The second, or possibly third “wave” of the Covid-19 pandemic generated new negative records in Greece on Thursday, with 819 ICU cases reported (from 809 the previous day) and 104…
A closely watched meeting in Ankara on Thursday between the visiting Greek foreign minister and his Turkish host generated “sparks” during a subsequent press briefing, with the first real contacts…
A former justice minister in the previous SYRIZA government testified for nearly two hours on Wednesday before an Athens prosecutor after first referring to a “devious acceleration” of the the…
Members of the culture ministry-affiliated Central Archaeological Council (KAS) this week unanimously approved of studies submitted by the Athens municipality and its antiquities eforate for the promotion of the Plato…
The inauguration of an exhibition dedicated to American Philhellenes – supporters of Greek independence – was held on Wednesday at the recently established Museum of Philhellenism in Athens – an…
The number Covid-19 cases treated in hospital ICUs in Greece again reached another unenviable record on Wednesday, 809, seven higher than over the previous day. The average age of the…
The Greek and Libyan foreign ministries will immediately begin deliberations to delimitate maritime zones in the east Mediterranean, according to an agreement in Athens on Wednesday announced after a meeting…
A 5.1 on the Richter scale earthquake was recorded in a sea region in the eastern Aegean on Tuesday evening, 16 kilometers west of the small isle of Tilos, which…
Ruling New Democracy (ND) party continued to field a double-digit percentage point lead over main opposition SYRIZA party in a latest opinion poll unveiled on Tuesday evening.
Specifically, the poll…
Tuesday witnessed the highest number of Covid-19 cases being treated in hospital ICUs across Greece since the beginning of the pandemic, 802, a figure that has stubbornly remained in the…
The fiscal burden from pandemic-related support measures reaches 5.8 percent of Greece’s GDP for 2020, the ESM’s chief economist, Rolf Strauch, reiterated this month, while adding that the country can…
Greece’s finance ministry on Tuesday announced another three billion euros in extended Covid-19 support and stimulus measures for 2021.
The additional allocation was included in a ministry draft bill tabled…
Greece’s interior minister on Monday more-or-less surprised the opposition by tabling a draft amendment, composed of a single article, essentially lifting all restrictions on a process for Greek citizens abroad…
The Skinakas observatory atop Mount Psiloritis, the highest peak on the large island of Crete, counts 35 years of operation this year. The specific observatory was the first in Greece…
The head of Greece national committee for vaccinations, medical professor Maria Theodoridou, on Monday said more than 380,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19 have been conducted in the…
The number of ICU patients suffering from Covid-19 and related deaths reported over the 24-hour period remained high on Monday, by Greek standards, although new single-day instances of the virus…
A funeral service will be held on Monday for nonagenarian shipowner and philanthropist Iakovos Tsounis, who was honored widely in his native Greece over the recent period for gifting his…
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The funeral and interment of well-known Greek shipping magnate John Angelicoussis will be held with only close family members present, given the Covid-19 restrictions in place…
Out of more than 150,000 Covid-19 self-tests conducted on high school students and teachers around Greece, 408 were reported by parents and guardians as coming back positive, ostensibly a positive…
Various financing schemes and loans to be extended to Greece by the European Union, through various community programs, between 2021 and 2027 is projected to reach the unprecedented sum of…
Members of Greece’s national committee for vaccinations on Friday recommended the continuation of inoculations against Covid-19 for people above the age of 30 with all available vaccines, including AstraZeneca.
According…
The tenth consecutive “enhanced supervision” of Greece’s finances by European creditors will come in roughly a month and a half, with Eurogroup ministers in June expected to decide on the…
Intubated patients being treated for acute Covid-19 symptoms in hospital ICUs around Greece reached another record high on Friday, with 790 such cases reported.
In terms of new single-day confirmed…
A well-known police reporter in Greece, Giorgos Karaivaz, was shot dead in broad daylight on Friday outside his residence in the coastal Athens suburb of Alimos, hit with at least…
Ongoing vaccinations programs in Greece to protect the population against the Covid-19 virus are expected to boost consumer and household confidence, the Bank of Greece (BoG) reported this week in…
Greece’s justice ministry on Thursday cleared the way for the seizure of certain movable and immovable assets belonging to the Venezuelan embassy in Athens, the result of a first instance…
A 60-year-old man, a patient in a central Athens hospital, has been charged with homicide in the death of a 76-year-old who was being treated for Covid-19 in the next…
Thursday recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases treated in hospital ICUs since the beginning of the pandemic, with 776 intubated patients reported around the country. Additionally, 73 related deaths…
Auctions for the assets of the Naftemporiki – Panos Athanasiadis SA group, which among others, publishes a six-day-a-week financial newspaper and operates the Naftemporiki.gr site, was concluded on Wednesday, with…
Record high, by Greek standards, figures for the Covid-19 virus pandemic eased on Wednesday, with new single-day confirmed instances, ICU cases and related fatalities dropping from the previous day.
Specifically,…
