Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has led Turkey for the past 20 years, announced during a speech in Izmir on June 9 that he will seek re-election in next year’s elections. As Turkey is facing a serious economic crisis, Erdogan, seeing his popularity falling rapidly in repeated opinion polls, is […]
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21-year-old Pakistani man arrested in Greece’s Kalivia over public obscenity
A 21-year-old Pakistani man was arrested for alleged public obscenity as he was wandering half-naked around children on the streets of Greece’s Kalivia, local media reported. Greek City Times reported that the man was wandering in a central square in Kalivia with his pants down. He was, however, arrested by the police. […]
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Greece lifts travel restrictions for tourists from India
The Global Visa Center World (GVCW) has announced that Indian citizens and residents of India can now enter Greece following the Covid-19 testing protocol as a precautionary measure against the pandemic. According to the latest regulations, limited categories of visitors are now allowed to enter Greece, including: 1) Citizens of the EU & Schengen […]
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Greece to purchase firefighting aircraft, other equipment as fires rage
Greece will purchase fire-fighting helicopters and planes, state-of-the-art fire trucks and floating craft for evacuating people, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras announced Tuesday. The national public safety program Aegis was approved in June 2021 with the total funding of 1.76 billion euros ($2 billion), provided in three parts by the European Investment Bank, the Recovery Fund and […]
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Israel to send help to fight wildfires in Greece
Israel intends to send three planes to help Greece extinguish forest fires in addition to 15 Israeli firefighters who are already assisting the efforts, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told his Greek counterpart. “Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke this evening with @PrimeministerGR Kyriakos Mitsotakis and informed him that he had approved the departure of two […]
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Greece, Turkey face first crisis talk since 2016
Greece and Turkey will bow to EU and Nato pressure today and hold the first direct talks over their explosive eastern Mediterranean standoff in four years. The Istanbul meeting is not expected to make major headway after the two Nato neighbours’ gunboats collided in August as their dispute over energy […]
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Greece clarifies policy, to allow tourists from all nations
Greek officials said Saturday that the country will not limit arriving airline passengers next month to people coming from 29 countries but that travelers who departed from places that aren’t on the initial list will be subject to mandatory testing for the coronavirus upon arrival and a quarantine period of […]
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Greece clarifies policy, to allow tourists from all nations
Greek officials said Saturday that the country will not limit arriving airline passengers next month to people coming from 29 countries but that travelers who departed from places that aren’t on the initial list will be subject to mandatory testing for the coronavirus upon arrival and a quarantine period of […]