The new shutdown in the retail sector will require bold measures to save businesses from permanent closure, the Athens Trade Association said on Tuesday evening. Following the new shutdown of stores announced by the prime minister for stores in Attica, the Association said that the continuing rise of coronavirus cases …

REScoop.eu, together with Greenpeace Greece, WWF Greece, Electra Energy published a report calling on the Greek government to change the institutional framework in order to support the development of Energy Communities in Greece. Energy Communities are initiatives for citizens, social organizations, local or city authorities, small and medium-sized local businesses …

It had been confirmed on Tuesday that Olympiacos’ Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium would host Arsenal’s home leg due to Covid regulations of certain nations.

Greece recorded a new spike in coronavirus infections with 1,526 new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours. The number of deaths surpassed 6,000 after authorities announced another 20 fatalities on Tuesday evening. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country has increased to 277. Death toll …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced one more lockdown with schools and retail closed for Greek capital Athens and the regional unit of Attica. The lockdown will go into force at 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 11, and will last until February 28, 2021. In his televised address to the …

Chanting “traitors” and slogans with homophobic content, residents of Orestiada jeered Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis earlier on Monday. The angry mob booed and threw waters bottles, crackers and eggs at the minister visiting the broader area of Evros in north-eastern Greece bordering Turkey. They were holding Greek flags, …

The committee of epidemiologists in Greece has reportedly voted 16 :8 in favor of a “hard lockdown” to be imposed in Greek capital Athens and the broader regional unit of Attica. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will address the nation at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The committee held an emergency meeting …

Opposition party Movement for Change (KINAL)/PASOK  accused the government of “inconsistency and improvisations that generate more insecurity for the citizens.” Ia a statement issued on Tuesday ahead of a “hard lockdown” in Attica, KINAL said that the restriction measures the government has imposed are problematic. KINAL that the government should …

The online platform for booking vaccination appointments against Covid-19 for citizens of certain age groups will open on February 10 and 12, Health Ministry Secretary General for Primary Health Care, Marios Themistokleous on Monday evening. The platform for those aged 60-64 will open on Wednesday, February 10, and for those …

Greece’s Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Tuesday said that more time should be considered before a hard lockdown is imposed Athens and Attica. He stressed that the results of the tightening over the measures since last Saturday should be awaited. “More time should be given” Georgiadis said short after …