Greece
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The Hellenic Initiative Australia supports tipping point program in 10 regional schools in Greece
The Hellenic Initiative Australia today announced it will be supporting 10 regional schools across Greece to participate in the innovative Tipping Point education and youth empowerment program. Following a successful …
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Author unveils the rich tapestry of the hidden world of the Dodecanese
Author Jennifer Barclay has called the Dodecanese island of Tilos her home for the past 10 years. It was the base from which she spent more than four years exploring …
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Cyclone Ianos leaves destruction and deluge as it rips through Greece
Cyclone Ianos has left destruction in its wake. Rocks buried Assos, the scenic harbour, on the west coast of Kefalonia, trapping people in their homes, causing huge destruction. Torrential rainfalls …
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Cyclone Ianos moves towards Crete
Following the thunderstorms that ravaged central Greece killing two people on Friday while floods, power outages and debris damaged the north and the mainland, Cyclone Ianos decided to head to …
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Greece could be preparing for a lockdown as COVID-19 case numbers rise
Stelios Petsas, Greece’s government spokesperson, said that a second lockdown is a possibility if the daily number of new cases keeps rising. This comes as Greek authorities announced 240 new …
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Greece introduces COVID-19 restrictions as cases rise to 339 and 9 deaths
A return to working from home for both private and public companies, stricter crowd control measures, and the quarantine of asymptomatic vulnerable groups such as migrants who have tested positive …
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Cyclone Ianos wreaks destruction in Greece
Ianos storms on Friday left damage in their wake. Authorities were trying to prevent destruction at the artificial reservoir of Xirias in central Greece, which would flood the nearby city …
Fears of internment on new Lesvos refugee tent city
Doctors, lawyers and charities are criticising the tent city newly erected on Lesvos for refugees made shelterless by the fire that incinerated the vastly overcrowded Moria camp. A German doctor, …
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Greece’s new COVID-19 cases climb to 359, with 9 deaths
Greece’s new COVID-19 cases climbed to 359 on Thursday, with 36 of them identified at the country’s entry points. All cases since the pandemic reached Greece total 14,400. Of these, …
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Germany helps out with Moria refugee crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her interior minister Horst Seehofer have agreed that Germany will take more than 1,500 migrants from five Greek islands; they are families and children recognised …