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Sunday, August 8, 2021

Cyprus President devastated over catastrophic fires in Greece, has offered any assistance necessary

… about the catastrophic fires ravaging Greece and noted that he is … contact with the government of Greece and has offered any assistant … he is in contact with Greece`s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis … rescue teams have been in Greece for some days assisting in …


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Heathrow Airport: Is Greece on the green list and what are its entry rules?

… weather and magnificent islands, Greece has always been a popular … go there, which include Greece. Passengers will need to … . Alternatively, people arriving in Greece need to provide proof they … 14 days before travelling. Greece also takes proof of recovery …


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Hundreds evacuated by boat from Greek island as flames reach shore

… the blazes continued raging in Greece for a fourth day. The … and go up Mount Parnitha. Greece, like much of the rest …


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1 Firefighter Killed and 20 Others Injured as Greek Wildfire Spreads Out of Control

… Getty Images) Greek Wildfire On Saturday, wildfires raged in Greece, destroying houses … changed direction, became uncontrollable for Greece. Firefighters and special planes from … common in Greece and other Mediterranean nations throughout the summer, Greek and …


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Firefighters make progress against fires burning through Greece

… Massive wildfires raging across Greece for the sixth consecutive … northern outskirts of the Greek capital Athens, the Peloponnese … Euboea, the largest Greek island after Crete, large fires continue to … and helicopters to help Greece contain the flames. The …


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Evia fires: Battle against wildfire continues after the Greece's worst heatwave in decades.

… Saturday night and Sunday, Greek coast guard vessels and … Ukrainian firefighters sent to Greece as reinforcements. Four helicopters … National Resilience Assurance Team). Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis … ; Mr Mitsotakis said. Greek and European officials have …


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Mersey firefighters to help fight 'apocalyptic' blazes in Greece

… wildfires in Greece. Blazes began razing Greek forests last … Ukrainian firefighters sent to Greece as reinforcements. Four helicopters … Greece and the UK stands shoulder to shoulder with our Greek … pilots, both Greek and French. Greek and European officials …


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Lancashire firefighters flown into Greece to help with terrible wildfire crisis

… to support our colleagues in Greece." Authorities are dedicating … Greece and the UK stands shoulder to shoulder with our Greek … to our colleagues in Greece, along with their communities … Athens area, central and southern Greece — on suspicion of starting …


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Greece wildfires: Hundreds more evacuated as uncontrolled fires rage

Hundreds more people have been forced to flee their homes in Greece as firefighters struggle to contain huge, days-old, wildfires. Tourists and locals were evacuated by boat from Evia, the country's ...


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Evacuated Greek locals watch in horror as wildfires tear through their paradise island home of Evia

More evacuation alerts were triggered this morning on Evia. Footage shows the blaze raging on as evacuated locals watch in horror from inside a ship on Lake Evia.


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Antetokounmpo donates temporary accommodation to fire-stricken residents

Giannis Antetokounmpo, has offered temporary accommodation to residents of Athens and Attic affected by the devastating wildfires that have swept across the area since Tuesday for several days and nights. The Greek Freak but also many anonymous volunteers jumped immediately to help, where other prominent Greeks remained silent to the plight that has affected thousands … The post Antetokounmpo donates temporary accommodation to fire-stricken residents appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Over 1,000 electricity poles burnt in Athens fire

More than 1,000 electricity poles have reportedly so far been damaged in the devastating wildfires that have ravaged northern Attica. Of these, more than 230 are in the suburb of Varybobi alone, according to Giorgos Adamidis, the president of the GENOP-DEI union representing Public Power Corporation employees. Speaking to Skai TV on Sunday, he said … The post Over 1,000 electricity poles burnt in Athens fire appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Evia evacuees had to purchase ferry ticket… until the Shipping Ministry woke up

The unbelievable happened but nobody is surprise if one lives in Greece: Residents and visitors of the island of Evia who were ordered to evacuate due to fires had to purchase tickets to board on ferries and get on the mainland. It needed a lot of complaints and denouncements to media, Live on TV, for … The post Evia evacuees had to purchase ferry ticket… until the Shipping Ministry woke up appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Fire in Attica: Incendiary device found in the forest of Varybombi (photos)

More evidence show that climate change was not the only reason for the fires in Greece


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Thousands flee GREEK island as blazes continue to ravage lands

Thousands have fled their homes on the GREEK Island of Evia as wildfires continued to rage uncontrolled on Sunday for a sixth day. While fires that had ...


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Why is the GREEK flag flown at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games?

The tournament dates back to 776BC, when the games were held every four years in Greece out of respect for the god Zeus. GREEK fans hold up flags at ...


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As Cops Watch, GREEK Journalist, TV Crew Covering Fires Attacked

ATHENS - As police reportedly watched and didn't intervene, a journalist and her GREEK TV station crew covering a major fire north of Athens were ...


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GREEK-American Stories: Neighborly Neighbors

GREEK-American Stories: Neighborly Neighbors ... Yiannis came into Dixon's that Sunday afternoon looking as if he was wearing tight shoes. He set his ...


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'Disaster movie' in Greece: Death and devastation as wildfires rage across the world

From Greece to California, the summer has seen wildfires rage in several places around the world, with lives lost and thousands evacuated.


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Fire devours Greek island forests as residents urged to flee

Pillars of billowing smoke and ash blocked out the sun above Greece's second-largest island and turned the sky orange as a days-old wildfire devoured pristine forests and triggered more evacuation ...


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Oil Spills From GREEK Ship In Black Sea Near Russia's Novorossiysk -Water Transport Agency

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 08th August, 2021) Oil has spilled from the GREEK tanker Minerva Symphony in the Black Sea near the Russian ...


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Wildfires continue to rip through parts of Greece

Firefighters continue to battle blazes that stretch for miles north of Athens.


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Athens at risk as Greece wildfires rage out of control – 150 fires devastate nation

WILDFIRES across Greece continue to rage out of control, resulting in thousands of tourists and residents being evacuated from towns north of the Greek capital, Athens.


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Tokyo Olympics: Greece Wins Silver in Water Polo Final Against Serbia

Greece made history on Sunday during the water polo final, and despite losing 10-13 to Serbia, won its first silver Olympic medal in history. Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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Massive Evia Fire Continues to Destroy Island; Shames Greek State

The fires on Evia continued to ravage the island as Greece continued to battle against the blazes on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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World faces 'catastrophic' climate change as wildfires tear through GREECE, minister warns

World faces 'catastrophic' climate change as wildfires tear through GREECE, minister warns. 8 August 2021, 08:32 | Updated: 8 August 2021, 08:38.


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Serbia take final gold of Tokyo Games in water polo win over GREECE

Tokyo: Rio 2016 champions Serbia won their second consecutive Olympic gold medal in men's water polo, beating GREECE 13-10 in a thrilling final at ...


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'Our end is near': Blazes show no sign of reprieve in Greece

People try to move parts of their belongings to safety as a wildfire rages in a wooded area north of Athens. Wildfires burning across Greece have been caused by widespread droughts and unseasonably high temperatures that have soared to between 40 and 47 degrees Celsius during the past 10 days. Angelos Tzortzinis/dpa People in Greece woke up on Sunday to another day that resembled hell on Earth in some areas, as wildfires continued to tear through the country. "We are alone. Our end is near," Giannis Kotzias, mayor of the endangered city of Istiaia told Greek broadcaster Skai. The harbour town is in the north of Euboea, Greece's second-largest island, which has been the site of some of the worst blazes this season. Tempers are also flaring on the island, where aerial firefighting only began on Sunday. Many complain of being left to their fate, battling blazes that stretched across multiple square kilometres and sometimes turned into walls of flame stretching up to 7 kilometres. "They left us to burn," one man told Skai, noting how the country's firefighting plane fleet has been focusing on the area around Athens up until now. But officials defended their actions, citing limited resources. "We couldn't be everywhere. You just have to imagine what would happened if the fires north of Athens had expanded to a densely settled area," said one firefighter. There were reports that the situation was stabilizing north of Athens on Sunday, with fire crews reporting that they have been able to extinguish some smaller blazes, according to one official in comments to the state broadcaster. Crews surveying the situation north of Greece said they had counted about 300 houses and industrial buildings destroyed in the blazes and said it would take about 15 days to restore power to the region. Water service has yet to be fully restored as well. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has made a point of saying multiple times in recent days that the priority is saving lives, not property or forests. There are about 4 million residents of greater Athens, where Euboea has a population of about 220,000 and the area most endangered by flames is primarily wooded. That said, thousands of people have been evacuated from the island. Ferries were active again on Sunday, picking up people from the shoreline because it was no longer safe to head to the roads. The smoke from these flames was spreading and had even been detected in Athens, 100 kilometres away. The situation was little better on the Peloponnesian Peninsula, where a fire is burning south of the town of Megalopolis and another one on the peninsula's western part is moving ever inland in the heavily wooded area of Arcadia, near Olympia. The regional mayor is demanding more air support to fight the fires and has also slammed decisions to keep firefighting aircraft near Athens until now, thus allowing fires to burn out of control in other parts of the country. The fires have drawn international attention and drawn teams of firefighting assistance from across Europe and the Middle East. Volunteers try to put out a forest fire in a wooded area north of Athens. The wildfires in Greece were still burning out of control, with no all-clear possible on most of the fire fronts. Angelos Tzortzinis/dpa


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The history of naming tropical cyclones

In fact, we ran out of names on the 2020 list, and made it all the way to Iota in the GREEK alphabet. That has only happened once before, 2005.


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WATCH: Hundreds of tourists ferried from BURNING GREEK island

WATCH: Tourists rescued amid GREEK wildfires. the view for evacuees on a ferry on Lake Evia in Greece, August 6, 2021. (video: ...


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Olympics-Water polo-Serbia men win gold after beating Greece

The GREEK team settled for silver, their first podium finish in men's water polo, while Hungary claimed the bronze https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/ ...


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Feast Day of Saint Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzikus

On August 8, the GREEK Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast Day of Saint Emilian, Bishop of Cyzikus. Saint Emilian, Bishop of Cyzikus, lived during ...


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GREEK City Times Music: GCT Official Playlists by Niki Glinellis

Sharing her passion with GREEK music fans worldwide, Niki brings to you all of the tunes from Greece as soon as they are released, as well as hot ...


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GREEK Jewish community outraged over cemetery vandalism

GREEK Jewish community outraged over cemetery vandalism. "We strongly condemn this shameful act of sacrilege and villainous manifestation of ...


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Bill Papas Speaks Out Over Westpac Fraud Allegations

Bill Papas, the GREEK-Australian businessman at the centre of $400 million fraud allegations, has finally broken his silence after failing to meet multiple ...


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Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organisation's COVID-19 technical lead, confirmed the ...

New coronavirus strains could be named after constellations once the GREEK alphabet is used up, a World Health Organisation (WHO) boss has ...


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Covid variants could be named after star constellations if Greek alphabet is used up, says WHO epidemiologist

… variants after letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid “stigmatising” … in India. Once the 24 Greek letters have been exhausted, … the new system, including Greek Gods and pseudo-classical invented … names, before settling on the Greek alphabet. Dr Van Kerkhove …


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Greece wildfires:Thousands flee island of Evia as blazes continue to ravage lands

… firefighting airplanes and helicopters to Greece. Israel, Romania, Cyprus and Ukraine … afternoon. The blazes outside the Greek capital Athens were partially brought … fire department headquarters on Saturday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed …


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Serbia top Greece to repeat as men's water polo champions

Nikola Jaksic scored three goals on three shots and Filipovic made several big plays, helping Serbia beat Greece 13-10 in the men's water polo final at the Tokyo Games on Sunday.


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Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.2 just reported 61 km southwest of Palaiochora, GREECE

Just 10 minutes ago, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Palaiochora, Chania, Crete, GREECE. The tremor was recorded early morning on Sunday ...


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GREECE fires: Hundreds homeless as wildfires continue

GREECE fires: Hundreds homeless as wildfires continue | PICS. Unseen wildfires have left a wake of destruction, devouring a record number of ...


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Thousands evacuated from island as fires choke GREECE

Psaropouli, GREECE | Thousands of people have fled their homes on the Greek island of Evia as wildfires burned uncontrolled for a sixth day on ...


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Olympics: Serbia earn final Games gold with victory over GREECE in men's water polo final

TOKYO (REUTERS) - Serbia beat GREECE 13-10 to win the gold medal in the men's water polo competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday (Aug 8).


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GREECE wildfires: Residents return to cinders

In GREECE massive wildfires have left hundreds of people homeless, and forced thousands to evacuate during the worst heatwave in more than three ...


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Top Ten Places You Should Visit in Mainland GREECE

Mainland GREECE is undoubtedly the top destination for those who are drawn to ancient ruins and other symbolic places from GREECE'S classical period ...


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'Nightmarish summer' leaves GREECE to watch in horror as wildfires rip through towns

GREECE has also deployed the army to battle the fires and several countries including France, Egypt, Switzerland and Spain have sent help.


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Turkey rescues migrants left to die on deserted island by GREECE

Emphasizing that this is not the first time that GREECE'S inhumane treatment of immigrants has been recorded in the Aegean and Mediterranean, the ...


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Drone footage of Greece’s second-largest island shows path of destruction wrought by massive wildfires

[Preview] Greece continued to battle major wildfires on Saturday, with the flames coming dangerously close to the capital, Athens, and cutting the country’s second-largest island, Evia, in half, leaving the sea as the only escape route. Read Full Article at RT.com


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Greece’s Water Polo team wins Silver medal in Tokyo Olympics

Greece’s men Water Polo team won the Silver Medal in the Tokyo Olympics. In the finals on Sunday morning at Tatsumi Water Polo Center, Serbia beat Greece with a 13-10 score. While Greece had to settle for the silver medal, it was still a history-making moment for the team as they the nation earned their … The post Greece’s Water Polo team wins Silver medal in Tokyo Olympics appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.


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Turkey nabs FETÖ members trying to flee to Greece

Turkey nabbed 19 people, including 13 members of the FETÖ, while they were trying to slip out of Turkey, the Defense Ministry said on Aug. 7.


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