Tag Archives: July 15

The Acropolis of Athens, Knossos and other archaeological sites on the island of  Crete will be temporarily  closed to public for several hours on Saturday, July 15, 2023, as the heatwave that hits Greece reaches its peak with temperatures over 41 degrees Celsius also in the Greek capital. As announced …

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Greece authorities updated the Covid-Map placing several regions and islands on higher risk levels. “There is an increase of coronavirus infections in 64 of the 74 regional units in total, head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias stressed at the briefing on Thursday evening. Big outbreaks on the islands of Mykonos, …

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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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Two hotels close to the fire front were evacuated on Thursday afternoon on the island of Samos where a wildfire has been raging since the morning. The fire broke out in the forest of the area Vourliotes in the east of the island. The order for evauation was given by …

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Greece’s health authorities announced 27 new confirmed coronavirus cases with 9 of them to have been detected among tourists. No new death recorded in the last 8 days. According to authorities statement on Wednesday evening, the number of total infections has reached 3,910 with the daily growth at 0.7% from …

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The first direct flight from UK landed at Ioannis Kapodistrias airport on the island of Corfu at 2 o’ clock Wednesday afternoon. To honor the first UK landing after the pandemic lockdown, two fire service vehicles formed a welcome water arch. The only scheduled flight for Wednesday was from Birmingham …

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