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Saturday, May 16, 2020

Coronavirus World Live Coverage: Greece, Italy, China, Netherlands

Source: www.nytimes.com - Saturday, May 16, 2020 The movement of schoolchildren back to their home villages raises virus fears in Nigeria. Japanese men are helping more around the house. And Narendra Modi’s popularity surges. All Related | More on Italy


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Sunbathers flock to beaches in Greece, France, and Italy as the nations make the most of relaxed lockdown measures

Sunbathers have flocked to beaches in Greece, France and Italy for the first weekend since lockdown restrictions were eased across Europe. Shorelines were dotted with deckchairs and parasols as people ...


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Coronavirus Greece: Death toll rises to 162, total infections to 2,819

Two more deaths and nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19 have raised death toll to 162 and the number of total infections to 2,819, Greece health authorities announced on Saturday evening. Of the total infections 613 are related to travel abroad and 1,455 to confirmed cases in Greece. 23 patients are intubated in hospitals Intensive … The post Coronavirus Greece: Death toll rises to 162, total infections to 2,819 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Covid-19 Greece: 9 new cases, 2 new fatalities in last 24 hours

A total of 90 have been discharged from ICUs since the start of the outbreak


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Europeans hit the beach as Covid-19 lockdowns ease

Germany's Bundesliga football league returned to action in empty stadiums on Saturday, as swimmers dove into the waves at newly reopened beaches in France, Italy and Greece after coronavirus lockdowns were eased.


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Fresh COVID Outbreak in Greek Roma Camp Sparks Violence

Greek police have reinforced security around a community of Roma in central Greece as government health officials prepare to enter the settlement today to remove 35 people infected with the ...


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Greece Reopens 500 Beaches as It Relaxes Lockdown Rules

Greece has opened up 500 of its beaches as the country eases lockdown restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Authorities authorized the move as a heat wave was expected to hit the ...


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UK coronavirus live: 'stop squabbling' over school closures, says children's commissioner

Latest updates, news and information on the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK * BMA backs teaching unions opposing reopening of schools * Coronavirus – latest global updates * See all our coronavirus coverage 1.55pm BST PIERS CORBYN, the brother of the former Labour leader, has been led away in handcuffs after arriving at Hyde Park with a megaphone and espousing the conspiracy theory that 5G and the coronavirus pandemic are linked, calling it a “pack of lies to brainwash you and keep you in order”. He was detained after declining to leave when asked to by an officer and refusing to provide his details, PA Media reports. _I am here because I am worried about civil liberties being taken away. Reading the coronavirus act that has gone through parliament it seems there are changes being made which infringe our freedom. _ _And I am worried the media has run away with the Covid-19 thing and blown it all out of proportion._ 1.42pm BST Boris Johnson’s father has said he has not noticed criticism of the prime minister’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. Speaking to Ta Nea, a Greek daily newspaper, STANLEY JOHNSON said the government’s approach had been “on the right track”. _We are living in a time of great uncertainty and nobody quite knows what the impact is or what the disease is or what to do. At the moment there are no clear answers and I think we are probably on the right track. We have been taking a tough line here and we’ll have to see how that goes. __I didn’t notice that he’s received a lot of criticism._ Continue reading...


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The Latest: Greece opens beaches with social distancing

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it ...


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Greece plans to open cafes, restaurants and bars earlier, on May 25

Greece plans to open cafes, restaurants and bars a week earlier than originally scheduled, that is instead of June 1, already on May 25. Media report on Saturday that the government has proposed to the committee of health experts at the Health Ministry the opening of restaurants, cafes, bars and similar establishments on May 25. … The post Greece plans to open cafes, restaurants and bars earlier, on May 25 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Two more asylum seekers on Lesbos diagnosed with coronavirus

Two asylum seekers who have recently arrived on GREECE'S island of Lesbos, home to the country's largest migrant camp, have tested positive for ...


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Hungary contributes money to restore churches destroyed by illegal immigrants on Greek island

Azbej has stayed true to his word to help persecuted Christians and in a Tweet made on Friday, promised to help GREECE. “As part of the HungaryHelps ...


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Sweltering heat set to hit GREECE this weekend

... the country this weekend, a National Observatory of Athens (NOA) scientist said GREECE may be in for the hottest May heatwave in at least 50 years.


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GREECE throws open its Beaches for Holidaymakers in a bid to Kick-Start its Tourist Season

For the first time in months, GREECE has allowed people back onto its beaches and expects them to full when the country opens up to tourism on July 1.


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The Brutal Sport of Boxing in Ancient GREECE

There are numerous legends about the origins of boxing in GREECE. One of the most bizarre stories holds that the heroic ruler Theseus invented a form of ...


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Grecotel Announces Opening of GREECE Resorts in July

Beginning July 1st, Grecotel Hotels & Resorts will begin opening its popular resorts in GREECE destinations. A new initiative dubbed “Summer at Sea” ...


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Turkey says EU 'hostage' to GREECE and Cyprus (updated)

“International law cannot be a la carte for Turkey,” he said. Earlier, Turkey blasted the EU saying it was a “hostage” of GREECE and Cyprus, following a ...


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Australia rejecting dual citizens from returning to GREECE & Cyprus

Travel disruptions continue for Australians as it seems that many expatriates are not sufficiently informed about travel restrictions to GREECE, Cyprus ...


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GREECE Announces Archaeological Sites to Open May 18th

Starting on Monday, GREECE'S archaeological wonders will begin opening to the public once again. The Ministry of Culture has announced the ...


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Migrants and refugees informed on Covid-19 news via podcasts in GREECE

... on https://www.youtube.com/user/SolidarityNowGreece, https://www.solidaritynow.org/podcasts/, https://help.unhcr.org/GREECE/coronavirus/podcasts/ ...


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Greeks Value the Elderly, COVID-19's Favorite Target

... old have traditionally been revered in GREECE, where grandparents regularly walk grandchildren to school and are an integral part of the family life.


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What GREECE Can Teach Us About Fighting COVID-19

GREECE has absolutely answered that call. As acclaimed historian Yuval Noah Harari recently said, GREECE has given the world a plan of action and is ...


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GREECE: Restaurants, Cafes Might Open on May 25, One Week Earlier than Scheduled

GREECE: Restaurants, Cafes Might Open on May 25, One Week Earlier than Scheduled. Ευρωκίνηση. (Photo by Eurokinissi/Sotiris Dimitropoulos).


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PM: GREECE'S presidency at CoE to focus on protection of human health & rights

GREECE will focus on the protection of human life and public health during the Covid-19 pandemic, while fully supporting human rights and the ...


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Coronavirus live updates: India surpasses China as cases spike; Greece reopens beaches

The number of cases in India surpassed that of China, climbing to a total of 85,940 infections. It is now the 11th worst-hit nation.


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Coronavirus World Updates

A Chinese health official suggested that some labs had destroyed coronavirus samples. Greek beaches open. And the moving of begging children to their villages raises virus fears in Nigeria.


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Tragedy in Loutraki: Four men found dead in old German bunker

Tragedy in Loutraki: The bodies of four men were found in a cave ravine in the area of ​​Ano Karbounarι at Saturday dawn. According to preliminary information, the men aged 35 to 70 were searching for a treasure and had a generator with them. Their bodies were found in a depth of 20 meters. Fire … The post Tragedy in Loutraki: Four men found dead in old German bunker appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Asylum Service in Greece resumes full operation on May 18

Asylum Service of Greece will resume full operation as of Monday, May 18, 2020, the Ministry of Migration & Asylum said on Friday. In order to keep social distancing, half of staff will come to work and the rest will work from home. All measures of hygiene will be in full force to prevent coronavirus … The post Asylum Service in Greece resumes full operation on May 18 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Greeks return to beaches in heatwave, but keep their umbrellas apart

Greeks flocked to the seaside on Saturday when more than 500 beaches reopened, as the country sought to walk the fine line between protecting people from COVID-19 while reviving the tourism sector that many depend on for their livelihoods.


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A Theatre for Dreamers by Polly Samson review – free love with Leonard Cohen

‘Where would these male writers be without their ministering angels?’ A novel based around the arty 60s colony on a Greek island captures both the dream and the disappointment It’s the spring of 1960, and 18-year-old Erica has come to the tiny Greek island of Hydra with her boyfriend Jimmy, a would-be painter-poet, to join its foreign colony of writers, artists and musicians. Erica is running away from her controlling father in Bayswater and the risk of becoming nothing more than his housekeeper, like her late mother. “It was unbearable really,” thinks Erica, what her mother “put into a life that wouldn’t contain her”. Hydra’s “fantastically blue water and cheap rent”, “salt-white houses” and wacky creatives promise freedom from all bourgeois restrictions. Erica immediately falls under the spell of Charmian Clift, a charismatic Australian with a ramshackle villa, writer husband and clutch of semi-feral children. Though Clift’s name sounds as if it might have been invented by Samson to capture the seductive spirit of the counterculture, she, like almost everyone on the island apart from Erica and Jimmy, is based on a real person. There’s Clift’s husband, George Johnston; the New York playwright Kenneth Foch; the Beat poet Gregory Corso; and the emerging Scandinavian novelist Axel Jensen, whose long-suffering wife Marianne turns a blind eye to his affairs while she looks after their baby. Clift is a writer herself, author _of Peel Me a Lotus_, a memoir of her family’s Aegean escape from “the rat race”, though her days are now taken up with shopping and cooking thrifty meals when she’s not coaxing George to work. Continue reading...


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Greek island Mykonos waits for tourism relief as it turns into a 'ghost town' due to the pandemic

Seated on stone steps beside his Mykonos souvenir shop, Nikos Degaitis has for decades watched round-the-clock tourist crowds snake through the iconic Greek island town's labyrinthine alleys. The ...


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I flew to Greece and began solo IVF. Then the world shut down

Undergoing fertility treatment at any time is a peculiar experience. In the midst of a pandemic, it becomes surreal ...


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