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Greek Police Bans Public Gatherings Ahead of Polytechnic Uprising Anniversary
The Greek Police issued a statement late on Saturday night announcing that all public gatherings of more than four people in Greece's public places will be banned from Sunday, November 15, to Wednesday, November 18.
This comes as Greece prepares...
events
The Greek Film Festival in Berlin to Take Place in January 2021
The Greek Film Festival in Berlin announced recently that next year's program will take place in January 2021, against all ...coronavirus odds!
In a press release they issued, the organizers say that ''even though COVID-19 is separating us and keeps...
Europe
Armenians Burn Their Homes Before they Hand Over to Azerbaijan
As Armenia hands over territory to Azerbaijan on Sunday, under a Russia-brokered peace deal that followed six weeks of fighting, many villagers in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh burned their own homes.
Pictures from the village of of Charektar, that will...
Ancient Greece
Construction Workers Unearth Ancient Greek Gem in Downtown Athens
Α spectacular ancient Greek sculpture was unearthed in the downtown Agia Irini (St Irene) Square of Athens on Saturday during construction work.
The news was shared by Kostas Bakoyannis, the mayor of the city of Athens, through a Facebook post.
There...
Greece
Coronavirus Pandemic: Greece Records 38 New Deaths; 2,835 New Cases
On Saturday, Greek health authorities announced that 2,835 cases of COVID-19 had been diagnosed in the country over the last 24 hours and 38 people who had suffered from the virus had died.
There are currently 366 intubated patients in...
Animals
Culling of Thousands of Coronavirus-Infected Minks Begins in Kozani, Greece
The procedure to cull a total of 2,500 thousand minks began in Greece's northern city of Kozani on Saturday. All 2,500 minks had contracted the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.
The infected mink population is located in the village of Kaloneri of...
Greece
EU Border Force FRONTEX Finds No Evidence Yet of Refugee Pushbacks in Greece
Frontex, the border and coast guard agency of the European Union issued a response to media allegations on Thursday that illegal pushbacks of refugees had been taking place on the land and sea border between Greece and Turkey.
This came...
Greece
Turkish Defense Minister Akar Accuses Greece of Multiple Violations Against Turkey
The Defense Minister of Turkey Hulusi Akar accused Greece of several violations against Turkey, according to a report from Greece's Kathimerini Daily on Saturday.
Akar not only accused Athens of violating Turkey's airspace, but he also claimed that Greece violates...
Greece
Greek Police Saddles Needy Man with €300 Fine for Not Wearing a Mask
The Greek police in the city of Chania in Crete recently fined a destitute 61-year-old man for not wearing a face mask. The fine was €300. The man was going to Splantzia Square, where a local soup kitchen offers...
Greece
Arrests Follow Illegal Youth Party in Coronavirus-Ravaged Thessaloniki
Another illegal indoor party took place on Friday night in Thessaloniki, the Greek city that is currently suffering the most from the second deadly wave of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Loud music coming from an apartment in downtown Thessaloniki led...