Pontiac Federation of Greece (POE), Giorgos Varythymiadis, who had travelled to the country to attend a special service performed by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Panagia Sumela Monastery in Trabzon on Saturday. The federation had announced earlier that Varythymiadis had been …
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British rain: Museum’s galleries hosting the Parthenon Marbles closed to public
The Greek galleries at the British Museum, that host the Parthenon Marbles have not opened to the public after the lockdown. The reason? Flooding. Or politely said: a leaking roof pouring rainwater in the seven galleries of Greek art. .A British Museum spokeswoman confirmed that “there was some water ingress …
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Delta variant accounts for 79.1% of new cases, says Greek expert
The Delta variant of Covid-19 has become the dominant strain in Greece, accounting for 79.1 percent of new cases, said Charalambos Gogos, an infectious disease specialist and member of the Covid-19 Εpidemiologists Committee. Gogos told a press briefing that the Delta variant will soon reach 90 percent, which is faster …
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26% increase of fires in Greece, 450% increase of burned areas
The surface area of land burnt during the fires starting on August 3 on the island of Evia is approximately 465,820 stremmas (46,582 hectares), the National Observatory of Athens’ center ‘Beyond’ said on Thursday. The figure was reached after analysing 4 different high-resolutuon images from the European satellite Sentinel-2 on …
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Zakynthos: “No extension of mini lockdown,” says Regional Governor
Hours after the Civil Protection announced the extension of the mini lockdown on the island of Zakynthos, the Regional Governor of the Ionian island Rodi Kratsa told media that this decision has been revoked. Speaking to state broadcaster ERT on Friday morning, Kratsa said that the situation has been re-evaluated …
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Monastery on Aigina in quarantine after 16 nuns tested positive to Covid-19
Greece’s Civil Protection ordered the closure to public of the Monastery of Agios Nektarios on the island of Aigina after sixteen nuns were tested positive to Covid-19. The Monastery will remain closed to pilgrims for 15 days, from Friday, August 13, until 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 28, 2021, the …
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“I screamed Help! when I didn’t see my husband” says the woman-symbol of Evia fires
Panagiota Ritsopi, 81 years old: An elderly woman in black, screaming in agony as the flames swallow the forest and threaten her home. The woman who became the face of the tragedy in Evia. Her picture taken by Konstantinos Tsakalidis became the symbol of the devastation the fires engraved in …
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Civil Protection extends “mini lockdown” in Chania and Zakynthos
Greece’s Civil Protection extended on Thursday the “mini lockdown” imposed on the island of Zakynthos and the Regional Unit of Chania, Crete, a week ago. The extension of the restrictions such as night curfew and music ban follows a recommendation by the Committee of Infectious Diseases and the Protection of …
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Greek PM on fires: “Unprecedented attack by the nature”
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended his government on Thursday as public anger grew over the response to wildfires that have ripped through thousands of hectares of forest over the past 10 days. “We are on the 10th day of unprecedented attack by nature,” Mitsotakis started his introductory speech at …
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Milos British-flagged shipwreck: All passengers, crew rescued (picts, video)
All 11 passengers and 7 crew members from the British-flagged shipwreck have been rescued and transported to the island of Milos, the Greek Coast Guard said early Thursday afternoon. One person was slightly injured in the head when the 28-meter-long chartered yacht sank and everybody found himself in the water, …
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Crete: 6 coronavirus infections in nursing home; hospitals under pressure
Five elderly and one member of the staff at a private nursing home in Lasithi, eastern Crete. All cases were found to have been infected with the Delta strain of the coronavirus. Covid-19 tests carried out to the remaining staff and the elderly were reportedly negative. Speaking to state broadcaster …
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Moody’s: Greece vulnerable to climate change, even if cost from fires manageable
Wildfire-related costs from the catastrophic wildfires will be manageable for Greece, but they highlight the country’s vulnerability to climate change, while tourism may also be affected, Moody’s said in a report on Wednesday. The credit rating agency said that over the last two weeks, Greece has experienced its worst wildfires …
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Greece to restore natural environment, proceed with anti-flooding works
Energy and Environment Minister Kostas Skrekas announced a generalized plan on how the Greek conservative government will restore the natural environment in areas that were destroyed by the fires since the beginning of August. Skrekas said the Environment Ministry is drafting plans focused on allowing forests to regrow or replanting …
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Fire-stricken Evia should focus on Tourism, Greek Gov’t thinks
The area already devastated by the wildfires in Northern Evia is estimated at 505 square kilometers, media report on Wednesday on the 9th day of the fires that still rekindle. Forest and agricultural land was destroyed, some 140,000 farming animals – so the mayor of Istiea – and so far …
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