Tag Archives: July 9

Infections continue to rise and Greece’s health authorities announced on Friday 1,997 new coronavirus cases and 12 Covid-related deaths in the last 24 hours.  The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals Intensive Care Units decreased further to 141. Ahead of the weekend, there has been a slight increase in the …

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Greece’s Environment Ministry said on Friday that initial results of a marine mucilage or “sea snot” observed around the northern Aegean island of Limnos are encouraging. “There is no cause for concern for swimmers while in recent days [the mucilage] has disappeared from the shores of the island,” experts tasked …

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Greece’s Fire Service and the Civil Protection have issued a warning of wild- and forest fires due to high temperatures and strong winds. The warning is for Friday, July 9, 2021. According to the warning, at Very High Risk (Risk Level 4) are the following regions: Attica Sterea: Viotis, Evia, …

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Tear-gas and sound flares, chasing and bulling, stones and molotov cocktail bombs. The protest against the bill that limits rights to public gatherings started peacefully but soon turned downtown Athens into a battlefield on Thursday evening. With main slogans “No tolerance to the their plans,” and “the bill remains on …

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A jump in new coronavirus cases has been recorded in Greece in the last 24 hours and with the rise not only among travellers from abroad but also among the local population. Health authorities announced on Thursday evening 50 new cases with 27 of them to have been detected at …

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