Single-day confirmed Covid-19 cases again shot up in Greece on Friday, rising to 941 from 716 the previous day. The total number since the pandemic began neared 156,000.
On a…
Energy ministers from six countries – Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Hungary, Israel and Serbia – met on Thursday, via teleconference, to discuss the prospects of natural gas export to continental Europe…
The bodies of two mountain climbers were recovered along a slope of Mt. Olympus late on Thursday, after the pair fatally injured during an avalanche on Greece’s highest peak.
The…
Re-imposition of a stricter lockdown the greater Athens area (Attica prefecture) is apparently a scenario again being examined by the government, as the latest data shows higher concentration levels of…
Single-day confirmed Covid-19 infections eased on Thursday, at 716 for the day, slightly down from the previous 24-hour period. Related fatalities continued to fall, with 18 deaths from the coronavirus…
Greece relevant labor and social insurances minister on Thursday said temporary pensions will be granted to tens of thousands of applicants waiting months, if not years, for their social security…
Confirmed single-day Covid-19 infections on Wednesday were again double the total reported just 48 hours earlier, on Monday, with 858 instances reported throughout Greece.
The surge, high by Greek standards…
Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) has given the go-ahead for a handful of banks to proceed with a 10-year bond, the country’s first debt flotation in the new year.…
The number of single-day confirmed Covid-19 infections reported on Tuesday nearly doubled from the previous day’s figure, with 842 instances detected, up from 436 on Monday.
More than half (427)…
Archaeologists this month uncovered a white marble gravestone monument in what’s believed to be the remains of an ancient cemetery east of Athens proper, in the modern-day municipality of Paeania…
France is ready to allocate a portion of the construction of four new generation frigates to Greece, should the latter select the Belharra-class vessels for the Hellenic Navy, French Minister…
Greek police (EL.AS) announced another prohibition against public outdoor assemblies exceeding 100 people, with the pandemic-related measure taking effect from today until Monday, Feb. 1.
The decision is expected to…
Covid-19-related figures hovered at the same levels on Monday as with the previous days, with 436 new confirmed infections reported over the past 24 hours and with another 25 fatalities…
The pre-teen son of former prime minister Alexis Tsipras was among the latest residents in Greece to test positive for the Covid-19 virus over the weekend, following the appearance of…
The body of former PASOK party minister Sifis Valyrakis was recovered on Sunday evening in a sea region off an islet in the southern Evoikos Gulf, hours after his wife…
No levies will be placed on imports from the United Kingdom to Greece – retroactive to Jan. 1, 2021 – a relevant alternate minister clarified on Friday, only relevant VAT…
A total of 17,523 injections of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine were reported around Greece on Friday, as the country’s public health care system appears to have ramped up vaccinations after a…
The single-day tally for confirmed Covid-19 infections on Friday reached 585, another topping the previous day’s total of 509. Related deaths were 28, up three from the previous 24 hours.…
A moderate 4.5 on the Richter scale earthquake was recorded at 08.57 on Friday in a sea regon 49 kilometers northwest of the southeast Aegean island of Kasos, roughly between…
Greece’s defense minister on Thursday announced a three-month increase in the mandatory conscription term for males serving in the army, from the current nine months to 12 months. Conscripts in…
Non-performing loans (NPLs) held by Greece’s four systemic banks have increased during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, up by eight to 10 billion euros, according to the Bank of Greece’s Financial…
Covid-19-related figures fell on Thursday – compared to Wednesday – but only marginally, as Greece nears three months into a partial nationwide lockdown only recently relaxed in the retail sector.…
A draft bill approving the framework for extending Greek territorial waters in the Ionian Sea – along the length of the western seaboard – was approved on Wednesday by a…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday afternoon congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris shortly after they were sworn-in as US president and vice-president, respectively, in front of the US…
Another 516 new single-day Covid-19 infections were reported in Greece on Wednesday, as the total since the advent of the pandemic is just shy of 150,000, nearly three months into…
New single-day confirmed Covid-19 infections in Greece recorded a spike on Tuesday from the previous day’s tally, 566 to 320 on Monday, while the number of related fatalities also up,…
Greece’s external public debt was reduced by roughly 620 million euros, while the state drained some two billion euros from a buy-back and reissuance of bonds with the country’s four…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias clarified on Tuesday, speaking before a Parliament plenary session, said a pending expansion of territorial waters around Crete obviously includes maritime regions to the east…
Greek public television on Tuesday morning reported that coast guard authorities were responding to a shipwreck involving a migrant boat, in a sea region southeast of the eastern Aegean island…
Trainose, the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS)-owned rail operator in Greece, begins test runs of its five refurbished “white bullet” trains late this month, with the first Athens-Thessaloniki route with…
