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View from roof garden cafe of the Grande Bretagne Hotel in Athens Photo: Creative Commons / Maria VazouraGreece’s cafes and restaurants are reopening for business on Monday after a long hiatus, as they closed just over two months ago due to the coronavirus curfews, home quarantines and the strict preventive measures imposed by health authorities against…

Fishing boat off the coast of Naxos. Source: Kritzolina/Wikimedia commonsGreek scientists say that the fish population in the Aegean and Ionian Seas has shown a remarkable recovery perhaps not seen for a quarter of a century, due to the coronavirus lockdown and the restrictions imposed on fishing. Although the exact increase in fish recovery will…

Cafe at Naxos. Source: Stepanps/Wikimedia commonsGreece’s cafes and restaurants are reopening for business on Monday after a long hiatus, as they closed just over two months ago due to the coronavirus curfews, home quarantines and the strict preventive measures imposed by health authorities against the pandemic. However, three in ten cafes or restaurants might not…

The reopening of traveling to and from all Greek islands is taking place on Monday, as citizens had so far only been able to travel to Crete, due to the coronavirus travel bans. Speaking to Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) on Saturday, representatives of shipping companies said that bookings for Monday are “satisfactory” and also pointed…

Turkey on Saturday disputed the exact boundary of the Evros River that divides the two countries and said it would not allow any “fait accompli” on its border. “In spite of our warnings and proposals of cooperation, Greece initiated land-leveling activities on May 13, 2020, and violated our contractual land border. This violation was immediately…

Alexander the Great, Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Photo credit: WikipediaHow long have the Greeks’ had a love affair with ice cream? How about since at least one hundred years before Alexander the Great? In fact, ancient Greeks were attracted to “ices” as early as the fifth century BC. In those years, ices were actually honey and…

An Afghan woman died at the Moria migrant camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Saturday, after reportedly being stabbed by another woman. According to the Athens-Macedonia News Agency, the 23-year-old was rushed to the camp’s medical center, where doctors confirmed her death. Initial evidence allegedly indicates that she was stabbed in the…

Wikimedia commonsThe Greek Ministry of Tourism released comprehensive and detailed guidelines that hotels, camping sites, travel agents and transport companies must observe during the reopening of the tourist season in June, as part of preventative measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Each hotel or tourism facility is expected to establish a protocol based on the ministry’s…

The Greek Foreign Ministry on Saturday dismissed as “fake news” reports that Turkish soldiers have “invaded and occupied” a patch of Greek land in the northeastern Evros border area. “There is no foreign force on Greek territory,” the ministry said in a statement, responding to reports in Greek and British media. Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias…

Athens has lodged a demarche with Ankara on Friday over the incursion of Turkish forces into a piece of Greek territory at the border on Evros river. Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said that Greece has issued a protest note to the Turkish ambassador in Athens and the Turkish foreign ministry in Ankara in response to…