Cypriot bitten by pet cobra in Greece receives medication from Cyprus
Cyprus has sent anti-venom medication to Greece to treat the Cypriot man who was bitten by an Indian cobra that he kept as a pet along with other reptiles in ...
Greece lifts some COVID-19 restrictions to relieve lockdown fatigue
Greece will lift some Covid-19 lockdown restrictions next week as part of a plan to gradually reopen the economy and relieve national fatigue even as its hospitals remain under severe ...
Greek, Turkish ministers to meet on April 14 aiming to ease tensions
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu will meet in Ankara on April 14, officials said on Wednesday, in a renewed effort to ease months of heightened ...
Interior minister visits refugee camp during trip to Greece
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris visited a migrant and refugee camp Samos on Tuesday, during his two-day visit in Greece.
The minister was accompanied by Asylum Seekers Reception General Secretary Manos ...
Greece and Cyprus discuss ways of managing migrant crisis
Greece and Cyprus face similar challenges in managing the migration issue, ministers from both countries said on Monday after a meeting in Athens.
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris met with Greek ...
Egypt-Turkey rapprochement would isolate Cyprus
But with deep divisions remaining Egypt is treating Turkey’s overtures cautiously
This has been a bewildering week for Cypriot diplomacy – and a tough one, too, for its much-vaunted new ...
Greece extends lockdown to more areas to stem spread of pandemic
Greece extended lockdown restrictions on Friday to more areas of the country as the COVID-19 pandemic showed no signs of waning exactly one year after its first coronavirus infection was ...
Greek doctors protest ‘suffocating’ conditions at Covid-19 clinics
Greek hospital doctors went on a day-long strike on Tuesday and dozens marched in Athens to protest “suffocating” conditions at hospitals on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic.
With around 6,000 ...
Cyprus, Greece, Israel to finalise MoU for EuroAsia Interconnector
A teleconference will take place next week between Cyprus, Greece and Israel aiming to finalise the Memorandum of Understanding that the three countries will sign regarding the electricity interconnection EuroAsia ...
Greece extends lockdown to more regions to contain Covid-19 pandemic
Greece on Friday extended the full lockdown imposed on metropolitan Athens earlier this week to more regions of the country in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections, ...
Greece tightens lockdown curfew to stem spread of Covid-19 infections
Greece on Friday tightened lockdown restrictions in parts of the country including capital Athens to halt the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, after a surge of infections in recent days.
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Series of events planned to commemorate Greek war of independence
The education minister announced on Thursday a series of events to commemorate 200 years since the 1821 Greek War of Independence.
The Greek War of Independence is considered a monumental event in ...
Shipping ministry to take stock after failure of ferry tender
Deputy Shipping Minister Vassilis Demetriades said on Sunday he would begin contacts to reassess the situation after a tender for a Cyprus-Greece ferry link failed to attract any bidders.
The ...
No bidders for Cyprus-Greece ferry link
Not a single bid was submitted for the tender for the ferry connection between Greece and Cyprus which expired on Friday, Deputy Minister of Shipping Vassilis Demetriades has said.
The ...
Greece and Cyprus conduct search and rescue drill
A joint Search and Rescue Exercise under the name “SALAMIS – 02/21” was conducted on Monday between Cyprus and Greece.
The exercise took place within the sea area of responsibility for search ...
Borrell: Greece, Turkey exploratory talks ‘a good step’
High Representative Josep Borrell on Monday described the exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey, which started today, as an important step towards EU-Turkey rapprochement.
Speaking after the end of the ...
Greek foreign minister hopes for ‘positive’ spirit from Turkey in talks
Greece’s foreign minister said he hoped Turkey would have a positive approach towards a meeting next week aimed at reviving long-stalled efforts to open negotiations over disputed territorial claims.
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The Greco-Turkish Aegean ‘talks’: Turkey, Germany, US and Israel versus Greece?
The 61st round of exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey are due to begin on January 25, following considerable pressure on Turkey by Germany, since the latter is trying to play ...
Joy and caution as Greek shops re-open amid strict safety limits
Shops in Greece reopened for the first time in two months on Monday as the government took its first steps towards easing coronavirus restrictions, in a bid to breathe life ...
AG’s office will decide if soldier’s remains can be sent to Greece
The attorney-general’s office will respond on Monday whether it will allow part of the remains of the 26-year-old soldier exhumed last month to be transported in Greece for further ...
Greece extends some Covid lockdown curbs until Jan 18
Greece on Friday extended some lockdown curbs to contain the spread of the coronavirus until Jan. 18, Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias said in a televised briefing.
The country, in ...
Twists and turns of Anglo-Greek history: Churchill’s Greek Emergency Christmas 1944
Dr Yiorghos Leventis
Seventy-six years ago, on Christmas Day of 1944, Winston Churchill set foot in Athens in an urgent political-military visit. The extraordinary arrival of the then British prime minister ...
Greece reimposes Covid-19 curbs after Christmas easing
Greece will tighten coronavirus curbs for a week from Sunday, closing hair salons, bookstores and some other shops that had been allowed to reopen in the run-up to Christmas, the ...