KTG wishes to all readers a Happy and especially a Healthy New Year 2021. As the joke says: we stay up on New Year’s Eve not to welcome 2021 but to make sure 2020 is gone. Καλή Χρονιά  –  Ευτυχισμενος ο Καινούργιος Χρόνος It was a tough year for everyone …

A spontaneous music event on balconies called the police intervention in the city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday evening. The so-called “inter-balcony concert” took place in the neighborhood of Alexandros Svolos upon the initiative by local residents as public events are banned due to nationwide lockdown. Harps, trumpets, drums, …

There will be no limit to the number of passengers allowed in a taxi for people visiting friends or family on New Year’s Eve December 31 and January 1, media report on Thursday. The exception to the rule of “one customer per taxi” over these two days refers to family …

Unknown perpetrators vandalized the Holocaust Monument in the city of Drama, northern Greece, on the night of December 28, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KISE) said on Wednesday and condemned the act. The perpetrators sprayed a black cross and broke the base of marble at the base …

The Greek government is considering to introduce a system called “click in shop” to facilitate customers to visit retail stores during lockdowns. The system will permit shopping by appointment. Consumers will be allowed to enter a store, see and even try products. The physical presence in the store will be …

Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Wednesday evening that a stricter lockdown is imposed on the island of Kalymnos in the Dodecanese in the south-eastern Aegean Sea. The decision has been taken following evaluation of the epidemiological load data, the age stratification of the inhabitants of the island, the results of …

Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday evening, 942 new coronavirus cases and 58 more deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 442. Death toll has reached 4,788 and the total cases stand at 137,918. Increasing is the number …

The Prosecutor of Piraeus has ordered an urgent preliminary investigation into inflammatory statement by the Bishop of Kythera Seraphim who claimed that the vaccines against Covid-19 contain “products from abortions.” Authorities investigate whether the Bisho spread fake news regarding the vaccines. During a superstitious delirium on December 27, the Bishop …

What does a medical professional do when his wife and in-laws contract the disease at the center of a months-long pandemic? Gabriel Tachtatzoglou, a critical care nurse, did not feel good about the treatment options available in Greece’s second-largest city when his wife, both her parents and her brother came …

More than 10,000 police officers will be deployed throughout Greece for the New Year’s Day holiday in order to ensure compliance with the measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The restrictions will be similar to those imposed for the Christmas holiday but police checks will be more intensive. …