Forty-nine coronavirus-related deaths were reported around Greece on Friday, with the number intubated patients dropping under the 400-mark, coinciding on a day when restrictions of a partial nationwide lockdown were…
A closely watched draft bill has been tabled by the foreign affairs ministry in Greece’s Parliament that essentially commences the process for Athens to expand territorial waters in the Ionian…
The Greek government on Friday announced that a three-day mandatory quarantine for people arriving from abroad will be increased to seven days, while adding that all Covid-19 Notams affecting arriving…
By L. Karagiorgos [email protected]
Feeble pre-bookings for holidays in Greece this year point to a delayed opening of the annual – and all-important – tourism season, given a surging “second…
A total of 57 bitcoin ATMs now operate in Greece, of which 25 alone are in the greater Athens area and another six in the northern Thessaloniki.
Besides the mainland,…
A slow but steady decrease in pandemic-related figures continued on Thursday in Greece, now more than two months after a partial nationwide lockdown was implemented, with single-day confirmed Covid-19 infections…
Greece and Israel will sign a historic 20-year defense-related contract worth 1.68 billion euros for the construction and operation of a new academy for the former’s Hellenic Air Force.
The…
The influential Church of Greece on Tuesday appeared unwilling to back down in the face of a pandemic-related government decision ordering churches and chapels closed on worshipers on Wednesday, the…
One minor “silver lining” in the ongoing pandemic as far as Greece is concerned is an increase in private sector bank deposits, with another 3.156 billion euros added to accounts…
Forty Covid-19-related fatalities were reported in Greece on Tuesday, down from previous same-day totals of the macabre figure. At the same time, the number of patients intubated and being treated…
The center-right Greek government issued an uncharacteristically firm reaction on Monday afternoon to an earlier announcement by the Church of Greece, which said its metropolitans (bishops) and clerics would not…
Covid-19-related fatalities again increased on Monday, compared to the daily figure reported the previous day – 54 to 36 – as new single-day confirmed infections nevertheless eased amid a now…
The influential Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece on Monday said it totally disagrees with a government decision – issued on Friday – to keep cathedrals and chapels closed to worshipers…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis retained most of his top Cabinet ministers on Tuesday, with the first reshuffle during his government’s tenure since assuming power in July 2019 seeing a…
A government reshuffle was announced in Athens on Tuesday at noon, a development widely expected over the recent period, and with an ongoing pandemic-related nationwide lockdown in force.
Greek PM…
Four instances of a mutated coronavirus strain, VOC 202012/01, were reported over the weekend in Greece, following a report from Cyprus one of one such case there.
According to reports,…
The Greek government on Sunday said the goal by Jan. 20 is to vaccinate 100,000 people with the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine, amid criticism that the first few days of the vaccination…
Covid-19-related deaths in Greece continued to fall on Sunday – 36 reported – now into a second month of a partial nationwide lockdown which, in fact, was embellished with even…
The Greek government on Saturday announced that businesses affected by an extension of the pandemic-related lockdown – announced the same day – will be excluded from paying January’s commercial lease.…
The daily tally of Covid-19-related fatalities and the number of acute cases being treated in hospital ICUs continued to slowly ease on Saturday, the second day of 2021, coinciding with…
The Greek government on Saturday, the second day of the new year, announced stricter Covid-19-related lockdown restrictions in the country, with implementation beginning on Sunday, and for a period of…
The leader of Greece’s hard-line and orthodox communist party was the latest political leader this week in the country to receive a “jab” of the Covid-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer-BioNTech.…
By L. Karageorgos [email protected]
A new international tender for the sale of Hellenic Shipyards S.A’s assets is expected by February 2021, following an unanimous vote by the insolvent company’s creditors…
New single-day confirmed cases of Covid-19 infections again fell to three-digit territory on Wednesday in Greece, specifically to 942, with related fatalities 58.
The number of intubated patients being treated…
By A. Tsimplakis
[email protected] Chinese multinational Cosco has dispatched a detailed and lengthy letter to Greece’s shipping ministry this week detailing all of the “open issues” affecting the Piraeus…
The spokesman for the lesser opposition Kinima Allaghis (KINAL) party on Tuesday directly referred to an appellate court’s affirmation of a slander conviction against former defense minister and Independent Greeks’…
The Museum of Modern Greek Culture, located off the touristy Monastiraki square north of the Acropolis in central Athens, will gradually open to visitors as of May 2021, Culture Minister…
Single-day new confirmed Covid-19 infections doubled in Greece on Tuesday, compared to the previous day, due in large part to more tests being conducted on a weekday compared to the…
Taxpayers in Greece got a welcome end-of-the-year fillip on Monday, as the center-right government announced that it was abolishing a so-called “solidarity tax” calculated on income derived in 2020 from…
A major cache of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine arrives in Greece on Tuesday, and specifically 83,850 doses that will be distributed to five storage sites around the country.
The…
