Culture at Home: Greece’s National Theater Streams Plays for Free Online

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The National Theater of Greece is offering free access to some of its performances via its website, in an effort to bring people closer to art amid the coronavirus pandemic. Operating for more than 100 years, Greece’s National Theater has staged works of popular ancient, classic and contemporary writers. “We are responding to the COVID-19 […]

The Telegraph: Greece First on Travel List After Covid-19 Crisis

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Photo © Maria Theofanopoulou “Will foreign holidays be permitted by July? Or August? Your guess is as good as mine. But I’d like to think that by September – dear God, surely – we will have been given the green light to venture beyond our shores. If that’s the case, I will have endured a […]

Pandemic Spurs EU MPs to Call for More Refugee Support

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Photo Source: @European Parliament European lawmakers urged member states to stay united and offer Greece more support in its efforts to deal with the ongoing refugee crisis, after a Civil Liberties Committee assessed the situation at the country’s external borders this week. MEPs underlined that solidarity with frontline countries was key and that migration should […]

TIF-Helexpo Offers Premises for Covid-19 Cause

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Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center. Photo Source: @TIF-Helexpo Greece’s national exhibition body TIF-Helexpo has offered its Thessaloniki and Athens premises to state authorities, aiming to support the country’s efforts against the further spread of the coronavirus in the country. The company has already offered a space in the Thessaloniki International

Greece Shows Italy Solidarity in Coronavirus Times

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Photo Source: @Ministry of Foreign Affairs Greece Greece expressed its solidarity to Italy on Friday, during a special event organized by the Greek Foreign Ministry, standing by its neighbour in one of the most trying times in its history. Italy has been the hardest hit country in Europe with 13,155 Covid-induced deaths on Thursday, surpassing […]

ING Study: Greece Among Eurozone Economies Vulnerable to Covid-19 Shock

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Despite being relatively contained, the spread of Covid-19 is expected to have a significant impact on growth in Greece, with recovery after the crisis subsides to be slower, according to a study released this week by banking and financial services group ING. More specifically, according to ING, as the lockdown measures taken to fight the […]

Covid-19: Volos Authorities to Close Waterfront Area

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Volos, Central Greece Local authorities in the town of Volos, located in Thessaly, central Greece, have decided to ban access to the city’s waterfront, as part of efforts to avoid the further spread of COVID-19. The decision came after hundreds of residents gathered in the area last weekend, defying the social distancing measures announced by […]

Athens’ Stanley Hotel Sets Example, Steps in as Shelter Under Greek Covid-19 Plan

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The 4-star The Stanley Hotel Athens will temporarily be converted into a quarantine center for incoming travelers to Greece who will be required to stay there for a period of 14 days as part of precautionary measures under a national coronavirus (Covid-19) scheme. The government requisitioned the hotel located in the central Metaxourgeio neighborhood to […]

Lufthansa Group Extends Returnee Flight Schedule Until May 3

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Lufthansa has announced that it will extend its returnee flight schedule until May 3, due to the continuing travel restrictions. The airline’s returnee flights were originally scheduled to run until April 19. This means that all remaining flights of the original flight schedule between April 25 and May 3 will be cancelled. Flights which were […]

Covid-19: EU to Set Up SURE Job Protection Tool for Member States

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Aiming to safeguard thousands of jobs at risk across the European Union due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Commission proposed on Wednesday, the creation of SURE, a temporary emergency support instrument worth up to 100 billion euros. Designed to help protect jobs and workers impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, the temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment […]