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Sunday, 08 November 2020

Greek leadership extends congrats to Joe Biden

Greek leadership was quick to issue congratulations to former US vice-president Joe Biden on Friday, moments after news emerged that the Democratic contender for the White House has essentially clinched…

Saturday, 07 November 2020

Moody’s raises Greece’s sovereign credit rating by one notch amid pandemic

Athens and the Mitsotakis government got a welcome fillip from Moody’s Investors Service on Saturday, the first day of a general Covid-19-related lockdown in Greece, as the former raised the…

Covid-19 outbreak: 2,556 new confirmed cases in Greece on first day of partial general lockdown; 34 related fatalities

A Greek public health authority on Saturday announced another 2,556 new confirmed coronavirus cases, coinciding with the first day of a partial lockdown throughout the country after a spike in…

Friday, 06 November 2020

Covid-19 outbreak: 2,448 new confirmed infections on Friday ahead of 3-week lockdown

A total of 2,448 new confirmed coronavirus infections were reported on Friday, a day before a general lockdown was set to begin in Greece for the next three weeks. A…

Thursday, 05 November 2020

Tajik man, 27, arrested on terrorism-related int’l warrant; granted refugee status after entering from Turkey

Greek police arrested a 27-year-old Tajikistan national in the southern Greece city of Tripoli on Wednesday afternoon when a routine ID check revealed an international arrest warrant for his alleged…

Commission forecast: Greece’s econ recovery in 2021 at 5%, lower than previous estimate of 6%

The European Commission’s autumn economic forecasts reveal that a previous estimate of a 9-percent recession for the year remains unchanged, compared to the summer forecasts. At the same time, the…

Controversial businessman claims ex-SYRIZA minister tried to set up pro-govt TV broadcaster

A controversial construction contractor and businessman cozy with the previous SYRIZA government in tandem with his high-profile efforts to purchase a nationwide television license nevertheless provided testimony on Thursday to…

Covid-19 outbreak: Second wave of coronavirus in Greece surges ahead of planned 3-week lockdown

A “second wave” of the coronavirus in Greece continues to surge, with single-day confirmed cases reported on Thursday reaching 2,917 0 – another daily record – of which 27 were…

Greece in Covid-19 lockdown as of Saturday, until Nov. 30

A general Covid-19 lockdown will be reinstituted throughout Greece as of Saturday morning (06.00) and extend until Nov. 30. The urgent restrictions practically all forms of public assembly and close…

Wednesday, 04 November 2020

Greek isle of Astypalaia picked by VW Group to create a ‘climate-neutral mobility’ model

A project billed as ground-breaking in terms of “green investments” in Greece moved forward on Wednesday with the signing of an MoU between the Greek government and Volkswagen AG to…

Covid-19 outbreak: Wednesday marks Greece’s worst daily tally of confirmed cases, related fatalities, patients in ICUs

Wednesday’s marked the worst day yet for Greece in terms of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the highest 24-hour tally of new confirmed cases accompanied by the highest daily number for…

Prospect of month-long Covid-19 lockdown looms over Greece

Greece’s relevant health minister on Wednesday afternoon confirmed that the government has accepted a proposal by an expert committee of epidemiologists to order a general Covid-19-related lockdown throughout the country…

Tuesday, 03 November 2020

Last week’s strong quake raises Samos island by 18 to 25cm

Scientists reported that the eastern Aegean island of Samos has risen by 18 to 25 centimeters due to a strong 6.7 on the Richter scale earthquake last Friday, pinpointed at…

Govt: Nine suitors express interest in Igoumenitsa port concession

The relevant shipping and island policy minister this week revealed, as he said, that nine business groups have expressed an interest in acquiring a concession for the port of Igoumenitsa,…

Athens revising, downwards, forecasts for economic performance in 2020 due to Covid-19 ‘second wave’

By T. Tsiros [email protected]   The finance ministry’s leadership is reassessing – downwards – all of the primary economic forecasts and targets for the ongoing year, in light of a…

Covid-19 outbreak: Single-day confirmed cases surge past 2K on Tues.; 13 related fatalities

Confirmed Covid-19 infections in Greece continued to climb to record highs this week, with the single-day tally on Tuesday reaching 2,166, and with related fatalities reported as 13 the same…

Monday, 02 November 2020

Govt announces mandatory 40% cut in leases paid by businesses affected by Covid-19 lockdown

A Greek government edict this week mandating a 40-cut for this month in leases paid by businesses affected by “lockdown-type” restrictions (Level 4 areas) placed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic…

Greek PM announces measures to boost security for Greece’s beleaguered university campuses

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday announced primary three measures to boost security at Greece’s beleaguered higher education institutions, days after a video was posted by self-styled anarchists showing…

Covid-19 outbreak: More than 1,000 confirmed cases on Mon.; seven related fatalities

New confirmed coronavirus infections in Greece again exceeded the 1,000 mark on Monday, as the government in the country’s continues to stiffen restrictions public movement in areas in the “red”.…

Friday, 30 October 2020

Shades of ‘earthquake’ rapprochement between Athens, Ankara in wake of devastating quake in eastern Aegean

Shades of 1999’s earthquake “rapprochement” between Greece and Turkey appeared on Friday, hours after a devastating 6.7 on the Richter scale earthquake that hit the eastern Aegean island of Samos…

Covid-19 outbreak: Single-day record of 1,690 cases reported in Greece

Another single-day record of confirmed Covid-19 cases fell by the wayside on Friday, as the number of new reported infections reached 1,690, a day after briefly falling from Wednesday’s previous…

Two HS students killed when wall collapses from 6.7R quake that hit island of Samos

Two high school students, a girl and boy, 15 and 17, respectively, were fatally injured on Friday when an exterior wall of an older  residence collapsed in the town of…

Strong 6.6R quake near Samos, Asia Minor coast; felt on Greek mainland

An earthquake that shook the greater Athens area early Friday afternoon for upwards of 10 seconds measured a strong 6.6 on the Richter scale, and was pinpointed near the eastern…

Quake shakes greater Athens area early Friday afternoon

An earthquake shook the greater Athens area on Friday afternoon, at roughly 13.51 (11.51 GMT), with initial but unconfirmed reports referring to a strong quake in the central part of…

Thursday, 29 October 2020

Pressure builds for obligatory reduction in rents in areas hit hardest by coronavirus

A significant spike in confirmed coronavirus infections in Greece over the past two months, compared to the number in the country in the spring, in tandem with a tepid response…

Covid-19 outbreak: Confirmed cases fall to 1,211 in Greece a day after record tally

New single-day confirmed coronavirus infections fell in Greece on Thursday – a day after a record one-day tally of 1,547 – with 1,211 cases reported, along with another 12 related…

Covid-19 outbreak: Another 3 regions in Greece placed in partial ‘lockdown’; confirmed cases on Wed. at 1,547

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday said his government wants to avoid a nationwide “lockdown” amid a resurgent coronavirus pandemic in the country, as single-day confirmed instances now exceed…

Greek govt announces another Covid-19-related stimulus plan worth 11 bln€

The Greek government is eyeing another extraordinary stimulus package, worth roughly 11 billion euros, over the next nine-month period in order to deflect the repercussions from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.…

Tuesday, 27 October 2020

First testimonies expected in judicial conspiracy probe centering on bungled Novartis investigation

The testimony phase, headed by a special supreme court prosecutor, in an explosive case of alleged judicial misconduct by a one-time alternate justice minister under the previous SYRIZA government, Dimitris…

Collision between large container vessel, Greek navy minesweeper leaves latter badly damaged

A Greek navy minesweeper suffered severe damage to its stern on Tuesday morning off the greater Athens area after colliding with a much larger container vessel. Only two minor injuries…