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Friday, March 27, 2020

Coronavirus hits Greek labor market: Rotation work, salary cuts by 50%

The coronavirus crisis has dramatically hit the Greek labor market and allows companies to operate on staff’s rotation work thus cutting employee’s salaries by 50%. Employers can also suspend workers’ contracts. The Greek government issued a legislative act that allows employers and corporations to introduce a new system of rotational work” employees can work for … The post Coronavirus hits Greek labor market: Rotation work, salary cuts by 50% appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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COVID-19 briefing: 4 patients off mechanical support; drugs in hospitals, rapid tests

“It is the small victories that will define the battle against the coronavirus,” said spokesman of Greece’s National Health Organization and Professor for Infectious Diseases Sotiris Tsiodras on Friday evening, during the daily briefing on the situation of COVID-19 patients, the confirmed cases and the number of deaths. “Four patients who were in intensive care … The post COVID-19 briefing: 4 patients off mechanical support; drugs in hospitals, rapid tests appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Stunning Greek Revival in Cambridge asks just under $2.5 million

The bones of the New England Greek Revival at 17 Vineyard Street in West Cambridge near Fresh Pond date from 1847. But the house is essentially the product of a dramatic makeover two years ago ...


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'Urgent' EU help needed in virus fight in camps: Greece

Greece has called for "urgent" EU backing to prepare for a possible coronavirus outbreak in migrant camps, a minister said Friday. "This sort of case could have dramatic consequences. It is ...


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Two Greek Medical School Labs Get Funding to Help in Covid-19 Diagnosis, Research

ATHENS – Two laboratories at the National and Capodistrian University of Athens will help in the diagnosis and research of Covid-19, following funding by the […] The post Two Greek Medical School Labs Get Funding to Help in Covid-19 Diagnosis, Research appeared first on The National Herald.


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Turkey evacuates 5,800 asylum seekers from Greek border

Turkey’s interior minister on Friday said 5,800 asylum seekers near the Greek border have been evacuated as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus. In an interview to Turkish news channel ...


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Bishop calls on faithful to lie, break the lockdown and go to church

Τhe rapid spread of the covornavirus that sends thousands to hospitals and to graves around the globe does not impress the Greek Church. It insists on daily religious services with some ‘real revolutionaries in black” to even call on the faithful to break the lockdown. One local Bishop urged the faithful to lie and break … The post Bishop calls on faithful to lie, break the lockdown and go to church appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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North Macedonia joins Nato after resolving Greek naming issue

North Macedonia became the 30th member of Nato, the transatlantic military alliance, on Friday after it resolved a long-running naming dispute with neighbour Greece last year. Previously known as ...


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UPDATE 1-Greece's Alpha Bank's profit grows on lower provisions

ATHENS, March 27 (Reuters) - Alpha Bank’s net profit slightly grew in the fourth quarter due to lower provisions for bad loans and higher net interest income, the ...


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Tsipras: “What Matters Most Νow Is Protecting GREEK Citizens' Health”

Tsipras: “What Matters Most Νow Is Protecting GREEK Citizens' Health”. By ANA March 27, 2020. SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras. (Photo by Eurokinissi/ ...


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With half a semester gone, GREEK chapters share concerns on paying dues

Current and new GREEK life members have already paid their financial dues for the spring semester. New member education programs and initiations, ...


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8 million euro donation to GREEK health system

Also on Thursday, the Heracles Group of LafargeHolcim, a leading company in the GREEK construction materials market, announced the donation of ...


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Man in Thessaloniki arrested for transporting 12 minor migrants

GREEK authorities arrested and charged a Syrian man after finding 12 Egyptian teenagers hidden in his van, following a car chase through the northern ...


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natalia bazaiou encases nature in glass as central element in GREEK apartment

natalia bazaiou made plants, trees and soil the focal point around which the apartment unravels. constitutive elements of the identity of the GREEK ...


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EU agrees Libya naval mission after GREEK solution

EU agrees Libya naval mission after GREEK solution. By EUobserver. Today, 10:44. EU countries have agreed to launch an air and sea surveillance ...


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GREEK government comes out fighting for local shipping

GREEK shipowners had previously been accused of all but creating the 2008 financial crisis, by taking money out of Greece and/or not paying taxes. A ...


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GREEK island refugee camps face coronavirus 'disaster', aid groups warn

Last week, residents battled a scorching blaze in one of the living containers inside the Moria refugee camp on the GREEK island of Lesvos. A strong ...


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Hellenic Film Society Offers GREEK Films to Watch in Quarentine

Tired of binge watching the same type of programming? All these GREEK films are available for streaming. If you missed them the first time we screened ...


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Turkey removed some 6,000 migrants from Greek border

Turkey has sent some 6,000 migrants waiting at the Turkish-Greek border to cross into the European Union to cities inside the country, the interior minister said on Friday, as part of measures to ...


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Greek Interior Minister: “Our life will not be the same after the coronavirus crisis ends”

He noted that it was impossible to discuss what will happen on the "next day" because nobody knows when the crisis will end


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Coronavirus Greece: 966 total, 74 new cases & 28 fatalities total

A total of 66 patients are treated at Intensive Care Units 65 of which are intubated


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Greek PM Mitsotakis: Europe United Can Do a Great Deal More

ATHENS – “Yesterday’s EU summit meeting was not equal to the occasion. Europe is up against the greatest crisis since World War II. I am […] The post Greek PM Mitsotakis: Europe United Can Do a Great Deal More appeared first on The National Herald.


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Aegean Airlines and Hellenic Petroleum Offer to Fly Medical Supplies from China Free of Charge

ATHENS – Aegean Airlines and Hellenic Petroleum have offered the free use of aircraft and fuel, respectively, to bring medical supplies from China to Greece […] The post Aegean Airlines and Hellenic Petroleum Offer to Fly Medical Supplies from China Free of Charge appeared first on The National Herald.


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Tsiodras: Greek Coronavirus Cases Rise to 966, Death Toll up to 28

ATHENS – The Health Ministry’s coronavirus spokesman and infectious diseases professor Sotiris Tsiodras on Thursday evening announced 74 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Greece […] The post Tsiodras: Greek Coronavirus Cases Rise to 966, Death Toll up to 28 appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greece's Alpha Bank Q4 profit slightly up Q/Q, lower provisions

Alpha Bank reported slightly higher net profit in the fourth quarter last year on the back on lower provisions for bad loans and better net interest income, Greece's fourth-largest lender by assets ...


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Greek Church requests to be exempt from lockdown

Greece’s Education and Religion Ministry announced on Thursday that Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece requested an exemption from the coronavirus curfew measures, to carry on liturgies on ...


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Six Greek Airlines Run Into Covid-19 Turbulence

Six smaller Greek airlines are calling for immediate financial backing in order to remain above water in view of plummeting traveler flows and imminent operational costs resulting from the coronavirus ...


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Five tons of chloroquine medicine land in GREECE from India to fight Covid-19

The five tonnes of chloroquine ordered by GREECE from India arrived in Athens in an effort by Greek authorities to create stockpiles of the drug ...


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Re-watch: Parker, De Colo and France outlast GREECE in EuroBasket 2011 quarterfinals

Re-watch: Parker, De Colo and France outlast GREECE in EuroBasket 2011 quarterfinals. 2020-03-26T19:49:10+00:00 2020-03-26T19:49:10+00:00 ...


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Minister: Decongestion of island hotspots has started in GREECE

"So far, we have no coronavirus cases in refugee and migrant accommodation centers across the country," Migration and Asylum Minister Notis ...


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Alabama native living in GREECE offers perspective on coronavirus

Gina Billy Kraft misses drop by visitors and spontaneously getting together with friends outside Lentas on the southern side of the island of Crete in ...


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GREECE Celebrated March 25th Dual Religious and Independence Day Holiday from Homes

“We will not be able to go to church for services today,” said Pitsa Gerou-Macarounis, Athens GREECE. “The Friday Lenten Akathistos hymn services are ...


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GREECE records primary surplus in virus stricken economy

GREECE'S Finance Ministry announced a primary state budget surplus of 831 million euros in the first two months of the year, down from a budget target ...


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Ambassador Pyatt's Message to American citizens in GREECE on COVID-19

The United States Ambassador to GREECE, Geoffry Pyatt, shared a heartwarming video message to comfort the American citizens in GREECE. “I wanted ...


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Coronavirus in GREECE: 71 new cases, total rises to 892

Speaking alongside Tsiodras, GREECE'S Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Chardalias praised the vast majority of Greek citizens, who have ...


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GREECE is reaching a 'whatever it takes' moment

A police officer wearing protective gloves stands guard in front of the Greek parliament building during a ceremony marking GREECE'S Independence Day ...


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GREECE cracks down on violators of coronavirus lockdown

On Thursday as GREECE entered the fourth day of a full lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) ...


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JC JT JH JK GA| WSU Greek members talk about changes in Greek life due to COVID-19

Normally, when students return from spring break they expect to return to university life and for new Greek recruits, to be initiated into their house. This year was different because WSU Greek ...


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No illegal immigrants at Greek-Turkish border

After Turkey opened up its border gates and Greece became under siege a month ago, significant numbers of immigrants everyday gathered in large groups at the Greek-Turkish land border, attempting to ...


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Greece issued stark warning as coronavirus set to explode on islands: 'Time's up!’

GREECE and the European Union have been warned "there is not much time left" to stop an explosion of coronavirus cases erupting on its Aegean islands, as thousands of refugees continue to travel from ...


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Ministry: Greek Hotels that Remain Open to Host Medical Personnel, Armed Forces, etc.

The Greek Tourism Ministry on Thursday announced 268 hotels in Greece that have been allowed to remain open to cover specific accommodation needs, such as hosting medical personnel, during the ...


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Greek Finance Minister calls for flexibility from banks during coronavirus pandemic

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras called for more flexibility from Greek banks, which have said they would offer individual borrowers hit by the coronavirus crisis a three-month freeze on loan ...


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Migrants end wait at Turkey-Greece border for Europe

Despite the rising number of cases, most people who contract the virus suffer only mild symptoms before making a recovery. Some 150,600 migrants and refugees have succeeded in entering Greece by land ...


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Turkey reportedly evacuates hundreds of migrants from border with Greece amid coronavirus pandemic

Turkish authorities on Friday evacuated hundreds of migrants who had been waiting at the border with Greece hoping to make their way into Europe, amid the coronavirus pandemic, Turkey’s state-run news ...


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Greek Man Fined €5,000 After Mother Turns Him In For Breaking Quarantine

A very peculiar story in the era of the coronavirus was made public on Friday in Greece, regarding the curfew and the tough measures the Greek state has imposed to limit the spread of the contagion.


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UAE Sends 11 Tons of Medical Supplies and Equipment to Greece

ATHENS – The United Arab Emirates has sent roughly 11 tons of medical supplies and equipment to Greece to meet its needs in the battle […] The post UAE Sends 11 Tons of Medical Supplies and Equipment to Greece appeared first on The National Herald.


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Greek Gov’t Taking Steps for Decongestion of Jails as a Measure against COVID-19

ATHENS – The government is preparing additonal measures to prevent and manage a possible coronavirus outbreak in the country’s prison system, including the decongestion of […] The post Greek Gov’t Taking Steps for Decongestion of Jails as a Measure against COVID-19 appeared first on The National Herald.


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Theodorikakos: Greek Daily Life Will Not Be the Same after the Coronavirus Crisis Ends

ATHENS – “There is no one that believes our life will be the same [once the coronavirus crisis is over]. There will be a recession […] The post Theodorikakos: Greek Daily Life Will Not Be the Same after the Coronavirus Crisis Ends appeared first on The National Herald.


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Good News: First Woman in Greece to Give Birth while Infected with Coronavirus Discharged from Hospital

ATHENS – The first woman in Greece to give birth while infected with coronavirus is to be discharged from Attikon Hospital on Friday, along with […] The post Good News: First Woman in Greece to Give Birth while Infected with Coronavirus Discharged from Hospital appeared first on The National Herald.


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Mitsotakis: The Battle for the Protection of Greece’s Borders Continues with Undiminished Vigilance

ATHENS – The battle for the protection of Greece’s borders in Evros, which is under the greatest pressure from the attempts of migrants and refugees […] The post Mitsotakis: The Battle for the Protection of Greece’s Borders Continues with Undiminished Vigilance appeared first on The National Herald.


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