July 19, 2024
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY updated on Friday its heatwave warning saying that high temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius will prevail in many parts of the country until Monday, July 22, 2024. From Tuesday, July 23, onward there will be a gradual decline in temperature, both in terms of maximum …
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November 25, 2023
weather
Greece’s Civil Protection sent emergency messages to citizens via <112> on Saturday, urging them to limit their movement due to stormy winds that have already led to cancellation of sea traffic. At the same time, the National Meteorological Service updated its Weather Warning issued on Friday to Highest Category “RED.” …
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September 25, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Α message via the 112 emergency number was sent to residents of Thessaly, Fthiotida, the Sporades islands and north Evia on Sunday warning them of bad weather front called ELIAS forecast to hit these areas as of Monday, September 25, 2023. According to the message, there will be: “Dangerous weather …
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March 16, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service updated on Thursday its weather warning and extended it until Saturday, March 18, 2023. The update forecasts heavy rainfalls, powerful winds and possible hail storms in several regions across the country, with the islands expected to be heavily hit. Winds will be blowing with intensity 0f …
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January 16, 2023
FEATURED, Lifestyle, Society
Over the next three months the Health Ministry will seek to close the loopholes in the anti-smoking legislation that allow closed areas to be characterized as open-air, thus allowing people to smoke. Smoking of cigarettes will be expressly banned in cafes, bars, restaurants etc that are closed with canopies, plastic …
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August 11, 2022
environment
A forest fire on the island of Thassos is out of control on Thursday morning despite the strengthening of the fire fighting forces and the aerial means. One village has been ordered to evacuate. Two volunteers were injured. The fire broke out in a dense pine forest and in difficult …
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November 11, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The spread of coronavirus in Greece continues in a rapid pace with 44 percent of the country’s regional units being placed at the highest Level 5 of the Epidemiological COVID-MAP, according to the weekly update on November 10. At the same time, several areas in Greek capital Athens are “boiling” …
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October 20, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
More regions across Greece were placed at higher “risk level” on the Covid-Map that was updated on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, as the coronavirus infections have started to surge again. Two regions turned “red” highest level and five turned “orange”, while an increased epidemiological burden has been confirmed on the …
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October 6, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s health authorities placed the regional units of Serres and Karditsa into “red” level on Wednesday due to recent increased in the number of infections. The increased cases of coronavirus “reddened” two other prefectures by changing the epidemiological map. In the updated Covid-19 MAP, the level of increased risk remains …
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July 29, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s authorities updated the Covid-MAP on Thursday as the epidemiological burden is increasing in many parts of the country but also on the islands. The result is that with few exceptions of regions and islands at lowest Green level, the majority of regions are at the increased surveillance levels Yellow …
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July 22, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece authorities updated on Thursday, July 22, 2021, the country’s Covid-Map placing several regions and islands on higher risk levels. The changes in the epidemiological map of the country emerged following the meeting of the epidemiologists’ committee today, head of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias stressed. The Municipality of Mykonos remains …
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May 15, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Greece registered 1,957 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 2 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on Saturday. Greece has confirmed 375,831 infections from the start of the pandemic (daily change: +0.5 pct). In the confirmed cases …
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May 7, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Civil Protection Authority upgraded the so-called Covid-map on Friday evening and its head Nikos Hardalias said that many areas in the country continue to show a high epidemiological load with the effect that they remain in “deep red”, i.e. very high risk level. An increase in the epidemiological burden …
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April 23, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Head of Greece’s Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced on Friday that bad epidemiological data increase the level of alert for specific regional units. From tomorrow, Saturday, April 24, four more areas are included in the “very high risk regions.” These are the regional units of Kavala, Rethymno and Argolida as …
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March 28, 2018
animals
Hours after the the brutal dog abuse by Greek soldiers became public last Sunday morning, several “witnesses” and “sources” claimed towards media and on social media that “the dog was in good health” and was taken care by a “local shelter,” “other soldiers in a nearby village,” or “an elderly.” …
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September 2, 2017
World
German Chancellor Angela Merkel informed European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Aug. 30 that her country would veto an update of the Customs Union agreement with Turkey, daily Hürriyet has learned. One day before their meetings in Berlin, Merkel announced they will convey the German government’s position to Juncker regarding …
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June 28, 2016
Society
An Amber Alert has been issued today, Tuesday, for two underage sisters, 11 and 14 years old, who have been missing since Saturday noon, June 25th 2016, from their home in Attiki Square in central Athens. Eirini, 14, and her sister Anna, 11, went missing around 12:00 noon on Saturday. …
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