December 4, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Pope Francis arrived at the international airport in Athens on Saturday morning. The leader of the Roman-Catholic Church arrived with a special Aegean flight from Cyprus and was welcomed by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias as well as four children as a symbol for purity and members of the Catholic Church. …
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September 2, 2021
Arts, Culture
Flags will fly at half-mast on all public buildings and all public festive events are postponed during the three-day period of national mourning for the death of great Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis on Thursday morning. His family decided that his coffin will lie in state at the Athens Kathedral for …
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April 26, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The general secretariat for Primary Health Care announced on Monday the vaccination schedule for the age groups 30-49. At the same time, the Greek National Vaccination Committee recommended that pregnant women or those in process to have children should rather have mRNA technology vaccines rather than AstraZeneca and Johnson & …
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April 12, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s health authorities announced on Monday the vaccination schedule for several age groups and people with underlying health problems (Category B). The online platform will open for these groups from April 16.. At the same time, vaccination of those aged 60-64 extends to other vaccines than only with AstraZeneca. Vaccines …
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March 17, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece is proceeding with the vaccination of people with underlying health issues as well as with the inoculation of other age categories. Health authorities said on Tuesday that the platforms to book vaccination appointment will start opening on upcoming Friday, March 19. 2021. By the end of the month, citizens …
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May 7, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Kostas Karamanlis revealed on Thursday that Greece is planning to proceed to bilateral agreements with other countries with regards to international flights. Speaking to Skai TV on Thursday morning, Karamanlis said “we are called to find the golden section, between free movement and public health.” Depending …
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February 2, 2020
Social
Mother and daughter could not believe their eyes when they received a paper from the General Hospital in Chania, Crete, that granny’s tests were scheduled for February 2022. Not six months, not one year … the elderly woman has to wait for two whole years in order to be examined …
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January 23, 2020
Economy
Retails shops on the Cyclades islands will be allowed to open also on Sundays, the Chamber of Commerce of Cyclades said in a statement on its official website. The decision refers initially for the year 2020 and it is optional. However, the year’s period when shops will be open on …
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May 9, 2018
Greece, Politics
Prince Charles of Wales is making a historic visit to Greece, the first official visit by a member of the British royal family after decades. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrive in Athens early afternoon on Wednesday and depart on Friday afternoon from Crete. The three-day …
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February 14, 2018
Greece, Politics
Former finance minister and controversial political figure Yanis Varoufakis revealed the name of the political party with which the pan-European movement DiEM25 will contest elections in Greece. And the name of DiEM25’s Greek political party is…. We have white smoke! DiEM25’s members overwhelmingly approved the name of our new Greek …
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January 29, 2018
Greece, Politics
President of Israel, Reuvin Rivlin, arrived in Athens late Sunday night for a three-day official visit following an invitation by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos. Rivlin will meet with Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday. He will lay a corner stone for the Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki on Tuesday. …
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December 7, 2017
Politics, Turkey-GR
The Greek Presidency published on Wednesday the full schedule of the official two-day visit (Dec. 7-8) of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan to the country, following an invitation by Greek counterpart Prokopios Pavlopoulos. According to athensnewsagency Erdogan’s schedule in Greece is as follows: THURSDAY -Erdogan …
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February 12, 2017
Politics, Refugees, Society
Greek soldiers safely defused a 250-kilo bomb from the World War II found under a petrol station in Thessaloniki. Prior to the bomb neutralization operation, more than 72,000 people, including refugees and migrants form a hot spot nearby, were evacuated. “End good, all good!” Sunday afternoon, Regional Governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas …
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February 12, 2017
Politics, Refugees, Very Mix
Thousands of Greeks evacuated their homes on Sunday morning to allow army experts defuse a World War II bomb found under a petrol station in Kordelio suburb of Thessaloniki, in Northern Greece. Refugees and migrants in the hot spot Softex, an abandoned factory, were also evacuated. In the biggest evacuation …
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February 11, 2017
Politics, Refugees, Very Mix
The biggest evacuation of civilians in peacetime is underway in the city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, after authorities discovered a 250-kilo unexploded bomb from the Second World War. More than 72,000 people are expected to leave the suburb of Kordelio and surrounding area and return to their homes after army …
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November 15, 2016
Politics
US President Barack Obama arrived in Athens. He was welcomed at the airport by Defense Minister and junior coalition partner Panos Kammenos. The welcome ceremony was incredible short: just a handshake with Kammenos… and there he got in the car and left the airport for the hotel Astir in Kavouri. …
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November 14, 2016
Society
+++ UPDATE II: Confusion till the end of the day, now it seems final: Metro and Tram workers will be on work stoppage from beginning of shift until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15th 2016. Workers at urban train ISAP have cancelled their strike. Whether they will keep their work …
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June 2, 2016
Society
Workers at Athens, Metro, Tram and Urban train ISAP will launch a series of warning work stoppages to protest that public transport organizations will be transferred to the new Privatization super-Fund. The schedule for the work stoppages for the next 15 days are: Monday, June 6th: begin of morning shirt …
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April 3, 2016
Politics
The day to implement the painful EU-Turkey deal has come. A total of 750 migrants will be deported from the Greek island of Lesvos back to Turkey. Two Turkish ships chartered by the Frontex will transport the migrants to the port of Dikeli. According to Athens News Agency, the deportation …
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July 15, 2015
Politics
Greece’s lawmakers started to debate the first set of 3. bailout “prior actions” to be voted in the Parliament later today. The voting is the toughest political challenge for Syriza and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras who most likely see his parliamentary majority decreasing. One after the other, SYRIZA Ministers and …
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