Greece’s National Meteorological Service issued a weather Red Alert on Thursday warning of dense snowfalls, sharp temperature drop up to 18 degrees Celsius and winds reaching up to 10 Beaufort in the coming days. Barometric low “Medea” is forecast to strike the country initially from the West and the North …

The first meeting of the foreign ministers of the Philia Forum was held on Thursday in Athens with the participation of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and France. The Forum, organised in the framework of the promotion and consolidation of multilateral ties of friendship and cooperation …

A 42-year-old woman suffered paralysis of the lower extremities after she had the second dose of vaccine against Covid-19. According to preliminary information, the nurse at the hospital on the island of Corfu has developed symptoms resembling to the autoimmune neurological Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare disorder in which the body’s …

Greek Police is investing the mysterious “disappearance”  of a Pfizer vaccine vial from a vaccination center in the suburb of Peristeri, West Athens, on Wednesday afternoon. A nurse who spoke to the police on Wednesday said that she took out a vial from the freezer to administer a dose and …

MeRA25 lawmaker and Vice Parliament Speaker Sofia Sakorafa was assaulted by riot police outside Attica police headquarters in downtown Athens on Wednesday evening, the party had denounced. Sakorafa was at the building along with others in solidarity with dozens who were detained during the students’ protest against the Education bill …

Greece’s health authorities announced 1,496 new coronavirus cases and 17 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country has increased to 284 (+7). Death toll has reached 6,034 and the total cases stand at 167,549. From Feb 11 until February …

With teargas and sound flares Greek police cracked down student protests in Athens and Thessaloniki on Wednesday. Students, teachers, academics, high school students, parents marched through the cities against the Education bill that provides among others,he presence of police at universities. Thousands of #students protest for yet another week in …

In a symbolic action owners of restaurants, cafes and bars handed their keys over to the state in Athens, Thessaloniki and other Greek cities to protest the the extended shut down of their businesses due to government pandemic measures. The extended lockdown threaten the survival of their businesses, four in …

Head of Greece’ Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias announced the measures for the additional, hard lockdown in Athens and Attica that is imposed from 6:00 a.m. Thursday, February 11, until Sunday, February 28, 2021. The measures include restrictions in movement with extended curfew on Saturdays and Sundays, the closure of close …

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged on Wednesday that the European Union was not where it wanted to be in the fight against the coronavirus. “We were late with the approval. We were too optimistic on mass production. And perhaps we were also too certain that the orders …