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Greek authorities announced on Monday 35 new confirmed coronavirus cases with more than half of them detected in Attica and 1/4 among tourists. No new death in the last 24 hours. Total infections have reached 4,227. Infections are steadily increasing even though at an average of some 30 per day. …
Read More »Injured turtle comes ashore on the island of Naxos
Sunbathers at Agia Anna on Naxos were stunned to see a loggerhead sea turtle coming ashore. The animal was injured in the hind legs with fisherman’s hooks. People at the beach rushed to offer help to the injured animal. Bathers rushed to offer the turtle help, with water and cool …
Read More »Priest “enlightens” Greeks: Coronavirus is “from Antichrist,” aims “world dictatorship”
Unprecedented! State broadcaster ERT gave the floor to a monk priest to “enlighten” Greeks with conspiracy theories regarding the coronavirus. Priest Ignatios claimed that the World Health Organization WHO is trying to impose a “world dictatorship” through the virus and that people were paid to say that 200 have died …
Read More »Chances for cruise sector in Greece resume in August and September
Heath protocols on cruise passengers do not translate into universal reopening of the cruise sector in Greece in August, President of the Association of Cruise Ship Owners and Maritime Agencies, Theodoros Kontes, said on Monday. In a statement to state-run news agency amna, Kontes said that the implementation of protocols …
Read More »Mati Fire: Prosecutor investigates to upgrade charges against 12 Fire Service officers
The Athens prosecutor investigates whether charges against 12 Fire Brigade officers during the devastating fire at Mati in 2018 will be upgraded to prosecution for fatal exposure of citizens to danger. the decision is expected to be announced. The upgrading of charges to criminal level is at the urging of …
Read More »Greece considers mandatory use of masks in more enclosed spaces, churches
Greece is considering to make the use of masks mandatory also in other closed spaces, in addition to supermarkets. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced this on Monday morning. He said that epidemiologists has proposed the mandatory use of masks also in other shops and facilities as well as in churches. …
Read More »Priest in monastery slams elderly woman for wearing a protective mask
A priest in a monastery slammed and insulted an elderly woman for wearing a protection mask during a mass. The monk priest at the Monastery of Agia Paraskevi in Eordea interrupted the divine service to slam the 74-year-old woman for wearing a protective mask. “I don’t want any carnival in …
Read More »Newspaper publisher shot outside his home in northern Athens
The publisher of small newspaper Makeleio, Stefanos Chios, was shot by an unknown assailant outside his home early Monday morning. The victim survived the assassination attempt seriously injured. The shooting took place around 3 0′ clock in the morning as the publisher was parking his car outside his home in …
Read More »Travel industry fears wave of cancellations after Government’s Spain decision
The travel industry is braced for a wave of cancellations by worried holidaymakers this morning after the Government reimposed quarantine restrictions on Spain.
Read More »Greece:- New measures – Anxiety about imported coronavirus cases
New measures – Anxiety about imported cases The government decided to implement new measures for the entry of visitors to Greece, through air connections. Specifically, based on the analysis of epidemiological data. It was decided that those entering Greece from Bulgaria and Romania, from the morning of Tuesday, July 28, …
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