November 4, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has issued a circular calling on priests and the faithful to get vaccinated against Covid-19, to wear masks and keep safety distances in churches to contain the spread of coronavirus. Ιt also calls on unvaccinated faithful to go to churches after they …
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September 2, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
A total of 5,895 notices for work suspension have been handed out so far to workers in the private and public health sectors who refuse to be vaccinated. The suspension notices are issued by the hosptal and facilities managements. The deadline for their compulsory vaccination against Covid-19 expired on Wednesday. …
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September 1, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greek hospital workers protest compulsory vaccination on Wednesday as the deadline for unvaccinated health workers expired on September 1 and the first notices of suspension without pay started to be issued. The government move to suspend unvaccinated health workers could send home 8,000 to 10,000 people and drive to desperation …
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August 23, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Employees at the Emergency Ambulance Service (EKAV) in Thesaloniki held a protest on Monday morning against the compulsory vaccination of health workers and the measure of suspended work for the unvaccinated. The president of the workers’ union of Central Macedonia Prodromos Devletoglou stressed that a total of 170 EKAB employees …
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October 20, 2020
Greece, Politics
Greece has asked the European Commission to consider suspending the customs union agreement with Turkey due to Ankara’s “continued provocations.” Citing diplomatic sources, state-run news agency amna reported on Tuesday morning that for this purpose Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has sent a letter to European Commissioner for Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi …
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October 19, 2020
Greece, Politics
The state prosecutor in Golden Dawn trial proposed on Monday that the sentences of those convicted to over 10 years imprisonment be suspended pending their convicts’ appeal. Exempted from sentence suspension should be the murderer of 33-year-old rapper Pavlos Fyssas, who was sentenced to life imprisonment. Prosecutor Adamantia Oikonomou has …
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August 8, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The Church of Greece does not seem willing to comply with the rules of the state and it plans to perform religious processions in the month of August despite their suspension by the Civil Protection. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece recalled …
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July 7, 2020
Economy
Greek banks, members of the Hellenic Bank Association, on Tuesday announced the extension of measures to support enterprises and individuals hit directly and indirectly by the pandemic crisis and of a moratorium on debt payments until December 31, 2020. In an announcement, the banks said they remained steadfast on the …
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April 5, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
The second confirmed case of coronavirus on the island of Mykonos has forced Greek authorities to impose additional lockdown measures. Among others, the additional restrictions impose curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. and suspends three of the six options in total on the Movement Permits. The measures go into …
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March 19, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Greece has suspended the operation of debt collecting agencies during the coronavirus crisis, Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis announced on Thursday. The government does not want to encourage a “non-payment” culture but hounding people over debts at the present time was not permissible, he told media. The agencies operation …
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March 18, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Economy
A financial aid of 800 euros for employees, suspension of tax and social security contributions and VAT decreases for goods related to coronavirus protection are among the economic measures announced by the Greek government on Wednesday. The package of financial measures to fight recession caused by the pandemic is worth …
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March 2, 2020
Politics, Refugees
The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees said on Monday that Greece had no right to stop accepting asylum applications as Athens struggled with a sudden increase of arrivals at its border of Middle East refugees and migrants from Turkey. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday his country …
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February 25, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Greece
The Greek government will issue a Legislative Act with measures to avert and contain the spread of the coronavirus. The measures include, among others, restrictions of public transport means, suspension of education classes and private events. The measures, focusing mainly to prevent the virus spreading. will be implemented depending on …
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March 4, 2019
Economy
Minister for Environment and Energy, Giorgos Stathakis, has signed a decision that new building permits are temporarily suspended in the area south of the Acropolis and Makriyanni-Koukaki. Furthermore, the Minister has asked for the immediate legality control of the hotel on Falirou Street No 5, which construction triggered the public …
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November 14, 2018
Turkey-GR
European Parliament Rapporteur Kati Piri proposes the formal suspension of accession negotiations with Turkey reiterating her call on Ankara to refrain from threatening Cyprus. Dutch socialist MEP Kati Piri presented on Wednesday to the European Parliament in Strasbourg her draft report on Turkey`s accession progress. Her report said that continuing …
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May 31, 2018
Very Mix
A Three-Members Appeals Court in Athens sentenced seven top unionists of Greece’s Public Power Corporation union GENOP-DEH to 3 to 5 years imprisonment for the so-called “Golden Subsidies,” according to which the union would be granted thousands of euro that was spent in luxurious travels and other . The court …
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March 12, 2018
Sports
The Greek government decided on Monday to indefinitely suspend the Super League after PAOK FC president Ivan Savvidis entered the pitch armed with a gun on Sunday during a match against AEK FC. Police has issued an arrest warrant for Savvidis and four more persons. “We decided to suspend the …
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September 21, 2017
Economy
Canadian Eldorado Gold made a last minute U-turn and put on hold its previous decision to suspend its operations in northern Greece. Allegedly, its effort to increase pressure on Greece at highest possible level incl. the Canadian prime Minister, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund have failed. A …
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August 8, 2017
Economy
Greece’s statistics service ELSTAT has suspended until further notice the release of flash quarterly estimates on the country’s gross domestic product because of divergences with provisional estimates, a statement issued by ELSTAT said on Monday. The move means that flash data will not be issued on Aug. 14. Nationwide quarterly …
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December 3, 2015
Refugees, Very Mix
This nasty EU blackmail of alleged “Schengen suspension” bear fruits. Greece bowed to the pressure and A) has activated the EU’s Civil Protection Mechanism praised by Brussels as “humanitarian aid for refugees” and B) agreed that Frontex will be deployed at its northern borders to FYROM. Both actions were announced today …
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