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Spoon Sweets: A Historic Gesture of Greek Hospitality
The delicious age-old tradition in Greece of offering "spoon sweets" to visitors goes way back to the fourteenth century.
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Fire in Downtown Thessaloniki Leaves 11 People in Hospital
A fire that broke out in the Chamber of Handicrafts building in Thessaloniki on Friday afternoon has left eleven people hospitalized.
The building, located in the center of the city at Aristotelous Square, burst into flames on Friday. Firefighters and...
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COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rise in Greece as Struggle with Delta Variant Continues
The newly recorded COVID-19 cases in Greece remained high on Saturday, as the country tries to cope with the spread of the Delta variant.
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Priest Involved in Acid Attack At Synod Sent to Psychiatric Hospital
The priest at the center of an acid attack against the seven prelates at Petraki Monastery has been sent to a psychiatric hospital.
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Greece Announces 1,381 Coronavirus Cases; Declining Hospitalizations
EODY announced on Monday that a total of 1,381 new cases of coronavirus were diagnosed in the country over the last 24 hours.
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Greece Announces 2,020 New Coronavirus Cases; Fewer Hospitalizations
Health authorities in Greece confirmed a total of 2,020 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, a slight increase from the 1,918 diagnosed on Thursday
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Mount Athos Monk Hospitalized with Covid in Serious Condition
Mount Athos is on high alert, after 20 cases of coronavirus were diagnosed in the monks belonging to the many monasteries on the peninsula.
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Greece Appeals for More Doctors as Covid Hospitals Reach Breaking Point
Greece appealed to the private sector doctors to help out in the National Health System (ESY), due to increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases.
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Greece Enlists Private Hospitals in Battle Against Coronavirus
Greece enlisted two private hospitals in Athens in order to ease the pressure from the spike in coronavirus cases on the public health system.
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Covid-19: Hospitals on Alert in Greece as Intubations Reach 406 Monday
Health officials in Greece are concerned about the nation's hospitals after the number of intubated patients with Covid-19 reached 406 Monday.
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Greek MPs With Medical Backgrounds Ready to Volunteer in Hospitals
At least twenty-one members of the Greek Parliament have expressed their will to work on a voluntary basis for Greece's National Health Service (NHS), known in Greece as ''ESY'' to help fight the ravaging second wave of the coronavirus...
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Army Field Hospital Set Up in Thessaloniki for Covid-19 Patients
An army field hospital has been set up outside the 424 Military Hospital in Thessaloniki in order to tend to Covid-19 patients as the city's hospitals reach overflow.
Works are expected to be completed and the field hospital will be...
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Greece Appropriates Two Private Hospitals for Covid-19 Patients
The Greek government took over two private hospitals in Thessaloniki on Thursday in which transmission of the coronavirus has been particularly widespread.
The decision was reached after the private clinics failed to voluntarily provide 200 beds for Covid-19 patients despite...
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Archbishop of All Greece Ieronymos Hospitalized with Covid-19
Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos was hospitalized on Thursday morning after testing positive for the coronavirus.
The 82-year-old head of the Greek Church, who is believed to be suffering from only mild symptoms at present, is receiving treatment...
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Greek FM Dendias in Quarantine; Albanian Archbishop Hospitalized with Covid in Athens
According to an announcement by Greece's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, Nikos Dendias, the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, is now under quarantine after coming into contact with someone who had a confirmed case of Covid-19.
Dendias had met...