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10/03/20
« on: Tuesday, 10 March, 2020 @ 09:04:52 »
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Greek Orthodox Church: Holy Communion does not spread coronavirus

The Greek Orthodox Church has issued an official statement, declaring that coronavirus is not transmitted via Holy Communion, and the faithful should pray against the spread of the deadly virus.

This comes after there were calls to stop Holy Communion in fear that it would spread the virus.

The statement called Holy Communion, which represents the body and blood of Christ, an “act of love” that conquers fear.

“Whoever attends Holy Communion is approaching God, who has the power to heal,” Metropolitan Seraphim told Greece’s Alpha radio.
https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/03/10/greek-orthodox-church-holy-communion-does-not-spread-coronavirus/

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Re: 10/03/20
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, 10 March, 2020 @ 18:02:25 »
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Austria, Poland bolstering Greek border guard force

Austria and Poland have agreed to send dozens of police officers to help their colleagues in northern Greece hold the Greek-Turkish border against an influx of tens of thousands of refugees and migrants being spurred on by Ankara to push through the frontier into the European Union, Kathimerini understands.

Sources on Monday said that Poland has already agreed to send 100 police officers to Greece’s northeastern Evros border region and is prepared to send more if requested by Athens. A similar understanding has also been reached with the Austrian government, with 13 police special forces officers due to arrive in Evros in the coming days.
http://www.ekathimerini.com/250431/article/ekathimerini/news/austria-poland-bolstering-greek-border-guard-force


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Re: 10/03/20
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, 10 March, 2020 @ 23:01:36 »
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‘We Are Like Animals’: Inside Greece’s Secret Site for Migrants
The extrajudicial center is one of several tactics Greece is using to prevent a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis.

The Greek government is detaining migrants incommunicado at a secret extrajudicial location before expelling them to Turkey without due process, one of several hard-line measures taken to seal the borders to Europe that experts say violate international law.

Several migrants said in interviews that they had been captured, stripped of their belongings, beaten and expelled from Greece without being given a chance to claim asylum or speak to a lawyer, in an illegal process known as refoulement. Meanwhile, Turkish officials said that at least three migrants had been shot and killed while trying to enter Greece in the past two weeks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/world/europe/greece-migrants-secret-site.html