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Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said late on Thursday that it expects “Greece to support NATO’s initiative under which two countries will start technical talks on the Eastern Mediterranean.” Ankara adds that “Turkey ready for dialogue with Greece without preconditions to find permanent solutions to all issues.” Thursday afternoon, Secretary General of …
Read More »Greece Coronavirus: 241 new cases; 5 more deaths raise death toll to 278
241 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 5 more deaths have been recorded in Greece in the last 24 hours, health authorities announced on Thursday evening. The total infections stand at 10,998 and the death toll at 278. Of the new cases, 31 were detected among tourists: 20 at the entrance …
Read More »Earthquake rattles Athens and Attica with 4.4 R
An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale rattled Athens and the Prefecture of Attica on Thursday afternoon. The earthquake occurred a few minutes after 6 o’ clock local time and its epicenter was located between Marathon and Rafina, some 29 km North-East from the Greek capital and 17 km …
Read More »Athens dismisses Stoltenberg’s claim “Greece, Turkey agreed to technical talks at NATO”
Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, announced on Thursday afternoon that Greece and Turkey had agreed to start a dialogue and to enter into technical talks at NATO. Quick was the response of the Greek Foreign Ministry that dismissed Stoltenberg’s claims. Stoltenberg announced the “agreed dialogue” on a Twitter: Following …
Read More »Civil Protection warns of “very high risk” of wildfires on Sept 4 (map)
Greece Civil Protection is warning of a very high risk of wildfires or forest fires on Friday, September 4, 2020. Nine regional units are under the high risk, among them is the Attica Prefecture. In fact, the Civil Protection alerted via emergency number the residents of Attica on Thursday afternoon …
Read More »Building housing Ministries of Finance, Investment evacuated after visitor tested positive
The building housing the ministries of Finance and of Investment & Development was evacuated on Thursday in order to be disinfected from a possible coronavirus contamination. the evacuation came after a foreign investor who visited the building on Wednesday was confirmed positive to Covid-19. The building is located on Nikis …
Read More »Borrell’s adviser Tocci sees “macho policies” in Greece, equates it with Turkey’s aggressiveness
A post on social media by an adviser to EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell triggered an outrage on Greek social media. Director of the Italian Institute for International Relations Natalie Tocci not only equated Greece with Turkey’s provocations and aggressiveness; she called the dispute in the East Mediterranean as display …
Read More »British tourist, 27, faces extradition to Qatar after being found with a cannabis grinder
Conor Howard, 27, was stopped last October on his way back to the UK from Australia when he was found with the item – which he says he bought for a friend as a joke.
Read More »3 Greek ministers in quarantine after meeting with foreign investor positive on Covid-19
Three government ministers have been placed in quarantine in their homes after a meeting with a foreign investor who was tested positive to Covid-19. Investment and Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis, his deputy, Nikos Papathanasis and Shipping Minister Giannis Plpakiotakis were sequestered to their homes on Thursday morning The three ministers …
Read More »Pandemic recession strike Greece with -15.2% in Q2 2020
Greece’s Statistics Authority ELSTAT announced on Thursday the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the economy in the second quarter of 2020. The Gross Domestic Product decreased by 15.2% the ELSTAT said in a statement. The government claims it had predicted this drop. According to the ELSTAT announcement, the available …
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