Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis on Wednesday submitted an amendment to a foreign ministry bill that will allow the winter sales period to be extended until March 31, 2021. According to an announcement by the ministry, a relevant ministerial decision will follow which will determine the final details. The …

The Greek government has set up a #MeToo website where citizens can submit complaints get information on sexual harassment and abuse as well as power-based violence, actions taken against abusers and links where victims can seek help. The website metoogreece.gr will soon host announcements concerning initiatives designed to help people …

In a new first indicating an exacerbation of the incendiary rhetoric emanating from Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to the Aegean Sea by the name “Sea of Islands,” while reiterating claims of “provocations” in the eastern Mediterranean, referring indirectly to renewed Greek-Turkish tensions in recent days. Erdogan’s remarks …

Greece is in “technical” talks with the UK over allowing Britons carrying a vaccine passport to travel to its tourist hotspots from May, Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis told several British media on Tuesday. The announcement comes  despite concerns in Brussels and other EU capitals. Theoharis said he hoped to “dovetail” …

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of Honour to Greek shipowner Iakovos Tsounis, who has donated his entire fortune to the Armed Forces. Tsounis, 97, donated 23 million euros to the Armed Forces and has also donated 60 landing craft over the …

Daily coronavirus cases remain alarmingly high as Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday evening 1,913 new cases. Another 28 Covid-19 patients died in the past 24 hours and the number of Covid intubations remain 357. Death toll has reached 6,371 and the total cases stand at 184,686. Chances that the …

Greece’s Civil Protection placed the regional unit of Arcadia, Central Peloponnese, in hard lockdown and the Municipality of Nafplio, eastern Peloponnese, in “increased surveillance”, that is regions and municipalities marked “‘red” in the country’s Covid-19 map. Hard lockdown for Arcadia will go into force at 6 a.m. on Thursday, February …

The Greek Actors Association submitted to prosecuting authorities a file containing serious allegation of sexual abuse and harassment in the world of theater and movies. The reported cases are expected to expand prosecutors’ investigation into the so-called Greek #MeToo movement. According to media information, the submitted file contained double-digit cases. …

Judicial authorities ordered the force-feeding of “17. November” convict Dimitris Koufontinas who is on hunger strike on the 48th days and on thirst strike since Sunday. The order was reportedly issued following suggestion by doctors in Lamia hospital where he is in ICU since last week. According to international laws, …

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sees an extension of the lockdown, especially in Attica, due to the spike of coronavirus infections. The infections increase changes plans to open the retail sector, the months of February and March are critical because we have not built a wall of immunity. This is what …