As tourism doesn’t properly roll this year, let’s skip it and wait next year. This is what more or less Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday speaking at the 28th Ordinary General Assembly of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE). “The first victim of the coronavirus in the world is …
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Navy ship anchors in front of sunbeds and umbrellas in Pieria beach bar
Employees at a beach bar in Pieria, western Macedonia, were stunned to see a ship of the Greek Nay slowly sailing to the shore and mooring right in front of the beach. Landing ship LESVOS L176 anchored right there, in front of the umbrellas and the sunbeds of the beach …
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Greece’s hoteliers angry for being obliged to create “Covid-19 rooms”
Greece’s hoteliers are angry at the government following a ministerial decision obliging them to create special “Covid-19 rooms” that is isolation rooms within their facilities to host cases of coronavirus Covid-19, patients who do not require hospital care. The ministerial decision comes less than a week before the country opens …
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Greece concerned of rising imported cases, relaxation of protection measures
Concern is growing about the possibility of coronavirus clusters in the summer as over 20 tourists have been tested positive since June 15, when the two major airports in Athens and Thessaloniki opened for several countries. The number of daily confirmed cases at the airports remains one-digit, however, there is …
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Chances for a Greek-Turkish dialogue? This is never going to happen
Turkey has proposed a dialogue with Greece to solve bilateral issues. At the same time, it threatens with a hot pursuit should Athens try to prevent Turkey’s planned drilling for hydrocarbon south of the island of Crete No one will dare stopping our drilling. These are our sovereign rights that …
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Breathtaking orange sunset in Athens after rainstorm
A stunning sunset turned the sky in Athens into a glorious veil of orange on Monday. The amazing phenomenon occurred right after a heavy thunderstorm in the West, while rain continued to pour down in the South, the East and the North. Athenians could not resist but taking pictures from …
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21 new confirmed coronavirus cases in Greece, 5 “imported”
Greece’s health authorities announced 21 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday evening, while no new death has been recorded in the last 48 hours. The total infections stand at 3,287. It is worth noting that new confirmed cases announced daily on the last ten days have constantly 2-digit. 5 of …
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Greek Supermarket ad on Father’s Day triggers homophobic reactions
Greek Supermarket ad on Father’s Day: The photograph is packed with tenderness and joy. A little girl is hugging her dad after she obviously used him as a model for her beauty skills: blue shadow on his eyelids, fancy clips on his hair. An experience shared by thousands of modern …
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Greece Weather Warning: Rain- and thunderstorms, hail June 21-24
Greece’s National Meteorological Service has issued a warning about a sudden weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms accompanied locally by hail and temporary powerful winds. The bad weather front is coming form the North staring on Sunday afternoon, June 21, 2020. It will initially hit the northern and central …
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UK to set “air bridges” with Greece, Spain and ten other countries
The United Kingdom plans to establish “air bridges” with a good dozen of countries, including some in the European South like Greece, Spain and Portugal, British media report on Saturday. Britain’s ‘air bridges’ plan is set to involve less than ten countries, giving tourists the ability to travel between them …
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Greece is shielding its maritime borders with thermal cameras and radars
Greece is shielding all its maritime borders with thermal cameras and radars, that is in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea as well as off the island of Crete. “Our islands have a continental shelf and EEZ and we will defend our national rights,” Minister of Shipping and Islands Policy, …
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Chief of Staff warns Turkey “whoever messes with Greece will pay a high cost”
“Whoever dares to mess with Greece will pay a very high cost,” Chief of General Staff Konstantinos Floros said on Friday with a very clear warning to Turkey. “Whoever steps on Greek ground, we will first burn him, then we’ll ask who is.” “The neighbors know it,” General Floros told …
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Turkey: Islands far away from Greece’s mainland “have no continental shelf”
With typical Turkish logic in derivation from the International Law of the Sea, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusolgu claimed that islands located far away from Greece’s mainland cannot have continental shelf. “We see Kastelorizo from Turkey” he said in an effort to defend Ankara’s position on the matter, as if the …
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Greece to launch systematic checks on ferries to contain the virus
The Greek Coast Guard will launch a program of extensive systematic checks on ferries regarding the imposed health protocols and the restrictions measures against the coronavirus. The program will be launched as of Friday, June 19, 2020. The checks will be held throughout the trip by Coast Guard teams that …
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Four places in Greece among “15 paradisiacal destinations in Europe”
Travel website European Best Destinations has selected the “most paradisiacal destinations in Europe.” Αmong the 15 heavenly places on European earth are also four located in Greece. Below are the Greek paradisiacal destinations with a very brief description and the rank they have achieved on the list of 15. 3. …
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Greek PM Mitsotakis: “Turkey should abandon its neo-Ottoman dreams”
“Turkey undermines stability in the region, it should abandon its neo-Ottoman dreams,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday describing the neighboring country as regional “bully.” Turkey’s “goal is to politically and militarily control the entire Eastern Mediterranean region,” Mitsotakis said adding “they want to have a say, they …
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Outcry forces Gov’t to open again Greece’s only Children Cardiac Surgery Clinic
The Greek government was forced to open again the country’s only Children Cardiac Surgery Clinic following an unprecedented outcry on social media. For several days, for over a week, hundreds of Greek internet users have being posting again and again over the closure of the clinic, the only one performing …
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Greece lifts restrictions to seasonal accommodation, museums, brothels
Greece lifts more restrictions on June 15, 2020, on the same day it opened its borders to foreign tourists from some 30 countries. Among the business back to operation are seasonal accommodations, museums and brothels with the latter having to follow a 10-point guide tailored by the National Health Organization. …
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RAKIBUSTERS – Cretans Save the World: Comedy Video in ENG
RAKIBUSTERS is a comedy video dealing with the contemporary problem of our times: the pandemic. Three Cretan kazanarides (ie raki producers) follow the instructions of a crazy expat scientist who discovers the substance to get rid of the new virus. That’s right! That’s the famous national drink on Crete, the …
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Greece among top 5 EU countries with cleanest bathing waters
Greece is among the top five European countries with the cleanest bathing waters, a study by the EU’s European Environment Agency has found. Cyprus is champion with 99.1% of its beaches having excellent water quality. According to the study by the EU’s environmental service, the European Environment Agency, the quality …
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