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Greek PM Writes Letter to Greek Girl Worried About Canceled Birthday Party
In late October, a ten-year-old Greek girl wrote a letter to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakios Mitsotakis shortly before he imposed a nationwide lockdown, fearing that the coming measures would mean her birthday party in November would be canceled.
The Greek...
Greece
Turkish Violations of Greek Airspace Double in Two Years
While Turkey escalates tensions in the Aegean with repeated issuings of illegal NAVTEXes, the amount of Turkish warplane overflights over Greece in 2020 outnumber those that have been made in the past decade.
The number of overflights of Turkish fighter...
Business
Greece Hopes to Entice "Digital Migrants" with 50% Tax Break
With an eye toward encouraging smart young Greeks who left the country for greener pastures during the economic crisis to return home, the Greek government has a new plan that would make the prospect hard to resist. But the...
Greece
Greek Government, Opposition Clash Over Handling of Covid Wave
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis clashed with main opposition leader Alexis Tsipras in Parliament on Thursday over the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mitsotakis said that young adults hanging out in bars are primarily responsible for the transmission of the...
Greece
Greek Hotels Suffer Blow as Travel Conglomerate Tui Defers Payments
Greek hotel owners are facing huge losses this year as Tui AG, the largest leisure, travel and tourism company in the world, is deferring the payment of monies due to them this year -- until March of 2021.
The Anglo-German...
Diaspora
Study Says Distrust of Coronavirus Vaccine Could Lead to Insufficient Protection of Public
A new study released on Wednesday confirms the fears of many that the rampant mistrust of a coronavirus vaccine, and conspiracy theories which continue to swirl though social media, may end up costing the general public dearly if an...
Greece
Elderly Greek Couple Die One Day Apart from Coronavirus
An elderly Greek couple from the town of Volos died from the coronavirus just one day apart, it was announced on Thursday.
The 90-year-old man and his 86-year-old wife had been hospitalized for one week at the Achillopouleio Hospital after...
Archaeology
Minoan Palace in Crete Flooded After Heavy Rainfall
The ancient workshops excavated in the Malia palace complex, in northeast Crete, have been flooded after heavy rain in the area this week, the Culture Ministry said on Wednesday, with underground pipes unable to channel water away from a...
Culture
Turkey’s Ruined Hagia Triada Church to Become Cultural Museum
After being placed on a short list for conversion into a cultural center many years ago, the dilapidated Greek Orthodox Church of Hagia Triada, located in Ayvalik, Turkey, has now been approved for major renovations and an eventual reopening...