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Kalamata Airport police net dozens with forged papers
Dozens of foreign nationals trying to travel with forged documents have been arrested by police conducting passport checks at Kalamata Airport in southern Greece.
More specifically, police said that between July 5 and Tuesday, 55 foreign nationals were arrested as they tried to board flights, mainly to cities in Central and Northern Europe.
Police in Thessaloniki trace missing child
Police in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Saturday announced that a 10-year-old girl who had been missing since Thursday had been found safe and well in the city's Kalamaria neighborhood.
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Tom Hanks likeness to be unveiled at Kavala wax museum
A wax museum in the northern Greek city of Kavala plans to celebrate its reopening after the lifting of coronavirus restrictions next week with the unveiling of an effigy of Hollywood star and honorary Greek Tom Hanks.
Daily Covid-19 updates resume as cases spike
As the number of infections from the novel coronavirus showed a sudden increase in the past few days in Greece, health authorities are resuming their daily public briefings in a bid to alert Greeks to the risks of relaxing safety measures.
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Health authorities to carry our antibody tests on islands
Greek health authorities will carry out antibody tests on 16 islands next week, the head of the National Public Health Organization (EODY) Panagiotis Arkoumaneas, told radio station Praktoreio FM on Tuesday.
Coronavirus: How the health crisis has influenced the activity of European news agencies
The health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic greatly influenced the activity of European news agencies in terms of working procedures, and some expect a drop in revenues, according to the directors of some of these media outlets in interviews published on Monday on the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) website.
Ferry protocols to be reviewed after June 15
The Shipping Ministry is expected to review the protocol governing passenger ferries after June 15 in cooperation with National Public Health Organization (EODY) and shipping companies, given that the reinstitution of air transport from 29 countries on that day, as well as the initiatives announced for boosting domestic tourism, are expected to lead to greater demand for services.
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US, Greek jets welcome North Macedonia into NATO
Four F-16s from the 337th Hellenic Airforce Combat Wing accompanied a pair of American B-1B bombers on a mission to welcome North Macedonia into NATO by flying over the capital Skopje on Friday.
North Macedonia became the alliance's 30th member on March 27, following the settlement of its name dispute with Greece in 2018.
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US seeking to ease Greece-Turkey tensions, says official
The United States is actively working towards easing mounting tensions between NATO allies Greece and Turkey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Palmer said on Wednesday, according to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA).
Man crushed by elevator in central Athens
A man was killed in the central Athens district of Pangrati on Monday after being crushed by an elevator, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA) reported.
According to the report, two firefighters retrieved the man's body from the bottom of the elevator shaft of an apartment building on Laertou Street. His death was confirmed at a local hospital.
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