Turkey blamed the Greek Commander of “Operation Irene” for the control checks by German soldiers from the frigate Hamburg on Turkish cargo ship Roseline A in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. At the same time, Germany accused Turkey on Monday of preventing German forces belonging to an EU military mission from …
Read More »KKE MP and Vice Parliament Speaker asks excuse from duties to fight the pandemic
Lawmaker from the Communist Party KKE and pulmonologist Giorgos Lambroulis asked Parliament to temporarily excuse him from his duties as one of eight vice Parliament Speakers of the body so that he may help out in fighting the coronavirus pandemic in the region where he is elected, in Larissa, central …
Read More »Greece’s state injection of 120-million-euros to Aegean Airlines
The Greek government will support Aegean Airlines with 120 million euros to help the private company come through the effects of the pandemic, the government spokesman announced on Monday. Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced on Monday during his usual press briefing that the government would soon be awarding 120 …
Read More »Health Ministry deploys hospital staff to requisitioned private clinics in Thessaloniki
The private clinics requisitioned by the Greek government in the battle against Covid-19 will operate with medical staff deployed from the country’s public hospitals. This is revealed by newspaper efsyn that published also the relevant documents. Doctors in Thessaloniki, where the requisition of two clinics took place last week are …
Read More »Covid19-Deaths: Minister celebrates “Greece is 12 times better than Belgium”
“Yes, we celebrate because we are 12 times better than Belgium,” Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis shouted during a live interview on Skai TV on Monday morning. In an effort to persuade the panel and the public that Greece is doing better than other European countries, he started listing the recent …
Read More »Army sets up mobile emergency unit at military hospital in Thessaloniki
The Greek General Staff is proceeding with the creation of a mobile emergency medical unit in the courtyard of the 424 General Military Hospital in Thessaloniki, following a decision by the political and military leadership. The unit will have 50 hospital beds and a radiology laboratory, which is necessary for …
Read More »Summer Monteys-Fullam hits back at troll who criticised her nude Instagram snap
Paul Hollywood’s ex, 25, set pulses racing when she posted a topless photo from her trip to Greece where she posed on a wall while covering her chest with her hand.
Read More »Greece records 103 deaths in 24 hours, 1498 new coronavirus cases
For second consecutive day, the number of daily Covid-19 deaths exceeded one hundred. Health authorities in Greece announced 103 deaths in past 24 hours. New coronavirus cases are 1,498 although the number of tests were almost half than usually due to the weekend. The number of intubated Covid-19 patients increased …
Read More »3 injured when police goes to church illegally allowing believers inside
Tension between police, the son of a priest and two faithful went high on Sunday morning and ended with fines and arrests. The incident took place in the church of Riza, village in Halkidiki, northern Greece, when some neighbors reported to police that the church had opened its doors to …
Read More »The Art of Phyllo dough from hand by one of last masters in Greece (video)
I needed to watch just a few seconds from a video featuring 86-year-old Giorgos Hatziparaskos from Crete making phyllo pastry the old, traditional way to have vivid flashbacks from my childhood: Me walking with my grandma three blocks away from our home to buy hand-made phyllo for baklava. We would …
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