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FM Dendias: “Solution possible if Turkey accepts the International Law of the Sea and the UNCLOS

September 25, 2022 FEATURED, Greece, Politics 2

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias expresses the belief that a solution to the Greek-Turkish dispute would be absolutely possible if Turkey accepted the International Law of the Sea and the related Convention (UNCLOS). In an interview with Kathimerini Sunday edition, Dendias said that “a solution, which would be absolutely possible to …

Fires in Greece: Heartwarming moments amid fear and destruction

July 6, 2022 environment Comments Off on Fires in Greece: Heartwarming moments amid fear and destruction

A heartwarming picture amid fear, despair and destruction as the summer fires rage in Greece: a firefighter from Romania deployed to Greece is holding a young white lamb in his arms. He has just rescued the young life. In the background there is some farming construction, half blackened, while smoke …

Striking hikes in taxi fares, Union SATA in Athens announced UPDATE

June 17, 2022 Economy, FEATURED Comments Off on Striking hikes in taxi fares, Union SATA in Athens announced UPDATE

Striking hikes in taxi fares are underway, due to the explosive increase in fuel prices, the Taxi Union SATA announced on Friday, following a meeting with the leadership of the Transport Ministry. Τhe Union had sent a memorandum to the Ministry complaining that “taxi drivers are suffocating due to the …

Greece opens all border-crossings and its ports to ships from abroad July 1

June 29, 2020 Tourism Comments Off on Greece opens all border-crossings and its ports to ships from abroad July 1

Greece is opening all its border-crossings to all its neighboring countries in the North, including to Turkey in the North-East and its ports to ships from abroad on July 1, 2020. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced on Monday, that the entrance gates at Evzoni, Kakavia, Krystallopigi, Promachonas, Nymfaia, Kastania and …

Greece extends flight ban to/from 7 countries, entry of non-EU citizens

June 1, 2020 CORONAVIRUS, Tourism 4

Greece ‘s Civil Aviation Authority has extended on Monday, June 1, the ban on flights from seven countries as well as on the entry of non-European citizens, At the same time, it also extended the obligatory quarantine for travelers entering Greece for the month of June. Quarantine The measure of …

More than 766 lockdown violations across Greece in the first 36 hours

March 24, 2020 CORONAVIRUS 2

Systematic checks conducted by the Greek Police on the first 36 hours of the total lockdown found that more than 766 people across the country had violated the restrictions. The majority of violators did not carry the necessary movement permits with them. Others did not have IDs or were found …

Police raids movies in Athens because minors were watching the Joker

October 20, 2019 Greece 7

Freaking unbelievable. Police raided a movie theater in down town Athens on Sunday, because minors under 18 were watching the Joker. Aim of the police operation was to remove the minors from the movie theater and also their parents in case they were accompanied their youngsters. According to eyewitnesses, there …

Greece’s Foreign Ministry evacuated due to suspicious package (UPD)

October 26, 2018 Greece Comments Off on Greece’s Foreign Ministry evacuated due to suspicious package (UPD)

Some 70 employees of the Greek Foreign Ministry were evacuated around 2 o’ clock Friday afternoon, following a police order. According to preliminary media information, the evacuation order came after a suspicious package was spotted at the department assigned with the correspondence distribution. Scanned through the x-rays machine, the package …

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