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Slowly but gradually temperature is rising in Greece, and a heatwave with up to 41 degrees Celsius is just outside the door. A slight rise of temperature is forecast for Tuesday, July 28, with very hot air masses to move from the western Mediterranean towards Central Europe in general and …
Read More »Athens Great Walk didn’t walk : Municipality gives back to traffic one lane
The Great Walk of Athens did not age well. Six weeks after its implementation that triggered the outrage of thousands of commuters each and every day, at least twice per day, the Athens Municipality decided to give back to traffic one more lane on crucial Panepistimiou Avenue. A relevant vote …
Read More »Greece extends mandatory use of mask in almost all enclosed spaces
Greece has extended the mandatory use of mask to broader public and private facilities. The mask will be mandatory by both employees and the public. Head of Civil Protection, Nikos Hardalias, announced on Tuesday that the measure goes into effect as of Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The facilities where employees …
Read More »Greece welcomes Turkey’s decision to freeze hydrocarbon activities
Tension between Greece and Turkey moved to a course of effective de-escalation on Tuesday, after seismic research vessel Oruc Reis docked inside the port of Antalya and Ankara announced that it pauses energy exploration activities in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. “Turkey could pause energy-exploration operations in the eastern Mediterranean Sea …
Read More »Mikel Arteta ‘tells Sokratis he doesn’t have a future at Arsenal’ as he looks to sell defender
Greece stalwart Sokratis has not made a Premier League appearance since March and has played a solitary minute of FA Cup football since Arsenal returned to action last month.
Read More »Greece opens again six ports for cruises on August 1
Greece will open again six ports for cruises on Saturday, August 1, Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis said on Tuesday morning. Cruise ships will be allowed to dock at the ports of Piraeus, Rhodos, Iraklio, Volos, Corfu and Katakolo. After their first docking, the ships will subsequently be able to visit …
Read More »‘If we get 35% of normal takings, it’ll be a success’
One mayor of a village on the Amalfi coast usually brimming with summer tourists said that businesses would be happy to claw in just a third of normal earnings.
Read More »Greece’s state budget records €6.1billion primary deficit in H1 2020
The Greek state budget recorded a primary deficit of 6.101 billion euros in the first half of 2020, from a budget target for a primary surplus of 313 million euros and after a primary surplus of 381 million in the corresponding period in 2019, the finance ministry said on Monday. …
Read More »PM Mitsotakis urges Greeks to observe measures against the coronavirus
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged Greeks on Monday to observe measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. In a message accompanied with a video posted on Twitter, Mitsotakis said “Together we successfully faced the first wave of Covid-19, but the danger did not go away, and we must not …
Read More »RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Everybody back on the plane! Summer’s just been cancelled
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Thousands of people were still in the air when this announcement was made and only learned about it when they landed…
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