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Greece’s health authorities announced 391 new coronavirus cases and one more death on Friday evening. The total cases have reached 21,772 and death toll increased to 431. The number of intubated Covid-19 patients hit an all times record with 98. The previous daily record was 93 at the peak of …
Read More »Greece launches interactive “Covid-19 Map” with measures, regions risk level
Greek Civil Protection and Digital Governance introduced an interactive tool, a Covid-19 Map, where citizens can check the level of alert due to coronavirus in their area and see if and what kind of restrictions and rules are being implemented. The tool Map of Health Safety and Protection from Covid-19 …
Read More »New Democracy MP suggests Greek Church should make Fyssas “a saint”
A lawmaker from conservative ruling party New Democracy has proposed that the Greek Orthodox Church should make the leftist rapper murdered by Golden Dawn, Pavlos Fyssas, a saint. MP and former ND spokeswoman Sofia Voultepsi said the Church should make Pavlos Fyssas a saint because “his sacrifice” freed Greece from …
Read More »Greece:- Coronavirus daily report.
Cases in Greece are still moving at high levels. See where the new cases are located today and what the picture is in Attica. Another 391 new cases were announced today by EODY in Greece, with 161 of them being located in Attica. It is worth noting that the …
Read More »“No more Moria”? Rainfall floods dozens of tents in Kara Tepe camp
Dozens of tents were flooded and large parts of Kara Tepe refugee camp on the island of Lesvos came under water after a strong rainfall on Thursday, an expected development as many people warned about from the very first moment the camp was set up. the European Commission slogan “No …
Read More »Greece says no new coronavirus restrictions due to citizens’ fatigue
Greece is temporarily freezing plans to introduce new restrictive measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus because citizens are fatigued, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Friday morning. He even announced that the government may consider to extend the operation of restaurants, bars and similar facilities until 1 o’ …
Read More »Poros: Drunken tourists steal public bus, drive around dancing naked
An incredible incident occurred on the island of Poros in the early hours of Thursday. A group of northern European tourists, most probably in a state of intoxication, broke into a public bus and drove twice around the island dancing inside the vehicle naked. The bus for the local transport …
Read More »Greek Parliament budget office: “Draft state budget provisions uncertain”
The 2021 draft state budget is tabled under unprecedented conditions that make macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts uncertain, the Parliament’s State Budget Office said in a report on Thursday. In its assessment over the draft budget, the Office said that macroeconomic forecasts see an 8.2 pct economic contraction this year and …
Read More »Covid-19 info in 12 languages broadcast by Athens Municipality radio
The City of Athens has launched an information campaign about the Covid-19 pandemic for migrants and refugees in 12 languages. In a statement on Thursday, the Municipality said that the campaign will be supported by closer cooperation with migrant and refugee communities which participate in the Council for the Integration …
Read More »England removes 5 Greek islands from quarantine list
Five Greek islands have been added to the Government’s quarantine exemption list, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said. Arrivals in England from Lesvos, Santorini, Serifos, Tinos and Zakynthos – also known as Zante – will no longer have to self-isolate for 14 days from 4am on Saturday, October 10, 2020, following a …
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