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  Legendary Greek Rebetiko musician Agathonas Iakovidis. Photo: Facebook.com/Agathonas  Greece’s well-known Rebetiko musician Agathonas Iakovidis passed away suddenly in Thessaloniki at the age of 65 on Wednesday, according to information from the website thestival.gr. The famed musician, who was not known to have had any chronic health ailments, was found deceased in his bed on…

Tourists take photos of the Caryatids, at the Erechtheion on the Acropolis, in early Summer 2020. Photo by Apostolis Makris/Greek ReporterThe summer of 2020 is unlike any other summer in the whole world in many, many years. The coronavirus pandemic has changed everything, and seemingly nothing is as it was before. And Athens, like every…

  Members of the Greek rescue team sent to Beirut on Wednesday in response to the explosion at the city’s port. Photo: AMNA  A fully-equipped Greek Fire Brigade search and rescue team departed for Lebanon on Wednesday morning in a C-130 military cargo aircraft, at the orders of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis following a consultation…

  The city of Beirut, Lebanon shown before and after Tuesday evening’s explosion at the port. Photo: Beirut_blast_twitter_montage_Partisangirl.jpg  Media reports on Wednesday are stating that one Greek citizen, a female, was killed and two other Greek women were injured in the enormous explosion in the Lebanese port of Beirut on Tuesday evening. The blast, whose…

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis: Photo: Prime Minister’s Press OfficeGreece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday sent a message against careless behavior and complacency in regard to the Covid-19 preventive measures, while stressing the importance of wearing masks. The Prime Minister led a teleconference with key officials on the assessment of the coronavirus pandemic, in light…

File photoSeven people were killed and five were seriously injured late on Tuesday night when a car hit a guardrail on Egnatia Highway in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece. The accident took place at the Ardanio intersection in Alexandroupolis. The car was moving at a high speed and veered off course, crashing on the guardrail and flipping…

File photoSeven people were killed and five were seriously injured late on Tuesday night when a car hit a guardrail on Egnatia Highway in Alexandroupolis, northeastern Greece. The accident took place at the Ardanio intersection in Alexandroupolis. The car was moving at a high speed and veered off course, crashing on the guardrail and flipping…

Beirut port, before and after the blast. Credit: Twitter / @partisangirlAfter the enormous explosion in Beirut on Tuesday, Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis sent his condolences to the Lebanese people and assured them that his country was ready to extend whatever help it could to the perennially war-torn country. The PM’s Tweet said: “On behalf of…

  The Greek island of Elafonissos. Photo: Wikipedia  On July 16, British writer Barry Neild took advantage of the first opportunity he was offered — just one day after Greece lifted its ban on UK citizens — and took off for the sunny climes of Greece, not knowing exactly what the experience would be like…

  Dr. Sotiris Tsiodras, the medical professor and epidemiologist in charge of Greece’s fight against the coronavirus. File photoDr. Sotiris Tsiodras, the epidemiologist who is in charge of Greece’s heretofore successful managing of the coronavirus pandemic, had some words of warning on Tuesday at a press conference that was called to highlight the increasing numbers…