Just a few days before exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey resume, Ankara reiterated its “casus belli” threats. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu threatened on Friday that if Greece expands its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles in the Aegean Sea this will be “occasion for war”. Speaking to Turkish journalists …

If all goes well with its vaccination programme, tourism in Israel will be open for business in April – which happens to be one of the best months to visit. Here’s our guide to the country…

Greece’s Health Ministry will set up a nationwide surveillance and alert network for Covid-19 mutations, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias announced on Friday, following an emergency meeting with top epidemiologists and the President of the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Athens’ Academy (IIBEAA). Responding to scientists’ concerned over the mutated strains …

Greece has extended the lockdown movement restrictions on Friday as the reopening of secondary school education has been announced to take place on Monday, February 1, 2021. However, the movement restrictions have some exceptions like for the number of passengers in taxis and students who rent in another regional unit. …

Greece’s health authorities announced on Friday, 585 new coronavirus cases and 28 more deaths in the last 24 hours. Further decrease in the number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country that stands at 288. Death toll has reached 5,598 and the total cases stand at 151,041. A …

Greece’s National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued a weather warning for the next few days due to consecutive barometric lows that will bring heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms and gale-force south winds. The first wave of weather deterioration is forecast mainly in the West of the country from Saturday noon, January 23, …

Commission “Greece 2021” launched its Monetary Program with two coins as collectible souvenirs of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution, the Independence War against the Ottoman Empire. the first two coins of the Greek state that can be purchased are: the Phoenix of 1821 and the Drachma of 1832. …

Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday, 566 new coronavirus cases and 30 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 320. Death toll has reached 5,518 and the total cases stand at 149,462. New cases almost doubled on …

Two teenager boys, aged 15 and 17, accused of the brutal assault of a metro station were released form custody on Tuesday following deposition that lasted several hours. The two boys were released under strict bail terms including a supervision by a social workers. Each one has to pay 2,000 …

Deputy Minister of Sports Lefteris Avgenakis announced on Tuesday that he was suspending all funding to the Greek Sailing Federation and ordering an audit of its board members’ assets, as part of an investigation into allegations of sexual assault, mismanagement and corruption by senior officials. The suspension will last until …