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The European Union will impose sanctions on more Turkish individuals and companies responsible for drilling in contested waters in the Mediterranean, according to a draft statement prepared for EU leaders to agree at a summit on Thursday. If agreed, the EU will “prepare additional listings” on the basis of a …
Read More »Virtual Athens Marathon 2020: Participants from 57 countries
Thousands of runners from all over the world gave a dynamic presence in the Virtual Athens Marathon 2020, sending a message of victory over all adversity due to the pandemic. The event, which took place in a virtual form, gathered a total of 6,700 participants from around the world. Among …
Read More »Mt Athos: Monk dies of Covid-19, six monasteries in quarantine
A 76-year-old monk died of Covid-19 complications and authorities placed six monasteries on Mount Athos under quarantine following an outbreak of the disease. “The situation is under control. A total of six Monasteries are currently in quarantine, which is in fact coming to an end. Several infection cases among the …
Read More »Greece:- Coronavirus daily report for Wednesday 9th December.
Coronavirus: 95 dead, 578 intubated and 1,677 cases The official announcement of EODY for the cases and the deaths from coronavirus during the last 24 hours in Greece The announcement of EODY for today, Wednesday, December 9, reports 1,667 new cases of coronavirus in the country in the last …
Read More »Amnesty International calls for end of police violence, impunity in Greece
Amnesty International is calling for the end of police violence and officers’ impunity in Greece following the recent excessive use of force or the use of illegal force. In its call the Greek chapter of AI urges people raise their voices and to sign a petition that will be sent …
Read More »Norwegian NGO rebuts Greece’s charge of aiding people smugglers
A Norwegian NGO has rejected claims by Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis that it is helping people smugglers, describing it as a “deliberately misleading attack.” The NGO was featured in a presentation to foreign journalists by the minister on Tuesday. Mitarakis presented video testimonies by African migrants who said they …
Read More »Erdogan: EU sanctions will not have great impact for Turkey
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that any sanctions imposed by the European Union on Turkey will not have a great impact. He added that the bloc had never acted honestly or kept its promises. Ahead of an EU summit on Thursday, Erdogan told a news conference in Ankara …
Read More »Rich countries are hoarding Covid-19 vaccines and leaving the developing world behind, People’s Vaccine Alliance warns
Rich countries have bought enough Covid-19 vaccine doses to immunize their populations three times over, an international vaccine watchdog has said, but developing countries are being left behind in the global sprint to end the coronavirus pandemic.
Read More »Men who rape women in India can be jailed for life. But if their victim is transgender, it is a two-year maximum sentence
“He was an animal. He raped me that night — I thought I would just have to dance.”
Read More »Japanese councilor expelled by 92% of votes after she accused mayor of sexual assault
Residents of a small town in central Japan have overwhelmingly voted to remove the local council’s only female member after she accused the mayor of sexual assault.
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