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Eleven investors have expressed interest in an auction for a minority stake in Greece’s sole power network operator, HEDNO, power utility Public Power Corp (PPC) said on Friday. Strategic investors, grid operators and investment funds submitted expressions of interest for a 49% stake in HEDNO by Friday’s deadline, PPC, which …
Read More »Greece Covid-19 map: More regions in hard lockdown, where is lifted
Head of Civil Protection and deputy minister Nikos Hardalias presented the updated Covid-19 map on Friday evening and announced which regions are going red that is in hard lockdown and where the hard lockdown is lifted. Several regional units and municipalities including islands are placed in hard lockdown as of …
Read More »Greece: 1460 new coronavirus cases, 28 deaths, intubations rise to 325
Greece’s health authorities announced on Friday 1460 new coronavirus cases and another 28 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country has increased to 325. Death toll has reached 6,249 and the total cases stand at 177,494. On Friday, health authorities …
Read More »Culture Minister moves against ex National Theater director over alleged sexual abuse cases
Greece’s Culture Minister Lina Mendoni submitted a complaint report-memo to the Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Court, requesting a full investigation into the alleged sexual abuse cases in the National Theater. The complaint is reportedly against the former Artistic Director of the National Theater Dimitris Lignadis and follows a storm …
Read More »Greece launches issue of digital “vaccination certificate” as of Feb 19
Greece has launched the issue of “digital vaccination certificates” as of today, Friday, February 19, 2021. “The vaccination certificate is now available for the citizens who have received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine,” Minister of Digital Government, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, said on Friday morning. The certificate is available on …
Read More »“Pruning trees”: PM Mitsotakis to legislate on state agencies responsibilities
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a plan for new legislation that will clearly define the responsibilities of all state bodies at every level after agencies and authorities blamed each other for the ongoing poweroutages in capital Athens due to fallen trees during the snow weather.. At the same time, the …
Read More »Greece: 1400 new coronavirus cases, 27 deaths, intubations reach 320
Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 1400 new coronavirus cases and another 27 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country has increased to 320. Death toll has reached 6,221 and the total cases stand at 176,059. Cases Tests Admissions red/Discharges …
Read More »Brits could enjoy quarantine-free holidays in Greece this summer as countries discuss jab passports
Tourism minister Haris Theoharis said ‘technical discussions are underway’ to enable what Athens hopes will be a ‘semi-normal’ summer for its vital tourism industry.
Read More »“Elderly should go to supermarket until 8:30 am,” says epidemiology professor
The elderly should go shopping at supermarkets until 08:30 a.m. to reduce the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The proposal came by professor for epidemiology at the Medical School of the University of Athens, Athins Linou on Thursday. The elderly wake up early in the morning anyway, and the supermarkets …
Read More »7,000 households in Athens still without power since Monday night
Some 8 to 10 thousands households in northern Athens and the region of Attica remain without power on Thursday noon, many of them since Monday night. In addition, many have no water as the supply is directly connected to electricity operation. Furthermore, fallen trees on roads and vehicles and electricity …
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