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The United States does not consider the so-called “Seville Map” as “legally bounded” the US Embassy in Ankara said late on Monday. The Embassy was reportedly commending to Turkish media reports and recent statements by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. The map is claimed to delineate maritime boundaries in the Eastern …
Read More »An emotional Team Greece win Plate of Origin taking home $100,000 after epic grand finale
On Tuesday night’s epic three-hour grand final episode of Plate Of Origin, Team Greece emerged victorious.
Read More »Six people evacuated from cut-off village Oxia in flooded Central Greece
Six people from the small village area of Oxia have been successfully airlifted to safety on Tuesday morning. Located on the mountains by Mouzaki, the village has been cut-off since Saturday after medicane Ianos struck the area causing extensive damage in the infrastructure. Two helicopters of the Fire Service brought …
Read More »North Macedonia requests church autocephaly from Ecumenical Patriarch
North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski has appealed to the global seat of Orthodoxy in Istanbul to recognize the independence of his country’s Orthodox Church, Greek state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported on Monday. “I turn to you, on behalf of a large portion of my fellow citizens, who identify themselves as …
Read More »Turkey’s sanctions block EU FMs from imposing sanctions against Belarus
European Union foreign ministers failed to overcome a diplomatic standoff over Belarus sanctions on Monday due to lack of unanimity. Belarus main opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya travelled to Brussels to try to convince the EU to follow through on its threat to impose sanctions on some 40 Belarusian officials over …
Read More »6 remanded in custody for Moria blaze, 3 arrested for Samos reception center fire
Six Afghan nationals were remanded in custody by order of a prosecutor on the island of Lesvos on Monday. They were arrested last week on charges of arson and participation in a criminal group, for the fire that destroyed the Moria refugee camp earlier in September. Four of the six …
Read More »Greece’s travel receipts sink by 84.4% in July 2002 compared to July 2019
Receipts from travel services recorded a decrease of 84.4% in July 2020 when compared to the corresponding month of 2019, the Bank of Greece said in a report released on Monday. Following a 3-month lock down and travel restrictions due to the pandemic, Greece opened its gates to foreign tourists …
Read More »453 new coronavirus cases and 6 more deaths in Greece in past 24 hours
Daily confirmed coronavirus cases exploded with 453 new cases recorded in Greece in the past 24 hours. Six more patients infected with Covid-19 lost their lives. Health authorities announced on Monday that of the 453 new cases, 184 are in Kara Tepe refugees structure on the island of Lesvos and …
Read More »IANOS leaves behind 3 dead, one missing and extensive destruction
Three dead people, one missing woman and extensive destruction is what Medicane Ianos left behind after it swept over Greece from Thursday night to Sunday. Over 8,000 homes and businesses are still under water in the Prefecture of Karditsa, Central Greece, three days after nature struck. Its rage started in …
Read More »243 coronavirus cases confirmed in Kara Tepe, says gov’t spokesman
A total of 243 confirmed cases of coronvirus have been detected among refugees and asylum-seekers of Kara Tepe tent city on the island of Lesvos, government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday. The data that will be announced on Monday afternoon by the National Health Care Organization EODY, Petsas added. …
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