Greece

Residents and tourists stunned in awe the waterspouts forming off the islands of Rhodes, Santorini and Naxos on Wednesday. On the island of Rhodes,The waterspouts formed off Afantou and Kolympia reached the shore and caused damages and even lifted boats. Speaking to local media rodiaki, the president of Afantou Community, …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will address the nation early Thursday evening in order to explain the pandemic situation in the country and announce additional, nationwide measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus that seems to have been out of control. Next to the new measures, in his address …

Turkey said late on Wednesday that it extended the operation of seismic survey vessel Oruc Reis and two other ships in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean until Oct. 27, in a move likely to further escalate tensions in the region. Two other vessels, the Ataman and Cengiz Han …

In a video statement alongside his wife, Queen Maxima, broadcast on Wednesday, King Willem-Alexander apologised for going on holiday to Greece during a partial lockdown in the country.

Greece on Wednesday successfully completed a reopening of a 15-year bond issue with the Greek state draining 2.0 billion euros the market at a lower interest rate of 1.17 pct, compared with an 1.9 pct interest rate in February. The bookbuilding process attracted strong interest with binds surpassing 16 billion …

A nightmare number of daily coronavirus cases: 865 – the new all times negative record in Greece. On Wednesday evening , health authorities announced also another six deaths. At the same time, the Civil Protection placed the regional unit of Kastoria in lockdown and upgraded to category 3 “increased surveillance” …

The owner of a nursing home in northern Athens where cases of Covid-19 have been detected committed suicide on Wednesday morning. He was reportedly found dead in his home. One elderly woman and two employees were infected with the coronavirus. According to media information, the 41-year-old owner had left a …

Students, citizens and members of the Army and associations ignored the measures and bans of social gatherings due to the pandemic and staged a parade in the town of Giannitsa, the Regional Units of Pella in Central Macedonia. Holding Greek flags and playing military marches, they marched through the pedestrian …

A new record of coronavirus cases in Greece was set on Wednesday afternoon, with EODY announcing 865 new infections. The 82 are connected with known confluences and 44 were identified after checks at the country’s entrance gates. The total number of cases is 27334, of which 55.6% are men. The …

News reports just out state that the coronavirus daily report stands at:-  865 cases in 24 hours in our and six The newspaper https://www.ethnos.gr reported earlier that cases would be well over the 800 mark. More to come……