June 19, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Europe has a duty to host children hurt and traumatised by war in Gaza for as long as the conflict continues, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis told Reuters on Wednesday. Gerapetritis is seeking partners in what he hopes would be a project to temporarily bring the children to the European …
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May 22, 2024
FEATURED, weather
Summer of 2024 in Europe is expected to be one of the hottest on record in recent years, according to a forecast by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) The extreme temperature forecast for summer is calculated to be nearly +2.5 degrees Celsius higher than the climate value …
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September 20, 2023
FEATURED, weather
The highest monthly precipitation ever recorded in Europe fell in the village of Makrynitsa on Mt Pelion during Storm Daniel, which ravaged Greece in September. Αfter the transmission of measurements by the weather stations operated by the Athens National Observatory in Thessaly was restored, it was found that the weather …
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September 15, 2022
FEATURED, Tech
Greece has the slowest fixed internet in Europe, despite the significant investments that have been made in recent years, while internet services remain among the most expensive in relation to people’s incomes, according to the annual report on the digital quality of life, compiled by cyber security company Surfshark. The …
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September 14, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis dismissed reports by Turkish media claiming that a caravan of thousands of Syrian refugees is moving towards Greece and Europe. “A caravan of refugees has not yet been formed, and it has yet to be demonstrated that the efforts of those on social …
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July 11, 2022
CORONAVIRUS
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have updated public health recommendations on the use of additional booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines this summer and in the upcoming autumn and winter seasons. The updated recommendations come amid increasing rates of COVID-19 reporting …
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December 15, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
There is a “very high” risk the Omicron variant of Covid-19 will become dominant in Europe by early next year and lead to a growing number of hospital admissions and deaths, the European Union’s public health body said on Wednesday. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said …
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September 8, 2021
weather
Europe had its warmest summer on record this year, though only by a small margin over two previous highest temperatures for June-August, European Union scientists said on Tuesday. The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said the average surface air temperature in June-August was close to 1.0C above the 1991-2020 average, …
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April 13, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Johnson & Johnson is pushing back the EU rollout of its single-dose vaccine following reports of blood clots. Previously, US authorities had urged a pause on use of the vaccine. In Greece, authorities had said that J&J would deliver 33,600 doses on Wednesday, April 14, and that the vaccines would …
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March 5, 2021
FEATURED, Tourism
Patmos and Halkidiki are among the “10 secret beaches” the magazine Travel & Leisure proposes to its millions of readers. These these secluded beaches in Europe offer all of the beautiful views and none of the crowds, the magazine notes. Beach “Psili Ammos” on the island of Patmos is on …
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December 13, 2020
Arts, FEATURED
A big Nativity scene has been set up in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, a construction claiming to be the biggest in Europe. Its facade is 15 meters long and it covers an area of 50 square meters. The Nativity scenery does not include only the Holy Family, the angels, the Three …
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October 29, 2020
Tourism
Condé Nast Traveller (CNT) has placed Athens among the 10 Friendliest Cities in Europe with the most smiling, welcoming people, based on the results of its Readers’ Choice Awards for 2020. “While Europe’s best cities are often judged on their ancient history, intricate architecture, unrivalled art scene or amazing restaurants, …
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June 17, 2020
FEATURED, Tourism
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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June 17, 2020
Tourism
Sweden will lift its advice against non-essential travel to 10 European countries from June 30, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The countries are Greece, Croatia, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, France, Iceland, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg. For other European countries the advice against non-essential travel will still apply. A recommendation …
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February 28, 2020
Turkey-GR
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has played his long-standing blackmail card: he opened the gates to refugees and migrants to Greece and Europe.Turkish television channels have been broadcasting footage showing Syrian refugees and migrants from other countries walking towards Greece and Europe, after the Turkish Gendarmerie opened the Syrian gates …
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November 19, 2019
Greece
“Europe is treating first arrival countries like Greece as convenient ‘storage’ for refugees and migrants. Is this European solidarity?” Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview with German daily Handelsblatt on Tuesday. At the same time, he announced the hiring of additional personnel to better manage refugees and …
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November 12, 2019
Politics, World
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Europeans that “Turkey could release all the ISIS prisoners and send them to Europe, together with millions of refugees and migrants.” Erdogan’s threats are Turkey’s response to the EU sanctions over Cyprus. Speaking to reporters before his visit to the United States, Erdogan also said …
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November 4, 2019
World
Turkey will send all 1,200 ISIS terrorists of foreign origin arrested during the Syria operation back to their countries, Ankara said on Monday. “Turkey will send all detained foreign Daesh terrorists to their countries of origin even if their citizenship have been revoked, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced. Reiterating Turkey’s …
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October 30, 2019
Politics, World
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that European countries support terrorists and threatened “The terrorist snake you are breeding with your hands will one day turn against you and bite you. You will understand the mistake you commit when bombs will explode on your streets, terrorists will use their guns …
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October 21, 2019
Greece, Politics
Greek security officials have been placed on high alert due to concerns that Islamic State jihadists who have escaped from North Syrian prison may seek their repatriation in Europe, using Greece as a bridge. In cooperation with the Europol, the Greeks will try to tighten security in the country’s land …
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