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Hospitality venues in Greece set to reopen on 25 May

Dealing with an even worse financial crisis due to Coronavirus, Greece is rushing to expedite the return to normalcy for businesses. With tourism being one of the main revenue sources …

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Beaches reopen in Greece amidst heatwave

With temperatures exceeding 40 degrees in Athens and the Peloponnese, hundreds of organised beaches opened for the public in Greece. Amid the hottest May the country has seen in over …

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The incredible adventure of a 52-year-old photograph from the occupied territories of Cyprus, to London to faraway Australia

In 2001, two years before the Turkish Cypriot government allowed people to pass through roadblocks, Andy Konstantinou visited the occupied territories of Cyprus. His British passport gave him access to take …

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Family heads to beach in Crete, but ends up in the snow

Extreme weather conditions in Greece have seen temperatures soar with high forecasts for some mainland regions. In a photo snapped by Alexandros Roniotis in Crete, however, two children stand between …

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Watch the largest plane in the world land in Athens

The world’s largest and heaviest aircraft landed in Athens in Wednesday. The Soviet-made An-225 Mriya has a cabin length of 84 metres and can carry 16 containers, 80 passenger cars …

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Myrtis, the girl from 2,500 years ago, who warns us of COVID-19

In 430 BC, 11-year-old ancient Athenian girl Myrtis fell victim to the great plague of Athens. She could not have imagined in her young life that she would be brought …

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Watch footage which reveals truth behind the Kyrgios-Tsitsipas telephone prank

Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas revealed Nick Kyrgios’ telephone number to the world two weeks ago. He posted a photo of himself holding up the Greek Australian tennis star’s telephone …

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After coronavirus: Global youth reveal that the social value of art has never mattered more

Health and government officials around the globe are slowly and ever-so-tentatively moving to relax lockdowns due to coronavirus. In Canada, where the possibility of health-care collapse seems to have been …

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Greek Orthodox churches open doors in Australia, but are required to take ‘service bookings’

Religious organisations in Australia can hold services for up to 10 people with social-distancing rules observed. Archimandrite Evmenios Vasilopoulos, Archiepiscopal Vicar of Northcote, told Neos Kosmos that only ten parishioners …

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Athens’ newly renovated Omonia Square lights up

On 14 May the famed Omonia Square was handed back to the citizens and visitors of Athens. The square lit up thanks to its new 30 metre wide fountain with …

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