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Friday, May 29, 2020

HISTORY: Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia, for almost 1,000 years was the largest GREEK Orthodox Christian church in the world. Unfortunately nothing remains of the original ...


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Greece re-opens its borders to 29 countries on June 15 (LIST)

Greece announced early afternoon Friday, May 29, the list of 29 countries from which it will accept tourists as of June 15, 2020, when it opens its borders again. According to a statement by the Greek Tourism Ministry, borders will be “open” from June 15, with flights permitted to land in Athens and Thessaloniki. Among … The post Greece re-opens its borders to 29 countries on June 15 (LIST) appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Greece: Tourists from 29 countries including Germany, Denmark, China can fly in as of June 15

Greece on Friday listed 29 countries from where it will accept visitors as of June 15 as the Greek government looks to mitigate some of the financial damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The Greek ...


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Brit tourists banned by GREECE because of UK Covid record

GREECE is ready to fling open its doors to tourists yet again - bit Brits will have to wait due to the UK's Covid record. The Greek government says the ...


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GREECE denounces planned 'fiestas' outside Hagia Sofia

GREECE denounced on Friday a decision by Turkey to hold a “fiestas” outside Istanbul's Byzantine-era cathedral Hagia Sophia during Friday's prayers ...


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His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America

GREEK Orthodox Church of the Assumption. Windham, NY. Mon., June 8, 2020 — FEAST OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 9:00 a.m. Orthros.


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Erdoğan's ally threatens a second genocide and invasion of Greece

This was one of the final acts of the GREEK and Armenian genocide in Turkey. By Büyükataman saying that the GREEKS will “have to swim until Sicily” ...


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Greece Producer Prices Fall Sharply In April

Greece producer prices declined at a faster pace in April, the Hellenic Statistical Authority reported on Friday. The producer ...


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Week in Review: Brazil becomes a Covid-19 epicentre and Hollywood mulls its red carpet options

FRANCE 24 takes a look at how Brazil has become a Covid-19 hotspot and how nations from Argentina to Greece are dealing with the pandemic. Meanwhile, Hollywood searches for socially distant alternatives to red carpet glamour, Portugal tries to save its tourist season and post-lockdown Parisians flock to the painters’ haven of Barbizon for a breath of fresh air.       


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Greece to allow visitors from 29 countries next month

Greece on Friday listed 29 countries from where it will accept visitors as of June 15 as the Greek government looks to mitigate some of the financial damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The Greek ...


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Coronavirus: Greece to open to tourists from 29 countries in June

Greece said on Friday it will open to visitors from 29 countries from June 15, days before its peak tourism season begins, following a shutdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. Read the latest updates ...


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GREECE Lays Out Plan to Make Best Use of EU Emergency Funding

According to Staikouras, the government's two-pronged plan will prioritize actions needed to propel GREECE'S economic recovery, strengthen its health ...


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GREECE Biopesticides Market to Record an Exponential CAGR of 9.5% by 2024

According to the Graphical Research new growth forecast report titled “GREECE Biopesticides Market Size, By Product (Bioherbicides, Bioinsecticides, ...


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Petsas: Turkish "Fiestas" outside Hagia Sophia "Annoying"

... something along these lines was happening at the historic church, adding that GREECE was now stronger than at any other time in relation to Turkey ...


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Greek Retail Sales Volume down 3.1% in March

... the first month of the pandemic lockdown in GREECE, with a sharp increase in turnover in supermarkets and pharmacies containing the drop, Hellenic ...


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Best all-inclusive holidays to GREECE and hotels

In GREECE, there are a host of classy and excellent-value hotels with all-inclusive bundles. The vital attributes of a standard summertime vacation are ...


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Greece holidays: Nation blacklists Britons when it reopens due to coronavirus record

GREECE has blacklisted British tourists from visiting the country when it reopens this summer due to the UK's poor coronavirus track record.


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Greece to Open to Tourists From 29 Countries From June 15

Germany, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland, Japan, Malta, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Australia, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Albania, Estonia, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Hungary, ...


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GREEK Region of Thrace a “Rare Model of Symbiosis” Between Christians…

President Sakellaropoulou, who is currently touring the region, said that Thrace has “always been an incubator for education, as all GREEK cities in ...


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Germany, China included in GREEK country list of tourists accepted as of June 15

GREEK authorities will monitor the development of the virus and amend its recommendations accordingly. Online. PRINT; FAVORITE; REMOVE ...


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Reopening of Cruise Sector to Follow Adoption of EU Rules, GREEK Shipping Expert Says

... Infectious Diseases of European directives - which must be observed by passengers and crew on cruise ships in GREEK ports - and the resumption of ...


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Greek Orthdox Church still using shared spoon for communion despite scientists’ warnings

Contrary to what science says, the Greek Orthodox Church insists it is impossible for any disease – including the coronavirus – to be transmitted through Holy Communion ...


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German academic back home after two months of isolation in sea

A German academic who had been sailing in the Aegean Sea on his catamaran as the pandemic made its way into Europe and who eventually got stranded in the middle of the Aegean Sea, because both Turkey and Greece closed their borders, is now back home.


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Thousands of refugees to lose access to free housing in Greece

Thousands of refugees in mainland Greece will lose access to free housing as officials seek to move asylum seekers from island camps into the accommodation, the government said on Friday.  The ...


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Sakellaropoulou: Komotini Is a Meeting Place of Cultures and Religions

KOMOTINI, GREECE - "Komotini is a city with a distinctive culture, a meeting ... while sending a message of optimism and unity about GREECE'S future.


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GREECE'S Migration Minister Disputes Report Criticizing Handling of Crisis

... financial mismanagement in the building of a refugee and migrant detention center in Malakasa, also alleging poor handling of GREECE'S handling of ...


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GREECE announces full list of 29 countries which can visit from next month – but the UK isn't included

GREECE, which has 2,906 cases of coronavirus, is allowed a limited number of tourists from certain countries to begin holidays again within the ...


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Microsoft Plans to Create Robotic Center in GREECE

... that the multinational technology company plans to create an RPA (Robotic Process Automation) development center in GREECE. The announcement ...


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Greece travel advice: can Brits travel to Greece on holiday as country welcomes foreign travellers from June

Around the world, lockdown restrictions are beginning to lift, with the Greek government making moves to get the country back to normal ...


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GREEK Media Reports Inter Target Georgios Vagiannidis Rejects Approach From Olympiacos

Panathinaikos' Georgios Vagiannidis has already rejected a contract offer from fellow GREEK Super League side Olympiacos according to a report from ...


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Mitsotakis Touts GREEK High-Tech US Buyouts Success Stories

Mitsotakis spoke at a video conference with the founders of GREEK technology companies that succeeded in attracting foreign investment during the ...


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GREEK Cops Thwart Bomb Attack Outside Ex-Minister's Building

The suspects, not named under GREEK privacy laws that generally prohibits identifying people except in high-profile cases or when politicians swap ...


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BMW X1 xDrive25e plug-in hybrid: Fresh pictures from GREECE

Just a few months, the new BMW X1 xDrive25e electrified SAV has celebrated its official market debut in GREECE. Since Spring 2020, the new BMW X1 ...


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GREECE Accused of Forcing Asylum Seekers to Turkey, Activists Complain

“At the river they said, 'This is where we drop you, go to the river and go outside of GREECE,'” Kohistani said. He said he and the other migrants had no ...


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Greek Yacht Companies Laugh at COVID-19 Health Measures

Yachting is an important part of GREECE'S tourism sector which is set to reopen in full on July 1 and with the New Democracy government trying to ...


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GREECE Will Transfer Refugee, Migrants in Hotels on Islands

ATHENS - While transfers to the mainland of refugees and migrants on five Greek islands holding more than 38,000 were put in limbo during the ...


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GREEK PM Attends 3rd Smart Covid-19 Management Group Discussion

GREEK Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday participated in the third teleconference of the Smart Covid-19 Management Group, which ...


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Final speech of the last Byzantine emperor: “Present your shield and sword descendants of GREEKS”

Despite the amalgamation of GREEK and Roman influences, its language and culture was GREEK. Although the Turkish state presents the Fall of ...


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Communion Ritual Unchanged in GREEK Orthodox Church despite COVID-19

This is proven, he said, through "the experience of centuries." Αssociated press. In this Sunday, May 24, 2020, photo, a GREEK Orthodox priest uses a ...


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A message from His Eminence Archbishop Makarios on National Reconciliation Week

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, Primate of the GREEK Orthodox Church of Australia, has issued a message for National Reconciliation Week, ...


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Greek March retail sales drop 3.1 pct y/y

Greek retail sales by volume dropped 3.1 percent in March compared to the same month a year ago after a downwardly revised 2.5 percent increase in February, statistics service ELSTAT said on Friday.


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Gennimata: GREECE Should Ask for UN Intervention against Erdogan's Provocativeness

Gennimata: GREECE Should Ask for UN Intervention against Erdogan's Provocativeness. Ευρωκίνηση. Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Fofi ...


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Communal Spoon Still Used In GREEK Communion

A GREEK church and its followers insist that no disease can be transmitted through Holy Communion, including the new coronavirus. Written By.


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Travel Quarantine Rules in Bulgaria, GREECE, Germany, Spain, France and other Countries

When Panos flew back home to Athens from Brussels his welcome home was a seat on a coach taking him to one of GREECE'S quarantine hotels.


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Olympiacos stays in GREECE'S second-tier division

Charilaos Trikoupis and Diagoras Dryopideon earned a spot in GREECE'S top-flight division. The Greek Basketball Federation additionally notes that in ...


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GREECE seeks to keep diplomatic channels open with Turkey

Diplomacy with Turkey was the major theme during a meeting on Wednesday between Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and GREECE'S Foreign ...


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Istanbul vs. Constantinople & why both are Greek cities

On the occasion of the sad anniversary of the Fall of the "City of the Cities" in May 29th 1453 to the Ottoman Turks


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INTERVIEW: Not a single death or COVID-19 case at GREEK retirement homes

NEW EUROPE (NE): Greece has not suffered from the same severe consequences from COVID-19 as other nations, what differentiates the GREEK ...


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Australia's PM considers travel to GREECE in response to campaign for bilateral travel

A campaign pushing for GREECE to be one of the first countries for international travel once Australia opens its borders was begun this week by Neos ...


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Hotel Housing For Refugees in GREECE To Be Greatly Reduced in…

Sixty of the 93 hotel facilities provided to asylum-seekers will be closed in 2020, according to GREECE'S Migration and Asylum Policy Minister Notis ...


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