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A baby was found in the public park Pedio toy Areos in downtown Athens Thursday noon. The infant was wrapped in a blanket, next to it there was a bag with a few diapers. The baby is a girl and estimated to be 4 to 10 days old. The baby …
Read More »Greece rules out demilitarization of islands part of exploratory contacts with Turkey
Greece has ruled out that the issue of demilitarization of Aegean islands could be on the table between Greece and Turkey. This was confirmed by government spokesman Stelios Petsas during the briefing on Thursday. Asked whether the government can assure that the issue of demilitarization or withdrawal of the Armed …
Read More »British tourist injured as storm rages in camping in south Peloponnese
A British tourist was injured when a tree fell during a storm on her tent in Giannitsochori by Ilia in the early morning hours of Thursday. A wind hose hit the camping site while the woman was sleeping. According to local media, the woman suffered fractures in the legs and …
Read More »SYRIZA slams EU Migration Pact as ineffective, blames Greek gov’t
Europe has proven it is “way below par in circumstances” with its new EU Migration & Asylum Pact, said on Wednesday SYRIZA’s Giorgos Psichogios, responsible for the party’s migration and asylum policy. He said that each EU member state would now be legally required to accept their fair share of …
Read More »Earthquake rattles the island of Lefkada with 4.3R
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale rattled the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea on Thursday morning. It struck at 8:10 a.m. The epicenter was 15 km North-West of the island, its focal depth 10 km. Other seismological institutes give the magnitude as 4.6 R. Map of …
Read More »Respirators donated by Dutch government for refugees sent to Lesvos hospital
The Migration Ministry has transferred four respirators donated by the Dutch government for Moria refugees to the general hospital of Mytilene on Wednesday. The respirators were equipment of a mobile hospital unit donated on August 20 before the devastating fires in the camp on September 9. The Embassy of Netherlands …
Read More »Kamena Vourla: Locals rally against refugee children, close schools in protest
Residents and local authorities of seaside resort of Kamena Vourla in Central Greece marched and blocked the highway lane to Athens on Wednesday to protest the presence of minor unaccompanied refugee children in their area. It was the second protest rally on Wednesday, while they plan a new one on …
Read More »Greece’s President Sakellaropoulou calls for end of Turkish occupation in Cyprus
The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou called for the end of Turkish occupation in Cyprus. “Let us fight with unshakable faith and perseverance for the end of the Turkish occupation and the reunification of Cyprus,” Sakellaropoulou said on Tuesday during a visit in Cyprus. During the second day …
Read More »Coronavirus cases in Greece exceed 16K: 358 new cases, 5 more deaths
358 new coronavirus cases and 5 more deaths have been recorded in Greece in the past 24 hours, authorities announced on Wednesday. 56 of the new cases are linked to known clusters and 46 have been detected among tourists. Total infections reached 16,286 and deaths toll increased to 357. In …
Read More »Athens Mayor admits “Great Walk” didn’t walk; €1.8mn thrown away
The ambitious “Great Walk of Athens” didn’t walk, it was just a “pilot and temporary program” and a “simulation”, Mayor Costas Bakoyiannis said on Tuesday announcing a …new project for downtown Athens. What certainly walked to some pockets were 1,8 million euros from the Municipality’s cash registers. Money that were …
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