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Sunday, April 4, 2021

Greece Extends Restrictions on Flights Until Mid-April

This story Greece Extends Restrictions on Flights Until Mid-April appeared first on GreekReporter.com. Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority issued a new statement on Sunday announcing the new rules regarding the nation’s aviation restrictions. This story Greece Extends Restrictions on Flights Until Mid-April appeared first on GreekReporter.com.


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Head of Greek Orthodox Church in Syria dies

The head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Syria, Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim, has died at the age of 91. Patriarch Ignatius suffered a stroke on Tuesday and entered intensive care at St. George's ...


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Greece: 1955 new coronavirus cases, 15-year-old girl among 78 more deaths

Greece health authorities announced on Sunday evening, 1,955 new coronavirus infections by over 1/3 fewer tests due to weekend. 78 people died of Covid-19 complications in the last 24 hours. Among them is a 15-year-old girl. A total of 749 patients are in ventilators in the country’s hospitals. Death toll due to the pandemic is … The post Greece: 1955 new coronavirus cases, 15-year-old girl among 78 more deaths appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Following brutality accusations, Greek police will wear ID numbers

The aftermath of a riot by protesters denouncing police for brutality while trying to enforce COVID-19 health restrictions during a lenient lockdown will see officers required to display visible ...


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Popular Greek Restaurant Going Strong With Four Westchester Locations

If Greek is calling your tastebuds help can be found at Lefteris Gyro, which is so popular with locals it has four locations in the area. Known for their gyros, of course, the restaurants, all located ...


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Coronavirus live: Portugal U-turns on allowing travel to Spain; Covid vaccine passports to be trialled in England

Portugal extends restrictions on travel via land and sea to Spain; England to launch nine ‘vaccine passport’ pilots from mid-April; Pope Francis says crisis remains severe, especially for the poor * Boris Johnson to give go-ahead for trials of Covid passports * See all our coronavirus coverage 6.04pm BST Authorities in BANGLADESH have announced a seven-day lockdown from Monday, with non-essential retail and transport services shut, according to AFP. There were 7,087 new cases reported on Sunday - the highest since the start of the pandemic - taking the infection toll to just under 640,000. Cases have been surging in recent weeks in the nation of 168 million people. The coronavirus infections are spreading fast. The infection and death rates are jumping,” road transport minister Obaidul Quader said in a video message late Saturday. “In view of the prevailing situation, the Sheikh Hasina government has decided to enforce a lockdown across the country for seven days starting from Monday.” 5.38pm BST GREEK health authorities have reported 78 deaths linked to the coronavirus – the highest daily number recorded so far this year. A further 1,955 cases were also registered in the last 24 hours, including 921 in the Athens area and 262 in Thessaloniki, according to Kathimerini newspaper. Continue reading...


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Greece Announces Extended Opening Hours for Sites, Museums

This story Greece Announces Extended Opening Hours for Sites, Museums appeared first on GreekReporter.com. The new summertime schedule of operation for archaeological sites and museums in Greece will kick in later in April this year. This story Greece Announces Extended Opening Hours for Sites, Museums appeared first on GreekReporter.com.


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COVID-19 Pandemic: Greece Records Another 78 Fatalities on Sunday

This story COVID-19 Pandemic: Greece Records Another 78 Fatalities on Sunday appeared first on GreekReporter.com. Greece announced another 1,955 COVID-19 infections on Sunday, with a total of 749 patients now being intubated across the nation's hospitals. This story COVID-19 Pandemic: Greece Records Another 78 Fatalities on Sunday appeared first on GreekReporter.com.


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Popular Greek restaurant opening new location in Hamilton

Those who already love this Hamilton resto will be pleased to hear that it’s opening a brand new location elsewhere in the city.Greek Palace, located at 26 John St.


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Caribbean & USA holidays back May 17 says expert

Charles predicts Spain, France, Portugal and Greece will all be open to British holidaymakers "by early July." READ MORE: Ryanair flights: Airline shares tricks to getting the best plane seats "This ...


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Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias to travel to Belgrade (5 April 2021)

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias will travel to Belgrade tomorrow, 5 April 2021. Rural Development and Food Minister Spilios Livanos and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affair Kostas Fragogiannis will accompany him.The Minister of Foreign Affairs will meet with his Serbian counterpart, Nicola Selaković, and then participate in the first trilateral meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Cyprus and Serbia. Following their meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Serbian counterpart will make statements to the press (at about 12.15, Greek time). Statements to the press are also to follow the trilateral meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Cyprus and Serbia (at about 14.15, Greek time).The Minister of Foreign Affairs will then be received, successively, by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, the President of the Serbian National Assembly, Ivica Dačić, and His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch.  The bilateral meetings are to focus on the close cooperation between Greece and Serbia on implementation of the Joint Declaration signed in the context of the 3rd High-Level Cooperation Council, which took place in Athens in December 2019. Also to be discussed are Serbia’s European perspective and developments in the wider region of the Western Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean. During their trilateral meeting, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Cyprus and Serbia are expected to examine the prospects for strengthening multilateral cooperation, with emphasis on various sectors such as transport and energy.


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New Police Brutality Incident in Greece

This story New Police Brutality Incident in Greece appeared first on GreekReporter.com. Another incident of police brutality became recently known in Greece, this time in the city of Larissa. This story New Police Brutality Incident in Greece appeared first on GreekReporter.com.


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Firefighting forces reinforced on the Greek island of Andros to battle blaze

Firefighters are battling a blaze that broke out in the area Remata on the island of Andros, in the northern Cyclades, the fire department said on Sunday, according to ANA. Meanwhile, 55 firemen with ...


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Greek minister accuses Turkey of trying to provoke by illegally pushing migrant boats

Athens/Ankara: – Notis Mitarachi, Greek Minister of Migration, accused Turkey of inciting Greece with intrusions by migrant ships. Satellite photographs had exposed Turkey was purposely pushing ...


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Hoteliers expect 2 million tourists on Greek island of Crete in 2021

"Crete has always been one of the flagships of Greek tourism and in the unprecedented crisis of the coronavirus, it managed to keep its reputation at a high level and to offer high-quality services to ...


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Vasilis Barkas handed Celtic nightmare exit route as Greek club make transfer enquiry

The big-money summer signing has lost his place in the Parkhead starting line-up to Scott Bain after a torrid season in Glasgow.


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Account of the Harvard Greek Play

In May 1881, students of Harvard University performed Sophocles' masterpiece, Oedipus Tyrannus, in the original Greek. Witnessed by 6,000 people, this performance was reported far and wide, and has ...


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Presidency of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Passes to Greece

The chairmanship of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance officially passed to Greece on Thursday, with GREEK Prime Minister Kyriakos ...


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Government hedging its bets on next 15 days

As GREECE enters the most critical phase since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic last year, the government's decision to “partially ...


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Greek High Court Will Hear Terrorist Koufodinas' Transfer Plea

... to be transferred back to a prison in Athens where he didn't want to be will be taken up by GREECE'S highest administrative court, the Council of State.


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Villages Evacuated on GREECE'S Andros as Fire Breaks Out

Villages Evacuated on GREECE'S Andros as Fire Breaks Out ... A large fire broke out on Sunday morning on the Greek island of Andros, in the archipelago ...


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Celtic flop Vasilis Barkas could be handed way out as Greek club weigh up loan move for £5m keeper

CELTIC outcast keeper Vasilis Barkas could be handed a way out of his Parkhead nightmare with high-flying Greek club PAOK weighing up a loan move for him. The Greek keeper has endured a horror ...


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Anglican Bishop of South Sydney's Easter message inspires with GREEK reference

He collapsed to the ground, and with his last breath he panted out the GREEK word for “victory”, then he died. A GREEK would pronounce the verb ...


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GREECE extends restrictions on international flights to April 19

Under the restrictions, passengers flying to GREECE must receive a negative PCR test 72 hours before arrival and undergo random testing for COVID-19.


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Turkish intervention in Greek migrant pushback recorded

Footage of the Turkish Coast Guard intervening in an attempt by the Greek Coast Guard to push back irregular migrants has been recorded by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The April 2 footage ...


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Scientific Study Places Santorini Volcano Eruption at 1560 BC

This story Scientific Study Places Santorini Volcano Eruption at 1560 BC appeared first on GreekReporter.com. Scientists have reached the conclusion that the Minoan volcanic eruption of Thera (Santorini) occurred at around 1560 BC. This story Scientific Study Places Santorini Volcano Eruption at 1560 BC appeared first on GreekReporter.com.


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On this day, 4 April 1821, Constantine Mourousis, Dimitrios Paparigopoulos and Antonios Tsouras ...

Eugène Delacroix's Massacre of ChiosMost of the GREEKS in the GREEK quarter of Constantinople were massacred. On Easter Sunday, 9 April 1821, ...


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UAV footage shows Greece pushing back asylum seekers

New Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) footage shows a Greek Coast Guard ship in the Aegean Sea illegally pushing back a boat of asylum seekers, including women and children, according to Turkish ...


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Homefront: Lamb for Easter from a local of GREEK heritage who really knows his stuff

Many happy memories go back to the early 1960s when my GREEK grandparents, maternal (Panagakos) and paternal (Doukas), would always have ...


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Greece under the Romans

The text covers political, religious and social life in Greece from the Roman conquest of 146 BCE until 717 CE, the beginning of the Isaurian dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. By focusing on the many ...


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GREECE'S Culture Ministry Sets Summer Hours for Historic Sites

GREECE'S Ministry of Culture has announced the Summer hours for archaeological sites and museums across the country. Because of the pandemic, ...


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The History of Greece

The History, therefore, offers fascinating insights into its own time as well as a study of ancient Greece. The four volumes reissued here are from the uniform edition of 1808. This fourth volume, ...


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Easter promise: the patisserie built on a friendship that bridges Istanbul’s divide

A Greek bakery founded by Christians and now run by Muslims keeps the seasonal spirit alive Fehmi Yıldıran remembers how, growing up in the Anatolian town of Bolu, every spring he and the other children used to boil eggs and dye them red using onion skins. He didn’t find out what the tradition was about until 1952, when he turned 14 and packed his bags for Istanbul with dreams of becoming a chef. On arriving in the metropolis, Yıldıran found himself captivated by life in the glamorous Christian neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, where Greeks, Armenians, Jews and Turks lived cheek by jowl. He was eventually taken under the wing of Yorgo Fotiadis, a Greek pastry maker, as his apprentice. Continue reading...


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Greek side PAOK already hoping they can keep left back Baba Rahman beyond this season

Greek side PAOK are hoping they can convince Ghana international Baba Rahman to stay beyond this season having been impressed with his overall contribution since arriving on loan. Chelsea left-back ...


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Turkey vows anti-terror fight until security ensured

On relations with GREECE, Akar said: “We continue to carry out our extremely reasonable and logical policies without any problems and in full speed.”.


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AP PHOTOS: Greek cafes still shuttered by COVID-19 measures

Vassilis Panteris, co-owner of an all-day bar that provides coffee, food and drinks in a central Athens neighborhood, shut down at the start of GREECE'S ...


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Greek Man Devotes Life to Feeding the Hungry

This story Greek Man Devotes Life to Feeding the Hungry appeared first on GreekReporter.com. Konstantinos Polychronopoulos, founder of charity "The Other Human," works tirelessly feeding the hungry in Greece in the wake of disasters. This story Greek Man Devotes Life to Feeding the Hungry appeared first on GreekReporter.com.


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New Radio Station from SOUNDIS and RYTHMOS 94.9: 'RYTHMOS Non-Stop Mix by Nikos ...

Nikos Halkousis is the DJ that big clubs in Greece and abroad trust, as well as the greatest GREEK artists, such as Nikos Vertis, Nikos Oikonomopoulos ...


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GREECE Shuttered Restaurants Photo Gallery

GREECE Shuttered Restaurants Photo Gallery ... Iron tables stand in front of a decorated fence outside a shuttered traditional restaurant in Plaka, district of ...


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Social Life in Greece from Homer to Menander

He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin and spent the rest of his working life there, as a fellow, and ultimately as provost from 1914 until his death. In this 1874 work, Mahaffy attempts to ...


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Turkish defence minister rejects idea of continental shelf for GREEK islands

... Defense Minister Hulusi Akar reiterated on Saturday his country's view that islands could not have a continental shelf, adding that GREEKS “continue ...


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TRNC condemns Cypriot GREEK leader's remarks about EOKA

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) President Ersin Tatar condemned the GREEK Cypriot terror organization, EOKA, said Turkish Cypriot ...


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1500-year-old GREEK mosaic uncovered in Turkey

A monastery built during the Hellenistic and Roman periods era and a 1,500-year-old mosaic was unearthed in western (Ancient Greece Smyrna) ...


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GREEK Film Society Sydney returns with a slew of new films

If you have missed the wide range of contemporary GREEK films the GREEK Film Society Sydney was providing the community each year, you can ...


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The Five Best Crowd-Free Tourist Destinations of GREECE

GREECE is well known for its thousands of beaches that are tourist magnets, bringing millions of travelers every year to the country; but what about its ...


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Building Up Jax: The Great GREEK coming to St. Johns; Concealment Express seeks Southbank HQ

The Great GREEK received a permit for build-out in a unit located within The Shoppes of St. Johns Parkway. The chain has locations in seven states ...


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91 year Mr Fotiou closes his historical cafe for last time

Part of a much-loved history of GREEK milk bars and listed on the NSW Heritage Register, over 4,500 people are part of an online Facebook closed group ...


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GREECE eases lockdown restrictions and steps up its vaccination campaign

This week GREECE decided to relax some of its lockdown measures, even as it's seeing a record number of infections that's straining hospitals to their ...


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Insight or Perspective: “Overloading children with activities could be detrimental health”

Little Sevasti can't do Ballet and GREEK dance and GREEK class and English tutoring and Maths competition and Chess club and Tennis without ...


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