January 3, 2023
Culture, Eat-Drink, FEATURED
Locally produced food delicacies from the northern section of the island of Evia will be on show at the Syntagma metro station exhibition hall in downtown Athens from Friday to Sunday, January 6-8, 2023. The three-day mini food expo aims to showcase to Athenians the broad selection of foods produced …
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July 15, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Local lockdowns will affect only the unvaccinated citizens and those vaccinated will not be restricted because they are protected form Covid-19, Greece’s Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Thursday. Speaking to Skai TV, Georgiadis appeared extremely concerned about the course of the economy, if the current predictions of …
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June 25, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The president of Greek Nαtional Hεalth Care organization EODY, Panagiotis Arkoumaneas warned that local lockdowns are possible in areas with low vaccination rate due to the Delta variant of Covid-19. Speaking to Skai TV, Arkoumaneas recalled “we said in May that there is a risk of local lockdowns if there …
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May 28, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Lockdown restrictions will be imposed locally also in the middle of summer and the tourism season in the event that an increase of the epidemiological burden is recorded, head of Civil Protection and deputy minister Nikos Hardalias said on Friday evening. At the weekly briefing on Friday, Hardalias listed the …
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July 14, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Greece has decided to temporary suspend local festivals and similar public gatherings following health experts recommendations in order to stem the spread of coronavirus in the country. According to the joint ministerial decision published on Tuesday, July 14, the temporary ban is valid for the period of July 13 until …
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July 4, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
The first confirmed coronavirus case of a foreign tourist vising the island of Crete has been identified on Saturday. It needed the help of local police to locate the patient. Health authorities are on alert. The identification of the first positive coronavirus case has been detected on Crete, just a …
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June 3, 2019
Greece
New Democracy managed another sweeping victory in the second round of regional and municipality election on Sunday, June 2, 2019, just a month ahead of the general elections. SYRIZA suffered another defeat and managed to elect just 5 out of the 67 municipalities in Attica and 8 out of 332 …
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July 10, 2018
Tourism
Greek and foreign tourists have been stranded on the small islands North off Corfu in the Ionian Sea since Saturday. A mechanical failure of the small ferry boat that connect the islands Mavraki, Erikoussa and Othoni with Corfu has halted the service. By Tuesday, locals are also desperate as they …
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June 18, 2018
Greece, Politics
Greece’s politics has reached bottom. A local official from conservative, right-wing New Democracy has called the community of Pangaio to proceed with pogroms against SYRIZA members and supporters in the area. “Let’s smash the shops and the cars belonging to Left-wing,” the member of the Municipality of Pangaio by Kavala, …
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February 18, 2018
Lifestyle
Sunday is the peak of Apokries but also the end of ‘crazy’ Greek carnival. The word Αποκριά literally means “off meat”, without meat and marks the beginning of Lent that starts on Clean Monday, the first day of the Great Easter Lent., where people are supposed to eat only cheese …
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October 9, 2017
World
The Turkish Lira slid 2.5 percent and stocks tumbled 4 percent early on Oct. 9 after the United States and Turkey cut back visa services, signaling a sharp regression in diplomatic relations between the NATO allies. The U.S. mission in Turkey and subsequently the Turkish mission in Washington mutually scaled …
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July 23, 2017
Economy
A local shop-owner beat tax officers conducting audits on the island of Patmos, Dodecanese, on Saturday. It needed the intervention of two ministers so that local authorities detain the perpetrator. The three tax auditors had arrived on the island of Apocalypse in the context a ‘tax evasion safari’ launched by …
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July 3, 2017
Uncategorized
Some 200 people, residents of the village largely destroyed by the earthquake, are back on the streets, seeking a place to sleep. They were staying in hotels and touristic rooms since the earthquake with 6.4 R stroke the island of Lesvos on June 12 2017 and destroyed the majority of …
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September 22, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
A local resident of the village of Moria on Lesvos grabbed a rifle and threatened to shoot at refugees and migrants standing outside the hot spot that was burned down on Monday evening. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon, when the 84-year-old man appeared with his rifle in front of refugees …
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