The first, very tentative step in manufacturing electric vehicles in Greece by a German company came on Thursday, with the “virtual” signing of letter of intent for cooperation between the…
An auction for 5G licenses declared by the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT), the independent telecoms authority in the country, was concluded on Wednesday , with bids reaching 372…
Pandemic-related figures in Greece on Wednesday remained stubbornly stable, compared to the past week, nearly a month and a half into a partial nationwide lockdown. New fatalities from Covid-19 reached…
The first six of 18 French-made Rafale fighter planes will be deployed by the Hellenic Air Force, followed by another half dozen in 2022 and the remaining six in 2023,…
Three investment funds controlling major electricity grids in Europe and third countries are reportedly among the interested parties in a coming tender for 49 percent of the Hellenic Electricity Distribution…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday, speaking from Parliament, announced another relief measure for the country Covid-19-devastated economy, namely, a state-mandated reduction in monthly lease payments for lockdown-affected businesses…
Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or ADMIE) on Tuesday announced that the country’s day-ahead market has finally been integrated – via the Greek-Italian border – the Pan-European day-ahead power…
Covid-19-related fatalities recorded a spike on Tuesday from the previous day, with 98 victims reported on the day, up from 62 on Monday, a disappointing development given that Greece is…
A second lockdown in Greece to curb a resurgent “second wave” of the Covid-19 pandemic, now heading into a sixth week, is expected to worsen the recession in 2020, the…
What the European Union failed to do, Washington did in a very high-profile manner on Monday, with the now lame duck Trump administration finally implementing penalties against fellow NATO member…
Confirmed single-day Covid-19 infections continued to fall on Monday in Greece, with 639 reported over the previous 24-hour period, an optimist trend that was somewhat moderated by the still high…
Two men were charged with espionage over the weekend on the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes, one of whom is a Greek citizen who works for the Turkish consulate on…
Sunday recorded the first three-digit number of single-day confirmed instances of Covid-19 in Greece in weeks, an optimist sign entering into a sixth week of a partial nationwide lockdown.
Specifically,…
A major food delivery service in Greece this week announced that it’s looking to hire another 1,500 couriers, a development that confirmed this year’s “explosion” in the home delivery sector,…
A five-day debate in Parliament commenced on Friday on the 2021 draft state budget, with parties this year expected to focus on the unprecedented impact on the economy and society…
Leftist SYRIZA this week tabled an unprecedented amendment in Parliament which, if passed, would mandate that radio stations in Greece devote a whopping 40 percent of their airtime to music…
New confirmed single-day Covid-19 infections in Greece on Friday reached 1,395, and now exceed 120,000, while 583 patients with acute coronavirus symptoms remain intubated.
Nevertheless, with a nationwide partial lockdown…
Greece’s official – and unofficial reaction – to an early morning statement at an EU Summit regarding Turkish provocations on Friday morning revolved around the position of “one step at…
The Greek government on Friday announced an easing of restrictions imposed to curb exposure to the Covid-19 virus, including allowing consumers to pick-up ordered goods from retailers, with a partial…
The number of taxpayers in Greece with arrears to the state increased by some half million in October 2020, an worrying hike in the specific figure, and in a country…
Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras faced a cascade of press and social media scrutiny this week, after he confirmed that he leased seaside villa near the upscale Cape Sounion…
Two of Greece’s biggest domestic courier companies on Wednesday issued separate statements in the wake of increasing consumer complaints over lengthy delay in the delivery of parcels – a development…
New confirmed Covid-19 infections in Greece on Wednesday reached 1,677, just shy of 200,000 since the advent of the pandemic, while 578 patients with acute coronavirus remained intubated. The death…
Greece’s top diplomat on Tuesday again referred to neighboring Turkey as the region’s “trouble-maker”, this time in speaking from Amman, Jordan, and ahead of closely watched EU Council meeting where…
Greece’s relevant migration and asylum minister on Tuesday again pointed to neighboring Turkey and a smattering of NGOs for a spike in the number of Somali nationals being ferried over…
Slightly lower confirmed single-day Covid-19 infections were reported in Greece on Tuesday (1,382), although related fatalities still remained at the roughly 6:1 ratio compared to intubated patients being treated in…
A new state-of-the-art ICU wing with 12 beds was opened on Monday afternoon at the General State Hospital of Nikea, in the southwest part of the greater Athens area and…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used a live primetime newscast on Monday evening to detail his center-right government’s next moves in dealing with the still menacing Covid-19 pandemic, including a…
Single-day confirmed Covid-19 infections in Greece reached 1,251, with the number of acute coronavirus cases being treated in hospital ICUs still mostly unchanged, at 600.
Total detected infections have nearly…
The Greek government on Monday announced another one-week extension of measures imposing a partial nationwide lockdown in the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the latest decision expiring on…
