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Samos quake claims two children in Vathy with many dead and hundreds injured in Turkey
An 6.7 magnitude earthquake on the island of Samos caused a mini-tsunami in the Aegean which was so powerful as it rushed on Turkey’s west coast that it levelled buildings …
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St Basil’s Homes for the Aged in Fawkner in the eye of the hurricane during COVID-19
St Basil’s Homes for the Aged in Fawkner was in the eye of the hurricane during COVID-19. Reverend Archimandrite Fr Evmenios Vasilopoulos, Archiepiscopal Vicar of Northcote, took over as chairman …
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New negative record for Greece at 1,547 cases
Greece confirmed 1,547 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, a jump up from 1,259 on Tuesday. There were also 10 deaths, bringing the total number of Greek casualties to 603. This …
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Greek navy minesweeper badly damaged in collision near Piraeus
The Greek Navy minesweeper the Kallisto was badly damaged in a collision with much larger Maersk Launceston container ship off Piraeus on Tuesday morning. The Hellenic Coast Guard said in …
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Greece records 1,259 COVID-19 cases in unprecedented negative record
Greece broke the four-digit ceiling with 1,259 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Tuesday, while also noting more than a hundred intubated patients in ICU for the first time. …
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Greece records 715 new COVID-19 cases with infections steadily high
Greece confirmed 715 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, of which 93 relate to known clusters and 48 relate to tests carried out at entry points to the country, the National …
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Turkey cancels 28 October exercises in east Mediterranean as Greek-Russian meeting takes place
Turkish aggression and Greek-Russian bilateral relations were the main points on the agenda, during a meeting by Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis with visiting Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov …
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Greece on the verge of 1,000 daily cases
Greek authorities confirmed yet another record-high coronavirus daily tally on Saturday, with 935 new cases, as the country’s new strict measures took effect for the first day. Of the total …
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Greece confirms 882 new COVID-19 cases, with overnight curfews introduced
Greece confirmed 882 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, 99 of which are known to known clusters, setting a new negative record for the third consecutive day. Seeing the rising threat, …
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Golden Dawn members taken to serve sentences, but one disappears
Nikos Michaloliakos, founder and leader of the former party Golden Dawn and other stakeholders from the group ruled by Greek courts a criminal organisation face 13-year jail terms after a …