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Police in Thessaloniki on Alert for Greek-Turkish Football Clash
A great number of police officers, along with squads from Greece's anti-terrorist unit, have been deployed in Thessaloniki for Tuesday's football game between PAOK and Turkey's Besiktas team for the Champions League qualifiers.
The Istanbul-based team will arrive in the...
Crime
Cyprus Allegedly Sells Passports to Criminals and Fugitives, Report says
Cyprus is giving passports to criminals and people under investigation through the investment program, says an Al Jazeera report, claiming access to documents of 1400 applications that were approved between 2017-2019, a Hellas Journal report says.
The news agency's initial...
Basketball
Giannis Antetokounmpo Donates the Uniforms to his Former Greek Basketball Team
Giannis Antetokounmpo made another great gesture by donating this season's uniforms to the Greek team in which he started his spectacular career in basketball.
EFAO Zografou B.C. - in short Filathlitikos - in the Zografou neighborhood of Athens is proud...
Greece
Turkey Extends Illegal NAVTEX for Gas Exploration in the Aegean
Turkey on Sunday announced a four-day extension of the illegal NAVTEX for gas exploration inside Greece's continental shelf, according to ANA-MPA.
The previous NAVTEX which expired on Sunday (today) was extended with Turkish seismic vessel Oruc Reis sailing southwest accompanied...
Culture
Historical School on Spetses Announces Establishment of Music Academy
The Anargyrios and Korgialenios School of Spetses (AKSS) announced the establishment of a new Music Academy of international standards which is expected to start operating in the summer of 2021.
The Music Academy of Anargyrios and Korgialenios School of Spetses...
Greece
Coronavirus: Record Number of 284 Cases in Greece, 2 Deaths – Emergency Measures on Lesvos
Greece recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases on Sunday with 284 new infections and two deaths, raising the number of fatalities to 242.
According to the National Health Organization (EODY), of the 284 new cases, 17 were detected at...
Greece
Coronavirus: Greece Reports 264 New Cases – 2 Minors in ICU
Greece's National Health Organization (EODY) reported 264 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday; 31 people are currently in ICU with two minors among them.
Twenty-nine of the new cases were detected following checks at the country's gateways. The total number of...
Greece
Fire Rages in East Mani; 5 Communities Evacuated
A wildfire that broke out on Saturday afternoon in the forest area of Lagada in Eastern Mani is still raging, forcing the residents of five communities to evacuate as a precaution.
The fire is burning on two fronts, without threatening...
Greece
Greek Tourism Revenue Takes a Plunge due to Covid-19
The number of tourist arrivals and revenue from tourism in Greece has taken a dramatic plunge due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with June revenue decreasing by 97.5 percent, as Bank of Greece data shows.
Specifically, there were only 256,000 arrivals...
Greece
Manchester United Footballer Released from Greek Jail
Manchester United football player Harry Maguire who was a arrested after a brawl with British tourists and Greek police on Mykonos has been released from jail; his trial is scheduled for Tuesday on Syros island.
Maguire and his lawyers appeared...