A small group of young people from the remote mountains of Thessaly in central rural Greece returned home to realize that their village Sarantaporo still had not internet access. Telecom companies had no interest in investing to bring the necessary infrastructure there, so the group set out to create a …
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Greek and Israeli shipyards have joined forces and signed a deal to build a navy ship for border surveillance in the East Mediterranean Sea: the Themistocles Corvette. The deal has been signed between the ONEX Shipyards based on the islands of Syros in the central Aegean and the Israel Shipyards …
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A new study from the University of Athens in Greece found that 14% of coronavirus patients in a control group died compared to 1.8% in the group receiving colchicine, an old gout drug.
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The US reported 34,700 new cases on Tuesday – the third highest rate since the outbreak began.
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A high of 31C is recorded at Heathrow, with temperatures likely to rise as the week continues.
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The PM dismisses the Labour leader’s claim there was a “big problem” in contacting all cases in England.
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Pubs and hairdressers are among the places which will be allowed to reopen in England from 4 July.
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