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Greek News
UK Newspaper Suggests Brits Should Visit Greek Islands in 2021
One of Great Britain's most popular tabloids, The Mirror, recently published a list of twelve destinations that the British should visit in 2021.
Among the top-12 list, one can find many Greek islands, showing how Greek summer destinations are still...
Celebrities
Netflix's "365 Days" Heart-Throb Michele Morrone Chills Out in Greece
Michele Morrone, star of "365 Days," Netflix's controversial answer to "Fifty Shades of Grey," recently vacationed in the idyllic Greek island of Rhodes with his son. Morrone broadcasted the beauty of the island to his over 10 million followers...
Diplomacy
US Says Greece's Kastellorizo Has Same Rights as Any Mainland Territory
US Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt said on Thursday that the Greek island of Kastellorizo has exactly the same continental shelf and EEZ rights as does any mainland territory, in the clearest statement by a US official explicitly endorsing...
Archaeology
Greece Opens Ancient Shipwrecks, Submerged Sites to Scuba Divers
Once-stringent scuba diving regulations for Greek waters were recently lifted, eliminating diving depth limits and allowing diving at archaeological sites and sunken ships in the seas around Greece.
This latest loosening of restrictions follows the passing of a 2019 bill...
Greece
US Sends $2.9 Million To Assist Greek Islands, Unaccompanied Minors
Incoming aid form the United States will aim to improve the living conditions of unaccompanied minors who are migrants to Greece, and to assist the Greek islands as they seek to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The U.S. government...
Greece
Crete Opens Up to the Rest of Greece on May 18
Reflecting the resounding success Greece has had in containing the spread of the coronavirus, travel to and from the island of Crete will resume on May 18, which is earlier than expected, according to Nikos Hardalias, Civil Protection Deputy...
Greece
Ankara Accuses Greece of Violating Lausanne Treaty in Aegean Islands
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar accused Greece on Thursday of violating the Treaty of Lausanne by keeping troops on the islands of the Eastern Aegean Sea.
Speaking with the opposition Sozcu newspaper, Akar said that ''We do not threaten Greece but...
Economy
Greek State to Subsidize Ferry Routes to Islands To Keep Connection Alive
Greece's Ministries of Shipping, Finance, and Growth announced recently that the state will subsidize all ferry connections between the country's mainland and its islands, in order to keep the minimum amount of cohesion across the country, despite the coronavirus...
Greece
The Eight Greek Islands We'll be Visiting After the Coronavirus Lockdown Ends
The entire Western world along with most of the rest of the globe, are currently under strict social-distancing rules and isolation. However, God willing, this pandemic will at some point indeed be over.
Here are Greek Reporter's ideas for a...
Greece
Barrage of Turkish F-16 Overflights Recorded in Eastern Aegean
The Hellenic (Greek) National Defense General Staff, or GEETHA, announced on Friday afternoon that a series of overflights conducted by Turkish F-16 fighter jets above Greek islands were recorded on Friday.
More specifically, in a total period of just twenty-one minutes,...