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Private diagnostic centers in Greece will go back in operation as of Thursday, June 13th 2019, however with a ‘punishment’ for insured patients. They will have to pay 85% of the bill from their own pocket and then claim refund by the National Health Care Insurance Fund EOPYY. Under the …
Read More »Athens Urban Gallery: Telephone distribution boxes turn into works of art
Forty artists in Athens have transformed more than 100 telephone exchange boxes into works of art as part of the “Athens Urban Gallery”. The project was initiated by the Municipality of Athens. The youngest artist participating in the project! View this post on Instagram Αυτός είναι ο νεότερος συμμετέχων στο …
Read More »Greek summer? 6,250 lighting bolts, rain- and hail-fall in Athens (videos)
What if it is mid of June? 6,250 lightning bolts fell on Tuesday, June 12, across the country, while thunderstorm with heavy rain- and hail-fall stroke suburbs of Athens and the broader Attica area on Tuesday afternoon. Earlier, another wave of rain had disturbed air traffic in international Airport Eleftherios …
Read More »Heavy rain and hail-fall strike Athens in mid June (videos)
What if it is mid of June? Thunder, heavy rain- and hail-falls stroke suburbs of Athens and the broader Attica area on Tuesday afternoon. Earlier, another wave of rain had disturbed air traffic in international Aiport Eleftherios Venizelos with the effect that flights were diverted to other airports or were …
Read More »End of SYRIZA gov’t: Parliament dissolved, snap elections July 7, 2019
The Presidential decree for the dissolution of the Greek Parliament was posted at the entrance of the Parliament building short before 8 o’ clock on Tuesday evening, marking the end of the SYRIZA government. The Presidential decree signed by President Prokopis Pavlopoulos formally opens the way for the early election …
Read More »Crete: PPC cuts electricity to mother with disable child
Tuesday began for the mother of a 5-year-old disable child in the most shocking way. She saw how a team by the Greek Public Power Company PPC disconnected the power supply to her home, while she was preparing the child’s breakfast. The mother rents a modest home in a neighborhood …
Read More »97% of Greece’s bathing water has “excellent” water quality, says EU
An overwhelming number – 97% – of bathing water in Greece is of excellent quality, the annual report released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission said. The report was compiled using information from more than 21 000 bathing waters in the 28 EU Member States, under …
Read More »2 children, 5 adults drowned when migrants boat capsizes off Lesvos
Seven people have been reportedly drowned when a boat carrying refugees and migrants to Greece capsized just a few nautical miles off the island of Lesvos. 57 people have been rescued. Among those who lost their lives are two underage girls, four women and one man. The boat capsized 2.5 …
Read More »Us parents increasingly name their babies “Giannis” after The Greek Freak
An increasingly number of parents in the US name their babies “Giannis” after the Greek Freak, the Bucks and NBA star Antetokounmpo. “There’s only one Giannis Antetokounmpo,” writes USToday adding that “But likely because of the NBA star, there are now plenty of Giannises.” According to baby name data released …
Read More »Employers deny permission to four employees to join Uni entrance exams
Employers have denied permission to four employees, students at the Evening Highschool of Chania, to participate in the general exams for university entrance. The employers did not change the students’ shift in order to facilitate them to join the exams. At the same time, their colleagues refused to jump in …
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