Greece
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National Greek Chess team wins Bronze in Poland
Ekaterini Pavlidou, a chess player from Greece’s national team has gotten a bronze medal in the women’s blitz (quick chess) category at the European Blitz and Rapid Chess Championship in …
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Measures pushed forward for Greece as authorities report 28,828 infections
The record high numbers in COVID-19 cases continued for Greece as health authorities recorded 28,828 new infections in the past 24 hours to 3pm Wednesday. The previous day figures had …
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UNHCR regrets loss of life in the Aegean Sea, with at least 31 dead and more missing
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has issued a press release expressing its deep distress by the recent tragic death toll in Greece’s Aegean Sea. At least 31 people lost their …
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Greece donated 703,200 vaccines to Indonesia
The Foreign Ministry in a post on Twitter on Tuesday made known that Greece donated 703,200 vaccines to Indonesia actively contributing to the battle against COVID-19 at a global level. …
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Tremor measuring 5.7 Richter shakes Crete
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale was recorded on Wednesday at 07:08 in the sea region 48 km south-west of Crete, the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory …
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Greece reports a new daily record of over 21,600 COVID-19 infections
Greece’s health authorities have reported a new daily record of 21,657 COVID-19 new cases in the last 24 hours on Tuesday. The spike in new infections is more than double …
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Bidden signs US-Greece Defence & Inter-Parliamentary Partnership Act
Senator Bob Menendez and Senator Rubio and the US Congress had put a bill forward through Congress titled ‘US-Greece Defence & Inter-Parliamentary Partnership Act’. The bill was passed on 8 …
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Hidden drachmas in mattresses reach 477.9 million euros Bloomberg finds
According to a report conducted by Bloomberg, there is a large sum of money in Greece that was never exchanged when the country transitioned to the euro. When the minting …
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Greece expands restrictions as Omicron case numbers rise
In order to deal with the constantly rising numbers of the new Omicron variant in addition to Delta still ravaging through the population, Greece’s government announced on Monday a slew …
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Underage boys in Greek orphanage forced to have sex with each other by employees
An investigation is underway following revelations that young boys in an orphanage in Athens, Greece were being forced into sexual acts by staff members. The name of the facility remains …