Seven ruling New Democracy MPs have sent a letter to Deputy Minister Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias challenging the government’s decision to ban music at restaurants, cafes, and bars which re-opened today after being shut down for six months, and asking it to revoke the measure and postpone the 22:45 curfew until midnight.
“As of 3 May, for all restaurants and bars the use of exclusively outdoor spaces will be allowed under the conditions that have been set and with only seated customers. Caution. For the duration of the day and their operation music will not be permitted at these establishments,” Hardalias said at a regular, televised health ministry news conference on 28 April.
First Frappe on Easter Monday to officially launch Greek summer
First Frappe on Easter Monday to officially launch Greek summer
May 4, 2021
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The long Greek Easter weekend was extended to Tuesday because the Labor Day on May 1 was moved to today. May Day is a strike day with shops and even supermarkets closed and this was impossible on Easter Saturday. Media are also on strike and in this sense the flow of news was very thin to zero.
What should we have reported about anyway? About Greeks crowding in churches over Good Friday and Easter Saturday? The preparations for the rich Easter lunch or all those who left the big cities for the countryside although there were some or better say half-restrictions?
Greek Workers Strike to Commemorate May Day
” width=”720″>Athenian streets are almost empty as Greece commemorates May Day, or International Workers’ Day, which fell on May 4 this year due to the Easter holiday. Credit: Greek Reporter
Greece is for the most part quiet today as the nation commemorates May Day several days late, after the Easter holiday.
The celebration of International Workers Day on May 1 is the custom in many nations across the world every year.
” width=”1080″>Many public transport employees are taking part in a general strike called by the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) for the celebration of Labor Day (which coincided with Orthodox Holy Saturday this year on Tuesday May 4.
Blame it on the coronavirus pandemic.
It s one of the many products â along with toilet paper, cleaning supplies, hand sanitizer, paper products, meat and semiconductors â for which COVID-19 has disrupted the supply chain. A lot of it is based on COVID, said Dave Bryan, whose family owns Bryan s Florist & Greenhouse in Gary and Merrillville. It s affected suppliers in South America, in Bogota and Ecuador, where workers don t have access to the vaccines. One business we ve had a standing order of four cases for 15 years shut down. The grower is gone.
Bryan said it s largely been an issue of staffing at flower farms being greatly reduced.
Maria Menounos Mourns Mother s Passing After Nearly Five-Year Battle With Stage 4 Brain Cancer
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In her tribute post, the former host of Extra shares her belief that God loved her mother Litsa very much that He took the latter on the Greek Easter day. May 3, 2021
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Maria Menounos is mourning the death of her mother. Making public the sad news that Litsa has passed away from stage 4 brain cancer following a nearly five-year battle, the former E! News host took to social media to express her heartbreak over the tragic loss.
Making use of Instagram on Sunday, May 2, the 42-year-old entertainment reporter shared a black-and-white photo of her hugging her mother in bed. Her heartfelt post came with a caption that read, RIP mom. god loved her so much he took her on greek easter. She also wrote in Greek, Christ is risen mom.