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Saturday, November 14, 2020

COVID-19: Austria, Greece, Iran tighten restrictions as infection rates spike

Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced Saturday that the country is going to enter a second lockdown while Greece plans to close primary schools for two weeks and Iran plans to impose tighter ...


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SMS Code for “assistance for people with disabilities” allowed during night curfew

The Greek government had added one more option for exceptional reasons to exit home during the night curfew on Saturday following strong reactions by people with disabilities and mobility problems. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas said that people are allowed to exit their homes to offer personal assistance to .people with disabilities or mobility problems. They … The post SMS Code <4> for “assistance for people with disabilities” allowed during night curfew appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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38 fatalities raise Greece’s death toll 1035; new coronavirus cases 2835

Covid-19 related deaths surpassed the milestone of 1000 on Saturday, after Greece’s health authorities announced on Saturday that 38 people died in past 24 hours. New coronavirus cases are 2,835 and the number of intubated Covid-19 patients broke a new record reaching 366. Total cases have reached 72,510 and death toll 1,035. The recent in … The post 38 fatalities raise Greece’s death toll 1035; new coronavirus cases 2835 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Order ahead for GREEK Orthodox Church's 2020 Bake Sale

St. Catherine GREEK Orthodox Church in Downtown Ithaca is holding its annual Christmas Bake Sale this coming week, but this year's sale will offer ...


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CEO of Pfizer to Greece: I hope the COVID-19 vaccine will be available in a few weeks

The GREEK President contacted the CEO of Pfizer by phone and congratulated him on the seemingly rapid development of the vaccine against ...


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Greece shuts down all schools as deaths cross 1,000

Greece on Saturday announced the closure of primary schools, kindergartens and daycare centres as coronavirus deaths crossed a thousand.


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Coma – Definitions and Explanations

The term “coma” means “deep sleep” in ancient GREEK. The coma is a loss of consciousness and alertness that cannot be reversed by stimulation.


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GREEK Police Saddles Needy Man with €300 Fine for Not Wearing a Mask

The GREEK police in the city of Chania in Crete recently fined a destitute 61-year-old man for not wearing a face mask. The fine was €300. The man ...


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Construction Workers Unearth Ancient GREEK Gem in Downtown Athens

Some speculate the marble head belongs to an ancient GREEK God, probably Zeus, others say it depicts a prominent ancient Athenian. Archaeologists ...


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Tour Ancient Olympia from Home Via New Digital Platform

Created at no cost for the GREEK state, the app was developed as part of Microsoft's “AI for Good” Corporate Social Responsibility program. Not only ...


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GREEK newspaper publisher fined for Jewish 'thief' insult

A GREEK newspaper publisher has been fined about £1,500 for an opinion piece in which the former president of the Athens Jewish community was ...


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Mitsotakis to Archbishop: We must follow COVID-19 restrictions to open Churches for Christmas

GREEK Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with the Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece, Ieronymos, at the offices of the Archdiocese on ...


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Greece closes all schools as part of its second lockdown.

The authorities in Greece announced on Saturday the closure of all schools as the country faces a spike in coronavirus infections and deaths. Although Greece was relatively successful in containing ...


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Ancient Greek bust unearthed in Athens (photos)

It was found during works


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The Latest: Greece fines students for breaking virus curfew

Deaths from the coronavirus have topped 1,000 in Greece, and authorities say that over half occurred since Oct. 18. The Greek government has decided to shut down ...


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Thessaloniki Film Festival's Industry Arm Announces Award Winners

A new award from GREECE'S Finos Film, which aims to support the local industry with a €3,000 ($3,500) grant, went to writer-director Alexandros ...


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Covid-19 Live Updates: As the Virus Breaks Records Across the US, North Dakota Adopts ...

GREECE closes all schools as part of its second lockdown. Here's what you need to know: Hard-hit North Dakota reverses course and announces ...


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Koutsoumbas on Polytechnic March: All Measures Will Be Strictly Followed

Koutsoumbas on Polytechnic March: All Measures Will Be Strictly Followed. Ευρωκίνηση. Communist Party of GREECE (KKE) General Secretary Dimitris ...


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Australian Author Pippos Lucky Too – With Novel Lucky's

Andrew Pippos knows his Australian GREEK diners, most of which have vanished, but he remembered the one operated by his grandparents in the ...


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Every Restaurant and Bar Opening and Closing This Week

Pete's GREEK Town Cafe never reopened after the March shutdown of dining rooms across the state, and now there's a for-lease sign on the building.


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James Blunt: ‘My body has not been a temple. I’ve put it through painful experiences’

The singer talks about sharing rations with the Russians, after-party toasties and his mum’s signature dish I WAS AN ARMY BRAT who lived on army patches – in Cyprus, Hong Kong, Germany and as far afield and exotic as Yorkshire. Every two years we’d move with my father’s helicopter pilot’s job and I’d knock on doors and ask, “Do you have any children of a similar age?”. If so, you’d make a best friend for two years; then never see them again. In Cyprus my best friends were Canadians. In Germany there was lots of bratwurst and chips, but in Cyprus the simple Greek food was fantastic – Mediterranean, delicious and very healthy. MY OVERWHELMING CHILDHOOD FOOD memories are of my mother cooking liver with fried onions. She was brilliant with liver. If she could cook other things, she kept those up her sleeve. Continue reading...


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GREECE also closes primary education to stop the advance of covid-19

For a week there has been a partial confinement in GREECE, which excludes leaving home for work or shopping, going to the bank, going for a walk, ...


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Coronavirus Pandemic: GREECE Records 38 New Deaths; 2835 New Cases

The situation in Thessaloniki, the capital of Macedonia and GREECE'S second-largest city remains critical. TAGS; Cases · coronavirus · Covid 19 · deaths ...


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EU Border Force FRONTEX Finds No Evidence Yet of Refugee Pushbacks…

FRONTEX operates alongside the Greek Border Patrol and the Greek Coast Guard in an attempt to secure GREECE'S and therefore the European ...


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Indian FM: GREECE is our strategic partner

There is no doubt that relations between GREECE and India are reaching unprecedented heights thanks to the close coordination between Greek ...


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It Took a Century to Open a Mosque in Athens. Then Came the Pandemic.

At a time of increased tension with GREECE'S Muslim neighbor Turkey, though, some political observers have said such a move could set off debate. The ...


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Culling of Thousands of Coronavirus-Infected Minks Begins in Kozani, GREECE

The procedure to cull a total of 2,500 thousand minks began in GREECE'S northern city of Kozani on Saturday. All 2,500 minks had contracted the ...


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Coronavirus: Europe further tightens curbs to stem second wave as global deaths top 1.3 million

A swathe of new restrictions to cut off a second wave of coronavirus infections came into force in European nations on Saturday after New York closed bars and the global death toll climbed above 1.3 million.Infections have flared throughout America and Europe, with governments forced to take more drastic action despite the potential devastation of their economies.Greece, battling a saturated national health system, has shut down all schools and imposed a nationwide night curfew from Friday.The…


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Greek authorities slap offenders of Covid-19 measures with fines worth 237,750 euros on Friday

There were 2,475 cases reported


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Greece passes 1,000-death mark from Covid-19 – 2,835 cases on Saturday

There were 38 new deaths recorded on Saturday


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Basil Pantages, entertainment scion, cabaret owner and West End fixture, dies at 87

"The Peter Pan was a place where anybody that was new to Vancouver that was GREEK would go there to meet other GREEKS and stuff like that to ...


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‘Blood of Zeus’ Creators on Reimagining Heroes of Greek Mythology & Their Hopes for Season 2

Blood of Zeus creators Charley and Vlas Parlapanides tease Season 2 of their Netflix anime and more demigod action on the way!


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Fig-ure of Speech

Even before I met my wife, I was a huge advocate of GREEK culture – and especially GREEK cuisine. Shocking, I know. But tasting food in Greece for the ...


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Leicestershire grandmother stuck in GREEK hospital for seven weeks after surgery goes wrong

A Leicestershire woman and her husband have spent a nightmare seven weeks in GREEK hospitals after an operation she had went badly wrong.


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Greece has over 1000 deaths attributed to COVID-19

Yesterday GREEK health authorities announced 38 more registered deaths and 997 deaths in total in the country. COVID-19 in Greece. 399 (40.0%) ...


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Turkey's Akar accuses GREECE of multiple violations

Akar said GREECE violated Turkish airspace 42 times, territorial waters seven times and harassed Turkish aircraft 15 times in October. Earlier this week, it ...


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William J. O'Neal (1933-2020)

Neo-classical Latin and ancient GREEK and Roman constitutional histories captured his scholarly interest. “For him, it was the love of the research and ...


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Letter: Divisiveness will take time to repair

The word Democracy comes from the GREEK word “Demokratia” meaning “Rule By The People.” President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect ...


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Short of Cash: TUI Solvency Threatens Hundreds of GREEK Businesses

News that GREEK hoteliers are over a barrel because TUI AG has not yet to pay millions of euros to certain hotels, comes as little surprise. Financial ...


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Watch superintendents demonstrate next week's school COVID-19 test

GREECE schools have to do 1,800 tests a week. The district has about 1,800 consent forms signed by parents. Graupman share her frustration. Graupman ...


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GREECE Shuts Schools; Fifth China Vaccine in Trial: Virus Update

GREECE shut schools for two weeks to control the virus's spread, while Russia closed bars and restaurants in Moscow and Iran will shutter ...


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Minister: First Dose of the Vaccine Will Be Available in GREECE in Early 2021

According to Kontozamanis "GREECE'S participation in the common European supply in combination with the access to the products portfolio that the EU ...


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Stefanos Tsitsipas chases tennis’s big three, with Greece (and YouTube) on his side

ATP Finals offer defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, and world's top men a chance to take stock as an unprecedented season ends.


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Turkey can turn Thrace into an issue like Artsakh

It will force the GREEK system of power to manage dilemmas, similar to those recently handled by the Prime Minister of Armenia. The painful ...


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GREEK Primary, Pre-School Facilities on Lockdown

GREEK Primary, Pre-School Facilities on Lockdown. Ευρωκίνηση. (Photo by Eurokinissi/ Thanassis Kalliaras, file). 11/14/2020. Athens News Agency.


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Watch GREEK Super League soccer abroad

... Cyprus living abroad, is bringing sports fans around the globe all the excitement of GREEK Super League soccer with a brand-new streaming service, ...


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Greece shuts down primary schools, kindergartens Nov 16-30

Greece will shut down primary schools, kindergartens and nursing schools for two weeks starting on Monday, November 16, 2020, authorities announced Saturday noon. Operation of special schools will continue. The government insists that the closure is not due to spread of the coronavirus among the school children but in order to limit movement and crowding … The post Greece shuts down primary schools, kindergartens Nov 16-30 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Covid-19: GREECE to Close Elementary Schools as of November 16

Pupils will continue lessons via tele-education as in the case of middle and high schools that are closed since November 7, when GREECE entered a ...


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My Great GREEK Adventure: Lefkada, the Bridge to the Mainland

My Great GREEK Adventure: Lefkada, the Bridge to the Mainland. The National Herald. Lefkada - Porto Katsiki beach. (Photo by Stamatina Mylonas).


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This Florida GREEK Church Turned to Yard Sale During COVID-19

While GREEK festivals around the country were canceled, rescheduled or modified to drive-thru's to try to bring in some much-needed revenue for ...


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