Strike force detectives have seized a massive haul of cocaine allegedly smuggled in from Greece to Sydney hidden inside ice-cream cone packets.
Read More »Greece: 1121 new coronavirus cases, 29 more deaths, intubations rise to 309
Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday evening 1,121 new coronavirus cases and another 29 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country has increased to 309. Death toll has reached 6,181 and the total cases stand at 173,905. After the much …
Read More »Athenians enjoy the rare snow blanket in the Greek capital
Snow is the number one topic on Greek social media on Tuesday with thousands of Athenians posting pictures and footage of the white winter wonderland. they went out with their kids and dogs, played snowball-war and formed snowmen. People posted pictures of their dogs enjoying snow #white stuff good#Athens#χιονι pic.twitter.com/wqwYbmzKkU …
Read More »Athens-Lamia highway remains shut down until 7 am on Wed
The Athens-Lamia national highway will remain shut down until 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. The country’s most important highway connecting the South to the North was supposed to open at 7 p.m. on Tuesday after a closure of 24 hours. The Attica section of the highway includes Kalyftakis …
Read More »Two elderly die in Evia following extensive power outages, one breeder dies in Crete
Two people lost their lives in Evia and Crete as the heavy snow weather conditions prevented rescue teams from be on the spots in time. Late Tuesday afternoon it became known that another elderly lost his life in Evia due to extensive power outage. An 80-year-old man in Evia died …
Read More »Investment spending in Greece fell 6.9% in 2020, to grow by 2.8% in 2021
Investment spending in the manufacturing sector fell 6.9% in 2020 compared with the previous year, the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) said in a report on Monday. The survey on industrial investments in the period October-November 2020 showed that investment spending in the manufacturing sector is expected to …
Read More »Elgin Marbles and Rosetta Stone among artefacts being examined by the British Museum
Historian Dr Isobel MacDonald is to lead the museum’s History of Collection research, which will examine how objects such as the Elgin Marbles have arrived since its 1759 founding.
Read More »Snowfall in Athens disrupts public transport, leave thousands without power, halts vaccinations
Thousands of households in dozens of suburbs in Athens are without electricity for over 14 hours, some even without water. Public transport in Greek capital collapsed due to snowfall that is claimed to be the “heaviest in the last 15 years.” Covid-19 vaccinations have been suspended. Supermarkets will close at …
Read More »US Secretary of State Blinken speaks with Greek counterpart Dendias
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had a telephone conversation with Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Dendias on Monday, the first contacts since Blinken assumed office. I a statement, the State Department said that Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Dendias emphasized their commitment to further strengthening U.S.-Greece bilateral relations, including …
Read More »Greece launches National Register for children and teens with cancer
Greece has launched a National Register for children and teenagers with cancer ailments. The registration of patients is mandatory and is done by the doctor presiding over the case, via the e-prescription system. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday met two children that have recovered from cancer, Nefeli and Philippos, …
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