January 3, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Just six months after the elections, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apparently has realized that there is a major security issue in the county and decided to proceed with a small cabinet reshuffle. Minister for Citizen Protection Ioannis Oikonomou was replaced by Michalis Chrysochoidis, currently the health minister, who was Minister …
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May 24, 2022
FEATURED, weather
A mini “heatwave” is forecast to hit Greece in the next days with temperatures expecting to reach up to 38 degrees Celsius, much above the seasonal average. The hottest days are expected to be Thursday and Friday, May 26-27. The heat wave will last until Saturday, May 28, where temperature …
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September 23, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection place three more regional units in northern Greece in “increased epidemic surveillance” on Thursday and imposed a mini lockdown. At the extended the restrictions in another five regions in Macedonia and Peloponnese. The regional units of Kastoria, Xanthi and Drama are placed in mini lockdown in effect …
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September 16, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection imposed a mini lockdown to the regional units of Kavala, Imathia, Pieria and Pella in northern Greece with the aim to contain the spread of the coronavirus. At the same time, they extended the restrictions in the regional units of Evrytania in Epirus and Argolida in eastern …
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August 12, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection extended on Thursday the “mini lockdown” imposed on the island of Zakynthos and the Regional Unit of Chania, Crete, a week ago. The extension of the restrictions such as night curfew and music ban follows a recommendation by the Committee of Infectious Diseases and the Protection of …
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August 10, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Tuesday a “mini lockdown” imposed in the Regional Unit of Heraklio, Crete, placing it on a higher Covid-19 risk, at Level 4 (red). In a statement, the Civil Protection said that the restrictions are being imposed following recommendations by the National Committee for the Protection …
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July 17, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Saturday a so-called mini lockdown on the island of Mykonos due to an “alarming coronavirus outbreak in the last 24 hours, multiple outbreaks and clusters” as the relevant statement said characteristically. The restrictions go into force from 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, and until …
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October 2, 2020
weather
A mini heat wave with temperatures up to 36-37 degrees Celsius is forecast for Greece over the weekend and the first days of next week. The extraordinary hot weather for the month of October is expected to set in on Saturday, October 3, and last until Tuesday, October 6, 2020. …
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August 31, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Monday afternoon a series of extraordinary restrictions including the mandatory use of mask in- and outdoors in Heraklio on the island of Crete. After Chania, Heraklio is the second regional unit on Crete where restrictive measures are imposed. The strict restrictions aim to contain the …
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May 10, 2020
weather
Meteorologists in Greece forecast a mini heat wave with temperatures to reach up to 38 and 39 degrees Celsius. The warm air masses are coming from Africa together with strong south winds and Sahara dust. It will be the first heat wave of the year. According to National Observatory of …
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October 11, 2019
weather
A mini “Greek Summer” in the middle of October with temperatures to reach up to 30 degrees Celsius, meteorologist have forecast for the next couple of days. Sunshine will prevail in the large parts of the country over the weekend, October 12-13, 2019, while the fair weather will prevails also …
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June 21, 2019
weather
June rain and thunderstorms disappear and are replaced with hot aerial masses that bring Greece to …boil. Temperatures will go high up to 39 degrees Celsius in what meteorologists describe as a prolonged heat wave. Temperature will gradually start rising on Saturday, June 22, to maximum 35°-36° C in the …
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June 25, 2018
Greece, Politics
Sixteen leaders out of the EU 28 rushed to Brussels on Sunday afternoon, following an invitation by the European Commission spoken on behalf of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Aim of the emergency mini summit that turned into a medium size summit was to seek ways for common solution on Migration. …
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June 20, 2018
Greece, Politics
European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, announced an informal mini summit on migration and asylum issues. The meeting is scheduled for Sunday, June 24th, in Brussels. In a tweet Juncker announced the informal summit, however without revealing who is to participate. Howver, he tagged the prime ministers of Greece, Italy, Bulgaria …
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February 28, 2018
Greece, Politics
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proceeded with a mini government reshuffle on Wednesday, after he lost two ministers over the rent subsidy scandal. However, the Prime Minister did not only replaced ministers Antonopoulou and Papadimitriou but made also some changes in other ministers. The most striking changes are: a) the removal …
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September 16, 2017
weather
Summer is back! Meteorologists forecast a mini heat wave in the middle of September with temperatures to reach 37 to 40 degrees Celsius. Temperature will gradually rise on Saturday, the first ‘summer day’ of this extraordinary September will be on Sunday. The mini heat wave will reach its peak on …
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June 14, 2017
Earthquake
The earthquake that stroke with 6.3 R on Monday in the sea area between the islands of Lesvsos and Chios in the East Aegean Sea “caused a tsunami,” the chairman of Greek Earthquake Planning and Protections Organization (EPPO) said on Wednesday. Speaking to website newsit.gr, Efthymios Lekkas confirmed that a …
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