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Monday, 23 March 2020

Covid-19 outbreak: 17th fatal case of coronavirus in Greece

The latest reports from Greece on Monday morning referred to a 17th fatality related to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the same day as a “lockdown” is being enforced to restrict…

Sunday, 22 March 2020

Covid-19 crisis: Greek gov’t details measures, exclusions for unprecendeted ban on public movement

The Greek government on Sunday evening detailed the ban a wide array of public movements throughout the country, as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak reached almost 100 over…

Covid-19 pandemic: Greek PM announces ban on most public movement, as of 6 a.m. on Mon.; breakdown deaths, infections

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis said a ban on residents’ unnecessary movement in public will be in place as of 6 a.m. for the entire country, an even stricter restriction to…

Reports: Greek govt considering clampdown on movement in public; partial exodus to provinces recorded over past week

Greece’s prime minister will again take to the airwaves at 6 p.m. (16.00 GMT) on Sunday, with media reports rife over the weekend that the government is considering additional restrictive…

Saturday, 21 March 2020

Trio of foreign nationals charged in arson of NGO-operated school within ‘hotspot’ on Lesvos

Police have arrested three foreign nationals in connection to a fire that destroyed a primary school within a migrant/refugee “hotspot” on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos two weeks ago.…

Another 3 coronavirus-related deaths in Greece reported on Sat.

Another three Covid-19-related deaths were reported in Greece on Saturday, bringing the total to 13 in the east Mediterranean country of roughly 11 million residents. All three of the victims…

Friday, 20 March 2020

10th coronavirus-linked death in Greece; schools shut until at least April 10

Friday was the worst day so far in terms of Covid-19-related deaths in Greece, with four patients dying from the virus, bringing the death toll to 10 in the east…

Scope Ratings: Covid-19 to bump Greek economy into recession

The “Covid-19 effect” is forecast to throw the Greek economy back into a recessionary spiral, according to Scope Ratings, with its revised projection for 2020 pointing to a GDP decrease…

Greece bans ferry boat travel to the islands for non-permanent residents

The Greek government on Friday announced restrictions to ferry boat travel to the country’s numerous islands, with the intent of preventing so-called “coronavirus holidays”. The new measures will allow travel…

Covid-19 deaths in Greece reportedly reach 7; 464 confirmed cases

A seventh death related to the coronavirus (Covid-19) was reportedly recorded in Greece on Friday, with an 87-year-old man identified as the seventh victim. The deceased in the seventh confirmed case…

Thursday, 19 March 2020

Greek govt boosts coronavirus emergency econ package

The Greek government on Thursday significantly upped the ante of an emergency economic response to keep the economic afloat amid and after the ongoing coronavirus “lockdown”, after essentially being freed…

Anti-terrorism raid in central Athens nets cache of weapons; 26 people detained in operation linked to DHKP-C group

More than 26 people, described in press reports as Kurds from Turkey, were detained and a cache of weaponry seized on Thursday during a raid of a building in central…

Anti-terrorism raid in central Athens nets cache of weapons; 26 people detained in operation linked to DHKP-C group

More than 26 people, described in press reports as Kurds from Turkey, were detained and a cache of weaponry seized on Thursday during a raid of a building in central…

Press reports: Greek govt considers ban on flights to and from country, as of Sunday; 6th Covid-19 fatality

The Greek government is expected to announce a ban on passenger flights to and from the country, as of Sunday, with the prime minister cited by media reports as confirming…

ECB ok’s Athens’ participation in QE stimulus plan amid Covid-19 crisis; Greek bonds rally spectacularly on Thur.

The ongoing and increasingly explosive coronavirus outbreak in Europe, now described as a global Covid-19 pandemic by epidemiologists, has knocked down at least one previous crisis-era barrier for Greece, as…

Wednesday, 18 March 2020

First mass delivery of surgical masks to Greece by China amid Covid-19 outbreak

China delivered 50,000 surgical masks to Greece on Wednesday for use by the country’s public health system. The cargo was delivered during a brief ceremony attended by Chinese ambassador to…

First mass delivery of surgical masks to Greece by China amid Covid-19 outbreak

China delivered 50,000 surgical masks to Greece on Wednesday for use by the country’s public health system. The cargo was delivered during a brief ceremony attended by Chinese ambassador to…

Covid-19 restrictions in place for migrant/refugee ‘hotspots’; partial restriction of movement outside camps

The Greek government on Wednesday announced urgent Covid-19-related measures for another, and now lesser crisis facing the country, namely, the resurgent migrant crisis that has swamped a handful of eastern…

Coronavirus infections exceed 400 in Greece; ban on gatherings of 10 or more in public spaces

Coronavirus infections exceeded 400 on Wednesday, rising to 418, with five deaths reported all in all in the east Mediterranean country, with the average age of Covid-19-treated patients hovering at…

Covid-19 outbreak: Greek govt considering stricter measures to dissuade public gatherings

The Greek government is expected to announced even stricter measures to dissuade the public assembly of more than 10 people, as practically all non-essential activities and commerce has ceased in…

Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Fifth Covid-19 death in Greece; confirmed cases still low, 387

The death toll for coronavirus-related infections in Greece reached five on Tuesday, miniscule compared to other European countries, but still worrying, while the total number of confirmed cases was reported…

Covid-19 outbreak: Greek PM refers to ‘war with an invisible but not unbeatable enemy’

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis again made a nationally televised address on Tuesday afternoon to announce a batch of measures to allay the massive health and economic repercussions from the…

Coronavirus outbreak scraps fiscal targets for 2020: Greek FinMin

The Eurogroup has afforded a “green light” to the Greek government to issue a further round of emergency measures to deal with the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and its economic repercussions.…

Monday, 16 March 2020

Covid-19 outbreak: Greek govt orders suspension of religious services in all places of worship in the country until March 30

The Greek government on Monday evening reacted in an uncharacteristically swift manner to an earlier lukewarm decision, by the influential Church of Greece, to keep cathedrals open, albeit for “personal…

Church of Greece to keep cathedrals open only for ‘personal worship’

The Church of Greece’s Holy Synod on Monday evening announced that cathedrals and chapels in the overwhelmingly Christian Orthodox country will remain open only for “personal worship”, while at the…

Fire at Moria ‘hotspot’ claims 6-year-old victim; motorship carrying illegal migrants grounded off Kea

A six-year-old child fell victim to a fire that swept through the notorious Moria migrant/refugee camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos (Mytilene) on Monday. According to reports, an…

Fire at Moria ‘hotspot’, fatality of 6-year-old child; illegal migrant-laden motorship grounded off Kea

A six-year-old child fell victim to a fire that swept through the notorious Moria migrant/refugee camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos (Mytilene) on Monday. According to reports, an…

Retail shops to close in Greece after Tues.; govt dismisses reports of 24-curfew in all public spaces

Retail stores were ordered to close, as of Wednesday, throughout Greece, as the government tightened restrictions in the east Mediterranean country, which has recorded four coronavirus-related deaths and nearly 350…

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Sunday, 15 March 2020

Govt creates dep. minister of civil defense amid Covid-19 outbreak; police evacuate squat within Athens polytechnic

The Greek government on Sunday urgently announced that the country’s up-until-now general secretary for civil protection, Nikos Hardalias, has been upgraded to deputy minister of civil defense and crisis management,…