Belarus’ main opposition candidate, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, has rejected preliminary election results giving the country’s longtime President, Alexander Lukashenko, a landslide election victory with 80% of the vote.
Read More »Nicola Sturgeon ‘sorry’ over Scottish exam results
The first minister accepts her government “did not get it right” with the system for calculating pupils’ grades.
Read More »Beirut explosion: Lebanon’s government resigns as public anger mounts
The prime minister announced the move in a TV address as clashes continued for a third day.
Read More »Landslide hits as people sleep, killing 43 people, including 3 children
At least 43 people, including three children, have died with dozens more feared buried after torrential rains triggered a landslide in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala.
Read More »Greece:- URGENT NOTICE. A negative molecular test for those entering Greece from Sweden, Czech Republic, Belgium, Spain and Netherlands
URGENT NOTICE Based on the course and the evaluation of the epidemiological data, it was decided that from 17/8 for the entry in Greece it becomes mandatory to present a negative molecular test for coronavirus (PCR test), which will be performed up to 72 hours before, for those who travel …
Read More »Greece calls “serious escalation” Turkey’s hydrocarbon activities in Aegean
Greece has urged Turkey to immediately halt is illegal activities in the southern Aegean and East Mediterranean Sea. The Foreign Ministry in Athens issued a statement in which it lambastes Ankara for the “illegal” NAVTEX and the “illegal” seismic surveys south of the island of Megisti in the Greek continental …
Read More »Greece announced additional measures to contain spread of coronavirus
Greece announced on Monday a series of additional measures and restrictions to contain the spread of the coronavirus, after a steady increase of infections in the month of August. The measures mainly affect traveling from certain countries, operations hours in the catering sector in several regional units, as well as …
Read More »Flash floods in Evia: Fatalities rise to 8, nobody claims responsibility
The body of an elderly man was found at the beach of Kalamos in east Attica on Monday morning. Identification procedures confirmed that the body belong to the 72-year-old man missing from Bourtzi/Lefkandi, on the opposite side of the Evia Gulf since Sunday morning. The man is the last fatality …
Read More »Belarus election: Opposition disputes Lukashenko landslide win
President Lukashenko’s main challenger refuses to accept defeat amid fears of vote-rigging.
Read More »Greece:- Coronavirus new measures. Zakynthos bars and restuarants to close MIDNIGHT from 11/08/2020.
Specifically as announced by the government: The 85th International EXPO in Thessaloniki will not take place. The prime minister, however, will attend Thessaloniki and deliver a speech. From 17/08, for entry into Greece, it becomes mandatory to submit a negative molecular test (PCR test) for all those entering from Sweden, …
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