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Inside a room of a Greek hotel under new coronavirus measures

Stricter check-in times, no breakfast buffets and remote controls in plastic: Greek hotels put in place new measures to attract tourists this summer

Greece

'Devastating': Thousands of migrants face eviction in Greece

Athens says the move was necessary to alleviate pressure on the more than 32,500 migrants living in squalid camps on the Greek islands.

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Greek restaurateurs' empty chairs protest over social distancing plan

Social distancing rules means restaurants and cafes won't have as many tables to serve.

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Greece and Croatia float solutions for sunseekers as summer looms

"I think we all talk about a kind of risk-free or risk-reducing certificate. I think it would serve as a benefit for all, not only hosts and personnel in hotels, for example, but also for the travelers, for the tourists," explains Davor Bozinovic, Croatian Interior Minister.

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Euroviews. As coronavirus sweeps Europe, unaccompanied refugee children are becoming more vulnerable ǀ View

As an American expat mother and volunteer working with refugee families, I didn’t think the situation for mother and child refugees could get much worse in Europe, but indeed it has.

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Varoufakis: COVID-19 economic fallout could heap more misery on Greece

"I very much fear that Greece will have the largest number of people who go hungry as a result of the economic dimension of this pandemic," Yanis Varoufakis tells Euronews

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Europe 'should learn from Greece' in COVID-19 fight, says Papandreou

George Papandreou said Greece is using the lessons of the financial crisis to deal with the pandemic.

Greece

Euroviews. Using empty Greek hotels to host refugees threatened by COVID-19 is a win-win scenario ǀ View

While the first attempt to use empty hotels for quarantining a thousand of the most vulnerable migrants on the Greek islands has just been announced by the European Commission, more remains to be done.

Greece

Greek migrant camp is set alight as clashes shake Chios island

Clashes broke out on the island of Chios when rumours circulated that a woman had died from COVID-19 but blood tests proved negative.

Economy

More financial protection needed from EU: former Greek finance chief

The EU must be there to support member states’ economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, former Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou tells Euronews.

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Mask-wearing chocolate bunnies bring rare bit of joy amid lockdown

Chocolate bunnies wearing protective masks are hopping off the shelves at an Athens pastry shop.

Greece

MSF: Europe 'turning a blind eye' to coronavirus risk in migrant camps

Medecins Sans Frontieres has accused Europe of “turning a blind eye” to migrants stuck in camps on Greek islands, pointing to the impossibility of social distancing measures to avoid spreading coronavirus in such conditions.

Greece

Greece begins digital odyssey as coronavirus crisis sparks innovation

The pandemic has sparked the government of Greece to innovate like never before. The birthplace of democracy is going digital. But will the changes stick?

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Greece uses TV to teach school children during COVID-19 lockdown

The Greek state broadcaster ERT has started offering lessons on television for children kept out of class because of the coronavirus lockdown.

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What’s killing our underwater ecosystems?

In partnership with the European Commission

One million land and marine species may become extinct, many within decades. What could Europe do to preserve and restore its marine biodiversity?

Ocean

The importance of restoring marine biodiversity

In partnership with the European Commission

Facing the challenge of up to one million land and marine species becoming extinct within decades, scientists in Crete who are looking at ways to restore marine diversity.

Greece

Migrants exposed to coronavirus

Migrants arriving in Greece say they are being given no protection from coronavirus as UNHCR describes conditions in some camps as inhumane

Greece

COVID-19: No parade on National Day as Greece fights coronavirus

It is 199 years since the beginning of the war against the Ottoman Empire that saw Greece become an independent state.

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'Stay home': Greek graffiti artist sends a plea over coronavirus

He had to paint on the roof of his apartment building because Greece, like several other European countries, is on lockdown.

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Europe must act to stop coronavirus outbreak in Lesbos, say MEPs

NGOs and MEPs are calling on the EU to act to prevent an outbreak of novel coronavirus in overcrowded camps in Greece.