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A cancer patient on wheelchair, her daughter and the staff of an ambulance were fined each with 300 euros for traveling from one regional unit to another during the lockdown. The group was returning to Veria from Thessaloniki where the patient had undergone chemotherapy. The ambulance of a private medical …
Read More »Hotel restaurants in Greece closed on Christmas, New Year’s Eve & Day
Hotel restaurants will not be permitted to open neither on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, nor on New Year’s Eve and the New Year’s Day, Greece’s Development Ministry said on Wednesday. Reason for this decision was that several hotels advertised on social media for “reveillon and festive fine dine” during …
Read More »Lefteris Arapakis: Greek fighting for Clean Seas named “Young Champion of the Earth”
Lefteris Arapakis is one of the seven young people, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) named as “Young Champion of the Earth for 2020.” The 26-year-old man has created Enaleia, a movement of fishers who sustainably catch fish but also plastic, and bring it back to port to be recycled.” …
Read More »Valentino co-founder Giancarlo Giammetti’s glittering social circle
Giancarlo Giammetti, 82, former lover and business partner of Valentino Garavani, with whom he co-founded Italian fashion house Valentino, is one of the most well-connected socialites.
Read More »Thessaloniki in Christmas mood amid the pandemic (video)
Loaded with 9,000 lights and framed with 1,500 lamps the Christmas tree was placed in Aristotelous Square in Thessaloniki. The lights were officially lit on Tuesday night and will send the message of optimism to the residents of the city most hit by the pandemic. The lighting of the 13-meter …
Read More »First Covid-19 vaccinations in EU likely this year, says von der Leyen
European Union countries could begin coronavirus inoculations as soon as this year, the head of the European Commission said on Tuesday. The statement by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen followed the EU drug regulator’s decision to bring forward its possible approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to Dec. …
Read More »Greece records 98 more deaths, 1240 coronavirus cases, intubations high
Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday, 1240 new coronavirus cases and 98 deaths in the past 24 hours. 550 Covid-19 patients are intubated in hospitals across the country. Death toll has reached 3,785 and the total cases stand at 126,372. The new cases announced on Tuesday are the so-called “correction” …
Read More »Greece to sign deal for French Rafale jets in the coming days, says Mitsotakis
Greece Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday evening that the deal for the purchase of 18 French-made Rafale fighter jets will be signed in the coming days. Speaking at the Parliament during the budget debated, Mitsotakis said that the delivery of the Rafale jets will be 20201. A few …
Read More »Christmas: Up to 25/50 believers in churches, up to 9 people in family gatherings
The conservative Greek government could not resist to the pressure of the Greek Orthodox Church and made concessions allowing one more service over the Christmas holidays and the increase of number of the participating faithful. The concessions to the Church leadership and a part of the voters’ body came after …
Read More »Tsipras, Zaev awarded the Hessian Peace Prize 2020 for the Prespes Agreement
The Hessian Peace Prize 2020 has been awarded to the Prime Minister of North Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, and the former prime minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, for solving the name dispute, SYRIZA said in a press release on Tuesday. The decision was announced by Boris Rhein, President of the Landtag …
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