Greece’s Council of State, the top administrative court in the country, on Monday issued an urgent decision dismissing a motion to strike down a ban on outdoor assemblies until Wednesday,…
Sewer works construction in central Athens on Friday turned up an almost pristine marble Hermes head, believed to be part of a Herma column, or statue with a head upon…
Greek police issued an order on Sunday banning the public gathering of more than four people, from Sunday until the evening of Nov. 18, ostensibly to prevent annual protest marches…
Sunday marked another macabre milestone of the coronavirus in Greece, with 71 related fatalities recorded over the past 24 hours, almost double the previous single-day record, and now one week…
New single-day confirmed coronavirus infections fell slightly on Saturday, easing to 2,835, although the number of people being treated in hospital ICUs increased, rising to 366.
The average age of…
The relevant health and education ministers in Greece announced that elementary schools and preschools will also close, beginning on Monday, following the closing of secondary schools and higher education institutions…
A police operation within the Athens Polytechnic early Friday afternoon resulted in the arrest of 24 people, part of a larger group of would-be demonstrators that entered the central Athens…
The Mitsotakis government is apparently trying to benefit from Brexit – only five years since the previous Greek government flirted with an uncontrolled “Grexit” – with the prime minister’s top…
Covid-19 infections at mink farms in northern Greece have resulted in the culling of the animals, Greek authorities announced on Friday, days after millions of mink were put down in…
A final decision on whether elementary and preschools will close in Greece due to the ongoing pandemic will be announced on Saturday, the relevant education minister said on Friday. Secondary…
The number of Covid-19-afflicted patients needing intubation and care in hospital ICUs continued to rise in Greece, a worrying trend for public health officials, with the number on Friday reaching…
Ruling New Democracy party continues to field a double-digit percentage point lead over main opposition SYRIZA party, with the latest opinion poll unveiled on Thursday evening, even as a “second…
Greece’s relevant energy and environment minister this week reiterated that his center-right government will proceed with several high-profile privatizations in the country, and despite a “second wave” of the ongoing…
Bloomberg on Wednesday reported that the center-right Mitsotakis government wants to entice young professionals and entrepreneurs, who left during the nearly decade-long economic implosion in Greece, to return, with one…
Thursday witnessed another three macabre and disastrous single-day records in Greece for the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic go by the wayside, with new confirmed cases, related fatalities and the number of…
Covid-19-related fatalities in Greece posted a single-day record of 43 on Wednesday, as the pandemic continues a “second wave” in the country, five days into a three-week lockdown and newly…
A nationwide daily curfew between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. will come into force around Greece on Friday, and without exceptions, the government’s relevant civil protection and crisis management deputy…
The bodies of four fisherman were recovered from an overturned fishing boat that collided with a Greek-flagged tanker off the southeastern Turkish port of Mersin early Wednesday morning.
The 165,730-ton…
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi began his official visit to Athens on Wednesday – after arriving the previous evening – the first visit by a top Egyptian official to Greece…
Greece’s relevant health minister on Tuesday, speaking during a nationally televised press conference, said the Covid-19 infection rate in the northern city of Thessaloniki exceeds 30 percent, meaning that roughly…
New confirmed Covid-19 cases again shot up on Tuesday compared to the previous day, again rising above the 2,000-mark to stand at 2,384. The single-day record for new confirmed cases…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday spoke by phone with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, with the former congratulating the pharmaceutical executive for the company’s breakthroughs in finding a vaccine…
The Greek government is reportedly ready to activate another series of measures to support wage-earners in the country temporarily laid-off due a general lockdown in the country due to a…
Greece-based telecoms group OTE, a subsidiary of DT, on Monday announced an agreement to sell its 54-percent stake in Telekom Romania Communications for 268 million euros to Orange Romania, itself a…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed optimism that the country will be among the countries that will emerge economically stronger after the current pandemic ends, speaking to CNN for an…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias took a direct swipe at Berlin this week, calling the Merkel government’s policy vis-a-vis Turkey amid Ankara’s crescendo of provocations and belligerence in the east…
The “second wave” of the Covid-19 pandemic in Greece continued to worsen in the country this week, with the highest single-day number of fatalities reported on Monday (41) as well…
Media reports in Greece on Monday refer to four professional footballers, all members of the popular Olympiacos Piraeus FC club, has having been identified by police as guests of an…
The first day of what’s expected to be a three-week remote e-learning period for Greece’s junior and high school students got off on the “left foot” on Monday, as the…
Sunday’s marked a macabre milestone in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic in Greece, with the highest single-day record for related fatalities reported, 35, which brings the death toll to…
