A WOMAN has bagged a seven-night holiday to Greece for just £1.60 – and it includes return flights. Fionna Siddons, from West Yorkshire, bid the tiny amount on a Jet2 trip, and managed to be ...
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Thursday, August 19, 2021
Woman gets seven-night holiday to Greece for just £1.60 – here is how to do it
Greek wildfires: Major blaze on the wane, but not controlled
Hundreds of Greek and Polish firefighters are battling a major wildfire decimating a pine forest for a fourth day northwest of the Greek capital ...
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Wildfires in Greece force evacuations of villages
ATHENS, Greece: Villages near Athens were evacuated due to two uncontrolled wildfires fanned by strong winds, though no casualties have been reported. In recent weeks, Greece has experienced more than 500 wildfires and, like other Mediterranean countries, such as Turkey and Tunisia, has recorded its highest temperatures in decades. A mountain side near the port town of Lavrio, some 40 miles south of Athen
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Leadership 100 Approves $200,000 Matching Grant to Support Archdiocesan Greece Fire Relief Efforts
At a special meeting on August 18, 2021, the Leadership 100 Executive Committee unanimously approved an emergency $200,000 matching grant to support the fundraising efforts of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The grant, in response to a direct appeal of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, will go towards the total funds that will be dispersed […] The post Leadership 100 Approves $200,000 Matching Grant to Support Archdiocesan Greece Fire Relief Efforts appeared first on Hellenic News of America.
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Covid-19: The Whole of Greece Turns Red
The Covid-19 pandemic in Greece is worsening as data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) released on Thursday shows. The whole country is now colored in red, meaning that the 14-day cumulative COVID-19 case notification rate ranges from 75 to 200 and the test positivity rate of tests for COVID-19 infection is […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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“Man of God” Film on St. Nectarios Premieres August 26
The life of Saint Nectarios, Greece’s most contemporary saint, will be presented in the upcoming film “Man of God.” The film premieres in theaters on August 26. Filmed in Greece, the movie depicts the life of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, who endured unjust hatred and was persecuted by the religious establishment while preaching the Word […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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Flight passengers from 13 countries to be tested for Covid-19 on arrival to Greece
Passengers who arrive in Greece from 13 specific countries, regardless of their own nationality, will be required to submit to a coronavirus test upon arrival in the country, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said in a new air directive (notam) on Thursday. At the same time, the CAA extended the Covid-19 requirements for flight passengers … The post Flight passengers from 13 countries to be tested for Covid-19 on arrival to Greece appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Germany to designate parts of Greece COVID-19 high-risk area
48 min 1 sec agoBERLIN - The German government plans to designate parts of Greece and some areas
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British Expatriates in Greece: Our Lives Changed Forever After Brexit
A British couple living in Greece for many years describe the chaos that Brexit brought to the lives. The changes that had to be made, the battles with Greek bureaucracy, the frustration of being deprived of political rights. “I hope the 17.4 million people who voted to leave, and that figure isn’t even a quarter […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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Terrified Afghans Throw Babies Over Barbed Wire at Kabul Airport
Desperate and terrified parents in Afghanistan threw their babies over a barbed wire at Kabul airport to American and British soldiers in a desperate bid to save them from the Taliban. The heart-breaking scenes were captured on video. The footage shows the moment a baby is passed overhead through a crowd to the British soldiers […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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U.S. Capitol Police in Active Bomb Threat Investigation
Washington D.C. police are now negotiating with a man inside a vehicle near the US Capitol building in response to a claim that there was an explosive device in his truck, according to law enforcement sources. Several buildings in the Capitol area, including the Capitol building itself, the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court and […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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Wildfire Smoke Linked to Coronavirus Infections, Deaths
As if inhaling wildfire smoke wasn’t noxious enough, now we have another issue to worry about, as new research coming out on Friday says that thousands of coronavirus cases and hundreds of deaths may have occurred in the US as a result of inhaling it. The particulate matter that makes up wildfire smoke is the problem, […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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Donated items for Greek fire victims to be shipped out Friday
… people affected by fires in Greece this Friday. The items will …
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Bulgarian and Albanian Gangs Fighting for Donuts in Greece
… the appetizing donut market on Greek beaches and there have been … them, according to media in Greece and North Macedonia. A 44 … masse on the beaches in Greece, bring 400 percent profit - …
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Taliban takeover ‘a trigger’ for child refugees in Greece
Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. Zeinab*, a 14-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan who lives in Greece, was about to attend her football training when she ...
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Chatzitheodosiou elected ne wpresident of Athens Chamber of Tradesmen (EEA)
Yiannis Chatzitheodosiou, president of the Athens Chamber of Tradesmen (EEA), was unanimously elected new president of the Union Of Hellenic Chambers Of Commerce. He replaced Constantine Michalos who suddenly died early August, shocking the business and political world. In his address, Chatzitheodosiou said he was assuming duties at a critical time for businesses, hit by … The post Chatzitheodosiou elected ne wpresident of Athens Chamber of Tradesmen (EEA) appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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14-year-old arsonist confessed 9 wildfires in Theologos, Central Greece
A 14-year-old boy arrested in Central Greece has confessed to have lit several wildfires because “he liked the flames and the smoke.” The underage arsonist admitted to have lit 9 wildfires in the area of Theologos, Fthiotida, since the beginning of August. The boy was detained on Wednesday morning initially as suspect for the 13 … The post 14-year-old arsonist confessed 9 wildfires in Theologos, Central Greece appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Greece’s regions and islands with highest coronavirus positivity rate
Greece’s health authorities are concerned about the transmission rate of the coronavirus and the viral load per region. According to data released by the National Health Organization EODY on Wednesday, the positivity rates are high especially on the islands. According to EODY date based on measurements in the week 9-15 August 2021, the highest positivity … The post Greece’s regions and islands with highest coronavirus positivity rate appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Inside Imogen Thomas’s incredible £745-a-night Greece holiday with her mum
The former Big Brother star has been enjoying a well-deserved break in the sun and has taken her mum along with her ...
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Greek Publication Claim Celtic Have Completed Striker Deal – Fee Agreed
GREEK publication Gazzetta are claiming Celtic have completed a deal for Venlo striker Giorgos Giakoumakis.The club have been linked with the player over the past 72 hours with Werder Bremen also ...
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The Greek wildfires: What went wrong and what can be fixed?
An executive state and an elite whose priority is profit-making cannot lead the way in the struggle against wildfires.
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Georgios Giakoumakis to Celtic transfer fee agreed as Werder Bremen conjure cash incentive for Greek striker
The Dutch club have also included a sell on fee in the agreement for the striker who would prefer Celtic as his next destination.
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American Airlines – As Travel From U.S. to Greece Shows Promise; American Airlines Hiring Greek-Speaking Crew
American Airlines - As Travel From U.S. to Greece Shows Promise; American Airlines Hiring Greek-Speaking Crew - ...
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A global pop icon, Greek-born Nana Mouskouri is one of the most recognizable and beloved singers of her generation
Globally acclaimed with a career spanning over 60 years, Nana Mouskouri has sold over 300 million records. Born Ioanna Mouskouri in 1934, in Chania, Crete, ...
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Moderate earthquake of magnitude 4.2 just reported 59 km southwest of Kos, Greece
Just 21 minutes ago, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Kos, Dodecanese, South Aegean, Greece. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Thursday 19 August 2021 at 2:06 pm lo ...
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The Bitcoin Experiment that Made MIT Students Rich
In 2014, MIT students Jeremy Rubin and Dan Elitzer conducted an experiment where they gave any interested MIT student $100 worth of Bitcoin, which was then worth roughly $300 a coin. The $100 worth of bitcoin those lucky students received would be worth over $14,000 today. Rubin, a sophmore studying computer science, was only 19 […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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The Suda, The Byzantine Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100
The Suda, the massive tome written by a Byzantine scholar around the year 1100, was one of the world’s first encyclopedias and lexicons. Created as both a syllabary of the Greek language and an overview of events in the known world up until that time, it is a benchmark in scholarship of the Medieval period. […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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A White Paper on the Future Opportunities of Drone Technology by Archit Tiwari
[A White Paper on the Future Opportunities of Drone Technology by Archit Tiwari] Flying has always fascinated humans, since the ancient times, our mythologies and history is full of fascinating accounts of objects flying in the sky. The Icarus of Greek mythology or our very own Hanuman ji from Ramayana. Archit Tiwari While airplane, helicopters, rockets, space-ships were invented during the 20th century made it possible […] A White Paper on the Future Opportunities of Drone Technology by Archit Tiwari first appeared on The Eastern Herald
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Dominic Raab urged to quit for 'being too busy on luxury Greek holiday to support Afghan translators'
… was holidaying on the Greek island of Crete and said to be … Venetian nobles who once ruled Crete” and offers “the easy elegance …
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Greek AI startup Intelligencia scores €10.2M in Series A round
Greek startup Intelligencia has received €10. … . Previous seed-round investors, the Greek Big Pi Ventures and Synetro …
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Colorado Springs Greek Festival, still growing after 20-plus years, returns this weekend
… helped start the Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church in 1997 and … his brother, Telly, opened a Greek restaurant now known as Jake … years in, Topakas noticed the Greek fare was outselling everything else … ’s like you’re in Greece for a weekend,” Topakas said …
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Vilia, West Attica: Fire is raging out of control for 4th consecutive day
Residents of five settlements in the wider area of Vilia, western Attica, had to be evacuated at 4 o’ clock Thursday morning as the flames approached and the blaze is raging for the fourth consecutive day. Twelve hours earlier, buses to transfer locals away from the fire front had been deployed but the Fire Service … The post Vilia, West Attica: Fire is raging out of control for 4th consecutive day appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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An Expellee Returns to Northern Cyprus After 47 Years
At the age of 15, Tasoula Hadjitofi had to flee her home in Cyprus. Forty-seven years after the war, Turkey has finally allowed her to visit the Greek quarter in Famagusta for the first time. What is left of her childhood home?
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Kleopatra Inn – The Greek hotel on course for 100% energy efficiency (photos)
The hotel was selected as a case study by INSETE for the European project “Hotels4Climate"
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Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the recent attack on civilians in Saudi Arabia
We condemn the recent Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia, an attack which targeted civilians and non-military facilities.These attacks constitute a flagrant violation of international law.Greece continues to support the UN efforts for a ceasefire in Yemen, in order for negotiations to end hostilities in the country to resume.
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Greece says border forces on alert to avoid repeat of 2015 migrant crisis
Greece is keen to avoid a repeat of the mass arrivals of migrants it experienced in 2015 and its border forces are on alert to avert this, the government said on Thursday, in reference to the ...
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The Latest: Calls for Britain’s foreign secretary to resign
Britain’s foreign secretary is rejecting calls to resign for not interrupting his holiday on the Greek island of Crete to make a call to help translators flee Afghanistan
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Wildfire northwest of Athens burns for 4th day
Hundreds of Greek and Polish firefighters were battling a major wildfire decimating a pine forest for a fourth day Thursday northwest of the Greek capital.
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Top seeds advance at Western Southern Open
The top four seeds advanced to the third round of the Western Southern Open in Mason, Ohio, on Wednesday, with the top three moving on in straight sets. No. 1 Daniil Medvedev of Russia rolled past U.S. wild-card entrant Mackenzie McDonald 6-2, 6-2. No. 2 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece downed the United States' Sebastian Korda 7-6 (5), 6-3, and No. 3 Alexander Zverev of Germany handled South Africa's Lloyd Harris 7-6 (3),
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Labour Party Blasts Raab for Failing to Make Urgent Call to Rescue Afghan Interpreters
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United Kingdom's Labour shadow home secretary, Nick Thomas-Symonds, on Thursday accused Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab of failing to make an urgent call to help evacuate translators from Afghanistan the day the Taliban* entered Kabul, as he was reportedly vacationing in Greece.
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Stefanos Tsitsipas: Covid-19 Vaccine Not Been Tested Enough
Stefanos Tsitsipas, who rocked the tennis world earlier in the week with his admission that he has not received the vaccine, said on Wednesday that although he is not against the jab, he believes it has not been tested enough. Speaking after his win against American Sebastian Korda for the round 32 of the Cincinnati […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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Five Villages Evacuated West of Athens as Fire Burns for Fourth Day
Five villages near the town of Villa, west of Athens, have been evacuated early on Thursday as the fire that broke out on Monday continues to burn the pine forest of Mount Pateras, one of the few remaining green areas around the Greek capital. The Fire Service says that the blaze is moving towards the […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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Tiffany Trump Returns with Fiancé to Her Beloved Mykonos
Tiffany Trump, the daughter of former US President Donald Trump, was spotted recently with her fiancé at her beloved Mykonos. She has made the cosmopolitan Greek island almost her second home as she is known to have visited a number of times since 2018. Local site Mykonoslive.tv captured Trump and her her fiancé Michael Boulos […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.
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Greece Study: Rising Demand for Luxury Tourism is Back
Demand for high-end tourism in Greece including accommodation at luxury resorts, is gaining ground despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
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Georgios Giakoumakis Celtic transfer news as Greek striker pursuit remains on despite Werder Bremen 'bid'
… is a fan of the Greek striker, who is set for … back by VVV, according to Greek newspaper Sportime. They have been …
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Greece confirms 3,442 new infections on Wed., 25 deaths; 282 on ventilators
Greece confirmed 3,442 new coronavirus …
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stone wellness resort for athlete rehabilitation is integrated into mykonian hillside, greece
cyprus- and london-based studio kyriakos tsolakis architects, completed a wellness resort in mykonos, greece, that specializes in nurturing both the body and mind, with a focus on rehabilitation.
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Gov’t to rebuild Evia with “holistic approach” and “positive energy” by the fire-stricken people
In good mood and relaxed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appeared on TV screens on Wednesday with a plan for the reconstruction of the fire-stricken Evia. With new age slogans “holistic approach” the PM urged the fire-stricken people of Evia to cooperate with the state with “positive energy.” He promised to “rebuild northern Evia better and … The post Gov’t to rebuild Evia with “holistic approach” and “positive energy” by the fire-stricken people appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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Athens official blames wildfires on 'criminal lack of preparedness'
Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about GREECE news. The official charged with protecting GREECE'S capital from the effects of rising ...
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Concern GREECE could be put on red list at next travel review
In the latest figures from GREECE'S national public health body, EODY, they registered 1,888 new coronavirus infections, 17 Covid-19 deaths and 241 ...
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