Greece

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 …

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. …

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 …

The mass vaccination of dozens of government and state officials that triggered an outrage in the Greek society did not age well. The fiasco of giving immunization priority to high- and low-ranking politicians and wannabe politicians and even their relatives over health-workers forced Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to stop the …

Greece’s Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis outlined the rules of traveling during the pandemic under new circumstances created by the vaccine against Covid-19. The minister said that there will be two categories of travelers: those who have been inoculated and those who have not. In an interview with protohema, Theoharis emphasized …

Head of Greece’s Civil protection Nikos Hardalias said on Tuesday that the same rules as over the two Christmas days will apply also for New Year’s Eve and Day regarding celebrations at homes and in churches. The night curfew will be in force from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. also …

For one more time, Turkey raised the issue of negotiating anew the Lausanne Treaty of 1923 that set out the borders of modern Turkey with its neighbors, including Greece. Enegy Minister Fatih Donmez claimed that the conditions of 1923 do not exist anymore and therefore the Treaty should be reviewed …

New coronavirus infections rose in Greece again after health authorities increased the usual number of tests following decreased testing over Christmas holidays Dec 24-27/28. Authorities announced on Tuesday evening, 1,047 new coronavirus cases and 58 deaths in the past 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across …

The mass vaccination of Greece’s government officials who take the place of health workers and vulnerable groups has reached the dimensions of a scandal. The mass vaccination of front-line health workers at Sotiria hospital in Athens, the flagship in the country’s battle against the virus since March, scheduled for today, …

Greek Finance ministry has launched procedures for the early repayment of a chunk worth 3.6 billion euros of a loan received by the International Monetary Fund. The specific repayment will cover loans ending in 2021 and 2022, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Monday. It will be the second early …