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Animals
Greek President Sakellaropoulou Adopts Stray Kitten from Karpathos
In early November, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou officially adopted a stray kitten named Calypso from the island of Karpathos, making the tiny feline the very first stray cat ever adopted by a Greek President while in office.
Sakellaropoulou first met...
Education
More American Students Choose Greece as Study Destination
More and more American students are now choosing to pursue academic opportunities in Greece, according to the "Open Doors 2020" survey, which was recently released by the Institute of International Education.
While Greece has always been a popular destination for...
Greece
Greece Records 59 Covid Deaths and 400 Intubations as Second Wave Peaks
A staggering 400 patients are now intubated in Greece and 59 people with Covid-19 died Monday as the second wave of the coronavirus reaches its peak in the country. A total of 2,198 cases were diagnosed in Greece over...
Hollywood
“Apples” Will Represent Greece for International Feature Film at Oscars in 2021
"Apples," the directorial debut of Greek filmmaker Christos Nikou, will represent Greece in the "Best International Feature Film" category at the Oscars in 2021.
Nikou is known internationally for his work as assistant director on critically acclaimed films like "Dogtooth"...
Greece
Covid 19: New Cases Over 3,000 for Second Consecutive Day, Record 336 Intubations in Greece
On Friday, it was announced that 3,038 cases of Covid-19 had been diagnosed in Greece over the last 24 hours and 38 people who had suffered from the virus had died. There are currently a record 336 intubated patients...
Greece
Greece Pulls Plug on Rally for Anniversary of Polytechnic Uprising
On Friday, Michalis Chrisochoidis, the country's Minister of Citizen Protection, announced that the annual rally commemorating the Polytechnic Uprising on November 17, 1973 would not occur this year.
The yearly demonstration marks the day that Greece's right-wing military Junta sent...
Greece
Dark Day in Greece: Record Numbers of Cases, Deaths, and Intubations Thursday
A stunning 3,316 cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in Greece on Thursday, breaking the previous record of 2,917 cases, and 50 people who had suffered from Covid-19 have died in the country. There are currently 310 intubated patients in...
Greece
Greek Doctor Cries for Help: "We are at War with Covid"
Greek doctor Daniel Konstantinidis, who works at Papanikolaou General Hospital in Thessaloniki, in northern Greece, published a cry for help on social media on Thursday, stating that "We are at war" with Covid-19.
Dr. Konstantinidis writes in his post that...
Greece
Greek PM Writes Letter to Greek Girl Worried About Canceled Birthday Party
In late October, a ten-year-old Greek girl wrote a letter to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakios Mitsotakis shortly before he imposed a nationwide lockdown, fearing that the coming measures would mean her birthday party in November would be canceled.
The Greek...
Australia
Fifteen-Year-Old Greek Australian Wins Prestigious Greek Language Award
Greek Australian student Anastasia Rigopoulos, age fifteen, was recently given the European Union Delegation to Australia's "European Language Award" for her mastery of the Greek language.
Although she has never visited Greece, Anastasia started speaking Greek at home with her...