How the world sees Greece
While it is unlikely that France could get dragged into a war in the Caucasus, the situation between Greece and Turkey is so bad that on Monday NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg voiced hope that ...
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New talks regarding the divided island of Cyprus will be held in New York according to reports on Friday, which said that the United Nations will once again take part in the discussions. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday that the diplomatic parleys will be held sometime within the next two months. The […] The post New UN Talks on Cyprus Will be Held in New York first appeared on Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece.
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The man now lives on an island
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… -brokered talks between Turkey and Greece on a military deconfliction mechanism …
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Greece’s Health Ministry will set up a nationwide surveillance and alert network for Covid-19 mutations, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias announced on Friday, following an emergency meeting with top epidemiologists and the President of the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Athens’ Academy (IIBEAA). Responding to scientists’ concerned over the mutated strains of SARS-CoV-2, the health ministry … The post Greece to set up nationwide surveillance network for COVID-19 mutations appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Greece has extended the lockdown movement restrictions on Friday as the reopening of secondary school education has been announced to take place on Monday, February 1, 2021. However, the movement restrictions have some exceptions like for the number of passengers in taxis and students who rent in another regional unit. Head of Civil Protection Nikos … The post Greece extends lockdown restrictions, secondary education opens on Feb 1 appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Greece’s health authorities announced on Friday, 585 new coronavirus cases and 28 more deaths in the last 24 hours. Further decrease in the number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country that stands at 288. Death toll has reached 5,598 and the total cases stand at 151,041. A total of 770 covid-patients died … The post Greece records 585 new coronavirus cases, 28 more deaths appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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LSO ST LUKES, LONDON, AVAILABLE ONLINE In a concert offered as Covid consolation and commemorating the Greek revolution, Simon Rattle oversaw lyrical Berg and exhilarating Schubert Many, I suspect, would have preferred to hear Simon Rattle’s first London Symphony Orchestra concert of 2021 under different circumstances. Scheduled for the Barbican with a socially distanced audience, it was moved online after lockdown, and recorded in LSO St Lukes on the original concert date of 7 January, days before the LSO temporarily suspended rehearsals and recording and before Rattle announced his much discussed decision to leave London and take up the principal conductorship of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in 2023. “We hope our music helps dispel some of the gloom of the last year,” Rattle announced before the performance. It didn’t quite, as far as I was concerned, though it was superb. The programme – Berg’s Violin Concerto with Leonidas Kavakos and Schubert’s “Great” Symphony, No 9 in C Major, D944 – remained unchanged: the concert was dedicated, meanwhile, to this year’s bicentenary of the start of the Greek revolution against Ottoman rule and the participation of the British philhellenes within it, so the evening began with the Greek national anthem. Continue reading...
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Brittany and James Penny, owners and founders of 2 Cents Inc., just released their first product, The IX Bourbon Whiskey, which looks to honor the legacy of The Divine Nine historically Black Greek ...
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A total of 585 new cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in Greece over the past 24 hours, and 288 people are now intubated in the country’s ICUs, while 28 new deaths occurred in those with the coronavirus in the last day. This shows a disturbing increase in the number of new cases, as 509 were […] The post Covid-19: 585 New Cases, 288 Currently Intubated Across Greece first appeared on Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece.
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The Greek actress said no-one has to feel bad about speaking up
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Greek high schools will reopen on February 1, according to information presented at a live-televised briefing presented by Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias and ...
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Authorities in Greece say high schools will reopen on Feb. 1 for the first time since mid-November, but that nationwide lockdown measures will remain in effect ...
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There has been little running water and electricity for the past week’, one refugee tells Matt Mathers or the thousands of refugees and asylum seekers stranded in squalid camps across Greece, the new ...
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A Greek sailing coach admitted on Friday that he had had what he called a “relationship” with an 11-year-old athlete in the latest twist in sexual abuse in sport. Speaking anonymously to MEGA’s ...
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Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CA) announced on Friday the extension of aviation directives (notams) and travel restrictions for all flight passengers arriving to Greece from abroad as well as restrictions for non-EU citizens with some exceptions. The notams refer among others, to the 7-day quarantine, PLF form, negative PCR Covid-19 tests, Rapid tests upon arrival, … The post Greece extends travel restrictions to international flight passengers appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Commission “Greece 2021” launched its Monetary Program with two coins as collectible souvenirs of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, the Independence War against the Ottoman Empire. the first two coins of the Greek state that can be purchased are: the Phoenix of 1821 and the Drachma of 1832. The Phoenix of 1821 The … The post “Greece 1821” launches souvenir coins program with Phoenix & Drachma appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Greece will loosen some lockdown restrictions on Feb. 1, letting high schools reopen for the first time in more than two months after signs that the spread of COVID-19 infections has stabilised, ...
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Greece has been awarded 312 WiFi4EU vouchers. Learn more about how municipalities are leveraging WiFi4EU to boost connectivity in both touristic and remote areas in the country.
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BRITISH AIRWAYS has slashed the prices of selected holidays to Spain, Algarve and Greece in their latest flash sale. Holidaymakers can book a seven-night stay in these destinations from £189 per ...
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Her recital at Joe Biden’s inauguration electrified viewers and sent the hitherto little known poet’s work to the top of the charts On Wednesday in Washington DC, a striking young woman stood at a podium on the steps of the US Capitol, surrounded by the country’s leaders, who were masked against the pandemic. She was unmasked, at a safe distance, so she could speak with resonance and force, spreading her enthusiastic vision without danger. She radiated joy, conviction and purpose as she declaimed the poem she had written to mark the inauguration of Joe Biden as 46th president of the US: The Hill We Climb. Tears sprang from the eyes of many listeners, those weary and wary from four years of domestic discord, whether they sat on folding chairs at the Capitol, or on easy chairs in their homes. Hearing her words, they felt hope for the future. That woman’s name is Amanda Gorman. She is America’s first national youth poet laureate and, at 22, she also is the youngest poet accorded the honour of delivering the presidential inaugural poem. But despite her youth, Gorman’s assurance and bearing made her seem to stand outside time. Erect as a statue, her skin gleaming as if burnished, her hair cornrowed, banded with gold and drawn tightly back into a red satin Prada headband, worn high like a tiara, she evoked what poet Kae Tempest calls the “Brand New Ancients”: the divinity that walks among us in the present day. According to Greek mythology, nine muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, inspire creative endeavour, with five devoted to different kinds of poetry – epic, romantic, lyric, comic or pastoral and sacred. Gorman suggested a new poetic muse – one to inspire the poetry of democracy. Continue reading...
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Portugal records 234 Covid-linked deaths, it’s latest record high; tens of thousands to be ordered to stay at home in Hong Kong * German lockdown to continue despite drop in infection rate * South Africa paying more than double EU price for Oxford vaccine * WHO platform for pharmaceutical firms unused since pandemic began * Fauci describes ‘liberating feeling’ of no longer working under Trump * UK coronavirus – latest updates 3.02pm GMT The European Ombudsman is investigating the secrecy with which the EUROPEAN UNION’s executive is handling Covid-19 vaccine supply contracts, Reuters reports. _The EU has spent about €2.5bn (£2.2bn) on down payments to secure nearly 2.3bn doses of Covid-19 candidates and approved vaccines from six companies. The pricing, delivery terms and other key clauses are confidential._ _The bloc’s commission, which co-leads talks with vaccine makers along with representatives from EU states, has said that confidentiality is important to allow the EU to strike better deals with companies. The commission was not immediately available for comment on the investigation._ 3.00pm GMT ESTONIA, LATVIA AND LITHUANIA have joined other EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERS in calling for the bloc’s drugs regulator to move quickly in approving AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, Reuters reports. _ The European Medicines Agency said last week it would review the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Britain’s Oxford University this month under an accelerated timeline. _ _The prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said they supported calls already made by by Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece and Denmark for the vaccine to be approved._ Continue reading...
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By Alexander Billinis The use for wood in navigation is older than civilization itself, as it is present in nature. A ride hitched on a fallen log begat the dugout canoe, and the rest is history. The Aegean islanders may have been the first navigators in Europe, and a legacy of shipbuilding is several millennia […] The post Hydra’s Wooden Ships on Their Journey Through History first appeared on Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece.
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Traveling to Greece directives calling for a seven-day quarantine of airline passengers from abroad and a restriction of international flights have been extended until Monday, February 8, 2021. Also, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Friday announced a new directive (Notam) concerning Israel, without the weekly limit of 10,000 passengers provided by the previous aviation […] The post Traveling to Greece? All You Need to Know first appeared on Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece.
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Prime Minister Mitsotakis stressed the need to speed up the European Union’s vaccine approval process in an European Council videoconference on the EU’s strategy for dealing with the pandemic late on Thursday. According to government sources, the Prime Minister, together with Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and Denmark’s Prime Minister Merte Frederiksen, said it was essential to […] The post PM Mitsotakis Urges Speed-Up of EU Vaccine Approval Process first appeared on Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece.
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had no idea that his bare-chested photograph while taking his second vaccine shot against Covid-19 would soon go viral. But it did. The Greek Prime Minister received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday at Attikon Hospital in Athens in the presence of the press, who were happy […] The post Bare-Chested Greek Prime Minister Goes Viral first appeared on Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece.
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Greece recorded 26 cases of the new Covid-19 variant, the nation’s health authorities announced on Friday. The figure was made public as Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias held an emergency meeting with epidemiology experts at the Health Ministry to discuss how the new strain can be contained. The meeting focused on coordinating and enhancing genomic surveillance […] The post Greece Records 26 Cases of New Covid Variant first appeared on Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece.
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In Lucky's, author Andrew Pippos brings together his two main preoccupations - food and stories, he tells JASON RICHARDSON ...
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EU leaders said “No” to the vaccination certificate proposed by Greece and supported by other countries of the European South. Instead, they agreed that essential travel would be discouraged after a meeting to discuss the mounting challenge from more infectious virus variants. At the European Council Summit that took place via teleconference on Thursday, the … The post EU leaders reject Greece’s proposal for “vaccination certificate” appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Greece’s health officials are meeting Friday noon to discuss the issue of the new coronavirus mutations. The meeting chaired by Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias is attended by the President of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Biomedical Research of the Academy (IIBEAA), the president of National Public Health Organization (EODY) and epidemiology experts. The … The post Greek health experts hold meeting on Covid-19 mutations appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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LONDON (ICIS)--Growing applications for the construction of new floating photovoltaic (FPV) plants in Greece are expected to support Greek renewable 2030 targets. Greek energy firm GEK TERNA applied ...
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Greece's conservative government has announced plans to reopen a former royal estate outside Athens for eco-friendly visits and a possible springboard for a range of farming products.
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By Alexander Billinis The use for wood in navigation is older than civilization itself, as it is present in nature. A ride hitched on a fallen log begat the dugout canoe, and the rest is history. The Aegean islanders may have been the first navigators in Europe, and a legacy of shipbuilding is several millennia […] The post Hydra’s Wooden Ships on the Journey to Agency first appeared on Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece.
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Who pays the highest mortgage rates in the EU? We do, together with the Greeks. According to the Central Bank of Ireland’s latest interest rate bulleting — released this week — the average interest ...
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Greece continues to be the only … January 8-21, all of Greece is marked 'green…
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All opposition parties and journalist associations in Greece have lashed out against the ruling New Democracy party after its decision to push forward a bill which provides that journalists will be ...
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It is key to accelerate and harmonize the vaccination processes in the EU and to advance in an equitable distribution of doses worldwide,” said Spain’s Pedro Sánchez. “I am awaiting approval of the ...
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated his call for an EU-wide vaccination certificate that would simplify travel across the bloc, noting the importance of setting it up ahead of this ...
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Germany is moving to rid itself of a cluster of laws introduced by the Nazis, still lingering on its books 75 years after World War II. There are 29 German legal or regulatory texts that still use wording introduced when Hitler was in power, according to Felix Klein, the government's point man for fighting anti-Semitism. Some of them have _"a very clear anti-Semitic background"_, Klein told AFP. Now, with the support of several parties in the Bundestag lower house of parliament as well as Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, Klein wants to wipe the slate clean — preferably before the end of the current term in September. But the question remains whether to introduce a single law to reform all the texts at once, or to approach them one by one. Germany has already reformed several Nazi-era laws over the years, including the infamous Paragraph 175 that criminalised sex between men and was repealed in 1994. More recently, a 1933 ban on medical practitioners _"advertising"_ that they carry out pregnancy terminations was partially scrapped in 2019. But some pertinent examples remain, including a law on altering names introduced by Nazi interior minister Wilhelm Frick in 1938. From January 1939, a change to the law forced Jewish people to add the names _"Sara"_ or _"Israel"_ to their first names if they did not have a name that was considered typically Jewish. The law _"played a huge role in the exclusion and disenfranchisement of Jews"_, said Thorsten Frei, deputy leader of the conservative CDU party's parliamentary group. The section on Jewish names was scrapped by the Allies immediately after World War II, but the remaining text from 1938 was incorporated into federal law in 1954. 'GERMAN REICH' The remaining parts of the law, which deal with issues such as the right to change one's name, are still _"written as though the Third Reich still existed"_, Klein points out. Terms such as _"German Reich"_, _"Reich government"_ and _"Reich interior minister"_ are used, he said. _"It is absolutely unacceptable that Nazi language should continue to shape our federal law in 2021,"_ Social Democratic Party politician Helge Lindh told AFP. _"It is high time to send a clear signal with this long overdue form of denazification."_ The law should also be cleaned up so it applies to all foreign nationals living in Germany, not just Germans, Lindh urged. The law on names may be the most prominent, but there are at least 28 other German legal texts dating from the Nazi era — and possibly as many as 40, he added. _"Other laws and regulations deal with very technical issues, such as the upkeep of the river Elbe in the Hamburg region,"_ explains Frei. Further texts include regulations on alternative medical practitioners, casinos and mutual legal assistance between Germany and Greece. 'RACE' DEBATE Although it was adopted four years after World War II ended on May 8, 1945, aspects of Germany's Basic Law, which charted a clear course away from Nazi ideology, have also come under fire — particularly from the political left. Critics are calling for a revision of Article 3 of the constitution, which contains the term _"race"_. In June 2020, Chancellor Angela Merkel declared herself open to the idea. But any changes to the Basic Law require a two-thirds majority in parliament. Germany is also planning to scrap alphabet tables — phonetic aids with phrases like _"F for Friedrich"_ — that have remained largely unchanged since the Nazis removed all names with Jewish associations in 1934. Although the tables were revised in 1950, most of the old names were not reinstated. A temporary return to pre-Nazi era tables is planned from autumn 2021, with a new version using mainly city names to be rolled out from autumn 2022. The tables are not laid down in law, but overseen by the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN).
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated his idea for an EU-wide Covid-19 vaccination certificate that will help restore safe travel that has been ...
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At the beginning of a new Presidential Administration in the US, and perhaps a new era in US-GREECE relations, Kathimerini English Edition is ...
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GREECE'S conservative government plans to increase the length of compulsory military service in the land forces to 12 months, from nine months today, ...
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Eleftheria Plevritou scored three goals to help GREECE to an 8-5 victory. The final game of the preliminary stage was also in Group B and was another ...
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#MeToo movement takes off in GREECE. In November, Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou revealed that she had been the victim of sexual assault.
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This support will make a real difference to the lives of hundreds of vulnerable and destitute people within GREECE. “During a time where COVID-19 has ...
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Dimitri Cash Sr. continues to be a person of interest to GREECE Police, who are investigating the abduction. 13WHAM News has learned Cash lost ...
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Sofia Bekatorou's decision to go public on being sexually assaulted inspired others to come forward.
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Tracing the political history of the Greek Orthodox Church as it emerged from the Ottoman period in a newly independent Greece, the author of this 1969 edition focuses on the period of revolution from ...
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