Greek Churches to Offer Holy Week Liturgies– But Behind Closed Doors
File photoA Joint Ministerial Decision of Greece’s Ministries of Education and Health was published on Monday, specifying the way churches are allowed to operate between April...
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Coronavirus Quarantine Lifted for Two Villages in Kozani, Northern Greece
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The mountainous villages had been in a state of complete lockdown since mid-March. Photo Credit: AMNAThe total lockdown of two quarantined villages in the region...
Athens’ Sotiria Hospital Receives Huge Donation of PPE Items to Protect Against Coronavirus
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Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis at Athens’ Sotiria Hospital. Photo Credit: PM’s press officeTens of thousands of desperately-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) items were handed over...
Graph Shows Greece’s Impressively Low Rate of Coronavirus Deaths
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File photoGovernment spokesperson Stelios Petsas thanked Greek citizens for their response to the measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus on Monday, as Greece’s infection...
Epidemiology Report Reveals Oldest Greek Coronavirus Patient is 101 Years of Age
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File photoThe oldest person in Greece to be treated after having contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus is 101 years of age, according to an epidemiological report...
German MPs Urge EU to Transfer Refugee Children Amid Pandemic Fears
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File photoApproximately fifty German Christian Democrat MPs from the ruling CDU party recently urged Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, to...
Greece’s Aegean Islands Dread Spread of Coronavirus Over Easter
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Photo Source: kallerna/Wikimedia CommonsFollowing the imposition of curfew measures for Santorini and Mykonos on Sunday, mayors of some smaller Greek islands are demanding a ban...
Did the Economic Crisis Help Prepare Greece for the Coronavirus?
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By Andrew Tzembelicos* Watching countries across the globe respond to the COVID-19 crisis raises the question of how every country’s preparedness for such an onslaught...
Greece’s Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 76
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Hospital beds. Photo Credit: AMNAThe death toll from the coronavirus rose to 76 on Monday after three male patients passed away. The three patients were...
Greece Announces Stricter Curfew Measures for Santorini and Mykonos Islands
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Following a discussion between Greece’s Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Chardalias and the Mayors of the islands of Santorini and Mykonos, stricter curfew measures will...
The Best Time-Consuming Greek Moussaka Twists You Should Try At Home Now
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Millions of us have found our lives completely changed in the last few weeks, as the coronavirus lockdowns across the world have become the new...
Why Greece Succeeded as Italy, Spain Failed to Tackle Coronavirus
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By Takis Pappas, Political scientist, the University of Helsinki, Finland* When the covid-19 pandemic broke out in Europe, no government had any experience of how...
Blanket of Snow Continues to Cover Large Parts of Mainland Greece
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Snow in Agios Pavlos (Saint Paul) village in Naoussa, Central Macedonia. Photo credit: facebook.com/sfendamoswoodvillageMany parts of northern and central Greece remain covered by a thick...
Greece Expects 4% Recession, as European Economy Enters Uncharted Territory
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Christos Staikouras, the Greek Finance Minister, expressed on Sunday his belief that the Greek economy will shrink by four percent in 2020 due to the...
Greece Remains Low in Numbers of Coronavirus Cases and Fatalities
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The deserted streets of Athens. Photo credit: twitter.com/OblidaratorAs of April 4, Greece is ranked 43rd in the world regarding the number of diagnosed COVID-19 coronavirus...
Greek Police Arrest Individual After Group of People Gather Outside a Church in Athens
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The Hellenic (Greek) Police arrested an individual and identified a total of five others in Athens for violating the ban on gatherings, it was made...
Refugee Camp of Malakasa Quarantined After Afghan Migrant Tests Positive to Covonavirus
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Photo Credit: AMNAThe refugee and migrant camp of Malakasa in Attica was quarantined on Sunday morning, the Greek authorities announced. The decision was taken after...
Greece Has Imposed More than €4 Million in Fines for Curfew Violations
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Greece’s police have been imposing fines on individuals and businesses violating the lockdown for several days now. The total amount of fines imposed throughout Greece...
Archbishop Ieronymos Hospitalized to Undergo Cardiac Pacemaker Surgery
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Archbishop Ieronymos. Photo Credit: AMNAThe Archdiocese of Athens issued a statement on Saturday morning, informing the public that the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece...
Coronavirus Pandemic: EU Approves €2 Billion Aid Package to Support Greek Businesses
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The European Commission has approved a 2 billion euro Greek aid scheme to support the Greek economy in the context of the coronavirus outbreak. The...