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Greek airports open to flights from the United Kingdom

The first direct flight from the UK landed at Ioannis Kapodistrias airport in Corfu on Wednesday. To celebrate, the plane…

July 16, 2020

Village in Xanthi on lockdown after coronavirus spike

Greece’s Civil Protection placed the village of Echinos in the region of Xanthi, northern Greece, on a strict lockdown for…

June 19, 2020

Dexamethasone improves survival in patients with severe Covid-19

Α low-dose of dexamethasone improves survival in patients with severe COVID-19. Efstathios Kastritis, Associate Professor of the Therapeutic Clinic of…

June 17, 2020

Australian-born immunologist Sotiris Tsiodras: Greece would have 13,685 dead if action wasn't taken

Given that in Greece less than 1% of the population was infected with coronavirus, the country's Health Ministry spokesperson and…

May 27, 2020

Greece extends flight ban for seven countries

The ban on flights between Greece and seven countries has been extended to protect public health from the further spread of the Covid-19.…

May 16, 2020

Meet Turkey's most hated Cypriot who makes Prime Minister's & CEO's enact his demands

Since 1974, Turkey has illegally occupied northern Cyprus and later created the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC) that only…

May 16, 2020

UK receives refugees from Greece, returns 130 Greeks stranded in London

Greece’s Migration Ministry announced the transfer of 50 refugees - including 16 unaccompanied minors and 34 adults – to the…

May 11, 2020

Afghan migrant: "We love Turkey very much, we do not love Greece at all"

Making the rounds on Turkish media are the comments an Afghan migrant recently made: "We love Turkey very much. We…

April 28, 2020

Illegal immigrants overwhelm Greek aid distribution in a snatch and grab (VIDEO)

A video captured by the French agency AFP from the migrant hotel in Kranidi in the Peloponnese, has shown how…

April 23, 2020

Greece and UK to collaborate on tackling migration crisis

Greece’s Ministry of Migration and Asylum on Wednesday announced the signing of an agreement with the United Kingdom in intelligence…

April 23, 2020

Greece ranked 58th in coronavirus country listing

Greece continues to win praise from the international community in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic as it continues to…

April 21, 2020

Turkey: Europe’s largest ‘waste bin’

The European Union exported some 11.4 million tonnes of waste to Turkey in 2019, making it the continent’s largest waste…

April 20, 2020

Greece closes borders to all non-EU citizens

From 6am on Wednesday, March 18, Greece will close its borders to non-EU nationals, GTP Headlines reported. The decision was…

March 18, 2020

EU Commission slams Trump’s travel ban

In a joint statement issued on Thursday 12 March, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President Michel…

March 13, 2020

US President Trump suspends travel from Europe over coronavirus fears

US President Donald Trump has suspended travel from Europe excluding the UK for the next 30 days, in a desperate…

March 12, 2020

Greece 6th country in share of in-work persons at-risk-of-poverty

That latest figures* from Eurostat revealed that one in ten employed persons aged 18 years or over in the EU,…

February 3, 2020

UK officially leaves the EU

After 47 years of membership and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum, the…

February 1, 2020

Europe says goodbye to United Kingdom: “We will always love you and never be far!”

“We will always love you and never be far. Long live Europe” were the closing remarks by the President of…

January 30, 2020

Winter tourism heats up in Europe, except for Greece

According to the last figures issued by Eurostat, winter tourism in 25 of the 27 EU Member States with available…

January 9, 2020

Greece and UK discuss shipping ahead of impending Brexit

Greece’s Shipping Minister, Ioannis Plakiotakis and UK Minister for Maritime Affairs Nusrat Ghani met on Wednesday to discuss key aspects…

September 5, 2019
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