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The Greek government plans to table a draft bill shortly reforming the laws around cultivation and export of medical cannabis products. The proposal was reportedly presented by Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis at last week’s cabinet meeting. According to the proposal, medical cannabis for export will not be subject …
Read More »Greece records 785 new coronavirus cases, 15 deaths in 24 hours
Greece’s health authorities announced on Saturday evening, 795 new coronavirus cases and 15 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 257. Death toll has reached 5,779 and the total cases stand at 156,473. Note that the PCR …
Read More »Kindergarten teacher sets 4-year-old in the cold for “punishment” (video)
A little girl is standing in the cold at the door of the kindergarten class and screams. She begs her teacher to let her inside, she shouts for her mum. She is just 4 years old. She wears just a pink dress, no coat or anorak in a freezing day. …
Read More »Outbreak in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, sets authorities on alert
A total of 50 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed Agios Nikolaos Municipality, eastern Crete, setting health authorities on alert. They step up testing and monitoring to contain bigger spread of the virus in the 10,000-resident area. Among the 50 positive tests reported in the last couple of days, 20 …
Read More »STEPHEN GLOVER: The day the bullies of Brussels went mad as the Eurocrats lost the plot
STEPHEN GLOVER: We have known for a long time that the European Union is a bully. From the moment the British people voted to leave the bloc, it tried to bully us into submission.
Read More »Greece: New coronavirus cases surge to 941; another 22 deaths
New coronavirus cases surged to 941 in the last 24 hours, with the majority of them (526) be in Attica and Athens. Greece’s authorities announced on Friday also another 22 deaths, while the number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 260. Death toll has reached …
Read More »Tougher lockdown for Athens, Attica, several islands and municipalities
Head of Civil Protection and deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias announced on Friday evening tougher lockdown measures for the regional unit of Attica and Athens as well as for several municipalities including two Cyclades islands due to increased epidemiological load. At the same time, he urged residents of two regional units …
Read More »No bidders for Cyprus-Greece ferry connection
Not a single bid was submitted for the tender for the ferry connection between Greece and Cyprus which expired on Friday, Cypriot Deputy Minister of Shipping Vassilis Demetriades has said. The tender, launched December 11, concerned the selection of a contractor to operate passenger services between Cyprus and Greece. The …
Read More »Drive-through Rapid test …the Greek way: Donkey instead of car
A drive-through Rapid testing …the Greek way! Residents of village Helidoni near the Ancient Olympia choose their donkeys over cars and rode to the spot where rapid testing for Covid-19 was carried out. They did not get off their animals and the health teams had to struggle a bit to …
Read More »Stricter lockdown, curfew extension are being mulled for Attica
Health experts recommend stricter lockdown and curfew extension for the regional unit of Attica due to an increase of coronavirus infections. This was decided on Thursday at a meeting of members of the health experts committee advising the government on issues of the pandemic. The last word depends on the …
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