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Greece receives first Rafale fighter jet at ceremony in France

Greece’s Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos visited France on Wednesday to attend the handover ceremony of the first of the 18 Rafale fighter jets that will join the Greek Air Force. Panagiotopoulos is accompanied by the Chief of the Defense General Staff General Konstantinos Floros and the Chief of the Defence …

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Greece: 1,834 new coronavirus cases, 8 deaths; geographic distribution

Greece’s health authorities announced on Monday 1,834 new coronavirus cases and 8 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals Intensive Care Units stands at 123. Note that again there were thousands of fewer tests due to the weekend. Delta Variant Authorities released  the …

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Greece: 2,794 coronavirus cases, 6 deaths; Live-briefing; Geographic Distribution

Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 2,794 new coronavirus cases and 6 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals Intensive Care Units stands at 132. Live Briefing At the Live Briefing on Friday, health experts made a dramatic call to citizens to get …

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Metro, ISAP workers on strike protesting working conditions like no A/C in summer UPD

Metro workers in Athens launch work stoppages on Wednesday protesting their working conditions. The strike affects Metro lines 2 and 3 and Urban train ISAP (Line 1) and will take place from 9 p.m. until the end of the shift. The unions of ISAP and STASY workers complain about their …

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Tragic end for French tourist Violet Gigano missing on Crete (UPD)

A tragic end for the missing French tourist Violet Gigano. Police officers participating in the big search operation found the body of the 29-year-old woman early Thursday afternoon. The body was found in a ravine near Cape Krios, southwest from Chania, and some 5 km away from Elafonisi. The area …

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With treats, punishment, authoritarianism and insanity Greece Gov’t tries to boost vaccinations

With threats, punishment, insane measures and authoritarianism the Greek government tries to “convince” the country’s citizens to get vaccinated. Ministers rule out new lockdown claiming “economic disaster for the country” and a series of punitive measures such as lay-offs and exclusion from state support aid. In addition, the government plans …

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French tourist Violet Gigano, 29, missing; huge search operation in Chania

Authorities in the Prefecture of Chania on the island of Crete has launched a huge search operation to locate 29-year-old French tourist Gigano Violet who has been missing since June 24, the day she had last spoken with her family in France. She was planning to visit Elafonisi. Gigano’s rented …

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29 cases of Delta variant detected in Greece, 19 of them in Crete

Infections with the Delta variant of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 have tripled in the last days and set health experts on alert. 18 new cases of Delta mutation have been detected recently bringing the total number to 29. Of the 18 recently confirmed cases, 15 wee detected in Heraklio, Crete, 1 in …

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Senate Committee approves US-Greece Defense and Partnership Act 2021

The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved the bipartisan bill to bolster the United States’ defense partnership with Greece, the US-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act of 2021. The bipartisan legislation boosts support for Greek military modernization by authorizing new transfers of American military equipment and fostering increased multilateral …

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Coronavirus variants get new names based on Greek alphabet

Coronavirus variants with clunky, alphanumeric names have now been assigned the letters of the Greek alphabet to simplify discussion and pronunciation while avoiding stigma. The World Health Organization revealed the new names on Monday amid criticism that those given by scientists to strains such as the South African variant – …

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No evidence of an “Athenian” mutation of Covid-19, says Greek medical experts

There is nothing to indicate a mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus of Greek origin, professor Gkikas Magiorkinis and National Kapodistrian University of Athens Rector Thanos Dimopoulos, both of whom are professors at the NKUA School of Medicine said on Tuesday afternoon. Their statements come after several Greek health experts spoke …

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