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Friday, 21 Αυγούστου 2020

Στ. Πέτσας: Δεν υπάρχει κάποια ανάγκη για οριζόντια μέτρα

«Βρισκόμαστε σε μία φάση αύξησης κρουσμάτων», τόνισε σε δήλωσή του ο κυβερνητικός εκπρόσωπος Στέλιος Πέτσας. Συγκεκριμένα, ο κ. Πέτσας μιλώντας στον ραδιοφωνικό σταθμό του ΣΚΑΪ 100,3, ανέφερε ότι μετά την…

Tuesday, 11 Αυγούστου 2020

Discussing covid-19 conspiracy theories

By Adriana Palloks On July 27 a video featuring a group of doctors pledging that they have found a cure for COVID-19 went viral after being published by Breitbart News…

Thursday, 06 Αυγούστου 2020

Taking a look at Donald Trump’s crisis management during the Covid-19 pandemic.

By Adriana Palloks While most nations of the world are challenged by the covid-19 pandemic, not a single country counts as many infections and deaths as the United States of…

Friday, 31 July 2020

Covid-19 epidemic: Surge in daily infections generates re-imposition of stricter measures by Greek authorities

A continuing spike in the number of confirmed coronavirus infections reported in Greece on Friday, 72, along with three related fatalities, generated a renewed round of stricter restrictions for public…

Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Govt tables draft bill to liberalize wage scales for lower-ranked crew-members on Greek-flagged vessels

The government tabled a draft amendment in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon that would liberalize the labor and remuneration framework for lower-ranked crew-members serving aboard Greek-flagged merchant vessels, a long-standing demand…

Retroactive payments to Greek pensioners after court ruling to reach 1.4 bln€

The Greek state will dole out 900 million euros to cover retroactive payments to private sector pensioners, following a recent decision in favor of the latter by a high court.…

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Covid-19 outbreak: 52 confirmed cases over last 24 hours in Greece; biggest portion in greater Athens

One related death and 52 confirmed new Covid-19 instances were reported in Greece on Tuesday, as the height of what’s left of this year’s summer season appears to coincide with…

Monday, 27 July 2020

Greek budget performance negatively affected from pandemic in H1 2020

Greek budget figures released on Monday revealed a 6.1-billion-euro primary deficit in the first half of 2020, on the back of a collapse of VAT remittances, mostly the result of…

Covid-19 outbreak: 35 confirmed cases over last 24 hours

Another 35 instances of Covid-19 infections were recorded in Greece on Monday, continuing a trend of higher daily instances, although only four cases were detected at border entries. The figure…

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

Covid-19 outbreak: 32 confirmed cases over last 24 hours; 3 fatalities

Thirty-two new instances of Covid-19 infection were reported in Greece on Wednesday, with five cases cited as arrivals from abroad detected at border points. The total figure for the country…

Greek general staff: Situation in east Med unchanged

Sources close to Greece’s armed forces general staff on Wednesday were quoted as saying that the situation in a sea region to the south and southeast of the island of…

Bild: Merkel defuses east Med tension – Athens reacted to illegal Navtax by Turkey in wider region

The mass daily Bild on Wednesday claimed that a direct intervention by German chancellor Angela Merkel defused a burgeoning crisis in the eastern Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey, after Ankara…

Tuesday, 21 July 2020

State Dept. urges Turkey to halt hydrocarbon exploration in ‘disputed’ waters; avoid steps that cause tension

Washington on Tuesday called on an increasingly aggressive Erdogan Turkey to halt any plans for hydrocarbon exploration in the eastern Mediterranean and to avoid actions that increase tension. A statement…

Ankara continues east Med provocations with Natvex between Crete, Cyprus

Turkey on Tuesday issued a Navtex confining a large segment of sea in the middle of the east Mediterranean, roughly between southwest Asia Minor, the large island of Crete, the…

Monday, 20 July 2020

Recording purportedly has top fire brigade officer threating subordinate in order to ‘bury probe’ into wildfire; avoid blaming SYRIZA office

A political firestorm emanating from the deadly Mati wildfire, which erased a coastal settlement two years ago, erupted this week with the release of a tape recording of a former…

Thursday, 16 July 2020

Top anti-corruption prosecutor now faces criminal charges over shambolic Novartis probe

The controversial head of Greece’s anti-corruption prosecutor’s office has been charged with one felony and five misdemeanor counts, in relation to her now three-year-long investigation into alleged Novartis kickbacks in…

AEK Athens passes on appeal against PAOK after latter’s fiasco with players’ med certificates

AEK Athens passed up its option of filing an appeal against Wednesday’s scoreless tie against PAOK Thessaloniki in the next to last game in the current playoff round for Greece’s…

Progress report by Covid-19 Observatory: Spike in average daily number of coronavirus cases in Greece; Rt index sill under 1

Greece recorded an increase in the average daily number of confirmed coronavirus cases, according to the ninth progress report by the Covid-19 Obervatory, and specifically for between July 8 and…

12 players for PAOK Thessaloniki side without updated med certificates; appeal by AEK can change standings for second place

The result of Wednesday’s crucial derby between Greece’s two “double-headed eagle” clubs, AEK Athens and PAOK Thessaloniki may be settled off the pitch, as the latter club appears to forgotten…

Recent high court rulings in Greece in favor of pensioners could burden state coffers by as much as 4 bln€

Recent rulings by Greece’s Council of State (CoE), the country’s highest administrative court, in favor of pensioners who argued that certain previous social security cuts, specifically in 2012, were unconstitutional,…

Underwater museum to debut off Alonissos; Classical era shipwreck, amphorae on display

Greece’s first undersea museum is set to open to divers in early August, and until just after Oct. 1. Scuba divers and free divers can visit a well-known 5th century…

Monday, 13 July 2020

Latest emblematic privatization dislodged from proverbial Greek ‘red tape’ is Kassiopi Project in northern Corfu

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis again burnished his center-right government’s pro-business and investment-friendly credentials over the week, this time using northern Corfu as the backdrop to announce the commencement of…

Thessaloniki Port Authority signs agreement with China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd

The now privatized Thessaloniki Port Authority this week announced an agreement with China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd (CMPort) to promote the latter in the vast Chinese market as another…

Covid-19 outbreak: 24 confirmed cases over last 24 hours; no fatalities

Twenty-four new confirmed cororavirus cases were reported in Greece on Monday, with only seven, however, traced to arrivals from abroad. The latest confirmed cases brings the total number in Greece…

Friday, 10 July 2020

Covid-19 outbreak: 60 confirmed cases on Friday, most at border entries; no fatalities

A continuing surge, by Greek standards, in the daily number of confirmed coronavirus infections continued on Friday, with 60 cases reported. As in similar days, a large portion was detected…

Erdogan: First Muslim prayer in Hagia Sophia on July 24

The first Muslim prayer in the iconic Hagia Sophia since the early 1930s will come on July 24, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday evening, hours after Turkey’s…

Thursday, 09 July 2020

Street violence in central Athens over draft bill on placing legal restrictions on protests

Street violence erupted in central Athens, around the Parliament building in Syntagma square, after roughly 100 mostly youthful protesters began lobbing firebombs and other missiles at assembled riot police, on…

Covid-19 outbreak: 50 new confirmed infections in Greece on Thurs; nearly half at border entries

Higher double-digit numbers of confirmed coronavirus instances continued in Greece on Thursday, with 50 cases reported, nearly half of which were detected at border posts throughout the country. The total…

Wednesday, 08 July 2020

Draft bill foresees 7% flat tax on social security benefits of 3rd country nationals that declare Greece as their tax base

A newly draft bill foresees a 7-percent flat tax for third country pensioners’ social security income, who officially declare Greece as their tax base. The proposed draft bill foresees that…

Covid-19 outbreak: 33 new confirmed infections on Wed.; 21 detected at border crossings

The number of new confirmed instances of coronavirus infections reported on Wednesday reached 33, of which 21 were detected in arrivals at the country’s northern border posts. The total number…