Greece

The Council of State, Greece’s supreme administrative court, on Tuesday ruled in favor of the backdated payment of pensions that were wrongfully cut between June 2015 and May 2016. The court ruled in favor of pensioners who had appealed against the pension cuts, seeking the backdated return for the above …

Holidaymakers have snapped up Stanley’s Villa (pictured) Irene in Pelion for the next two and a half months as Britons get away after months in lockdown.

Greek researchers currently conducting trials for the treatment of Covid-19 using convalescent plasma have reported improvement in the condition of the 10 patients treated so far. Researchers participating in the trials led by the rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Thanos Dimopoulos said that the 10 patients …

The European Commission has approved a total of 1.14 billion euros for small and medium-sized enterprises in Greece that have been negative affected by the coronavirus crisis. Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Monday that the European Commission’s approval of some 1.14 billion euros’ worth of program modifications …

The works to extend the Athens metro Line 3 towards Piraeus have included large-scale salvage excavations by archaeologists to depths unusual for such projects, with associated finds that include rare wooden remains from homes and even tree branches of antiquity. The excavations have brought to light more details in the …

4 cases were confirmed during the checks carried out at the entrance gates of the country. 3 are imported cases that came voluntarily for inspection, 6 cases were detected in the regional unit of Xanthi, 4 in the peripheral unit of Kastoria, 3 cases in the peripheral unit of Thessaloniki, …

Residents of Trikala in central Greece vented their anger at the doors of a 5-century-old mosque as a “retaliation” for the decision of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque. According to local media trikalanews, a group of citizens went to the mosque and threw stones …

Greece’s health authorities announced 24 new confirmed coronavirus cases with 7 of them detected among travelers to the country. According to the Health Ministry statement on Monday evening, the total infections increased to 3,826 with the daily growth at 0.6%. No new death has been recorded in the last week …

Fraport Greece is disappointed. Data it collected in the first days of the opening of tourism in July are discouraging and show a drop by 90%, few passengers and very limited chances to reverse the situation. “Abnormal landing for airports and tourism prospects” General Development Director of Fraport Greece George …

Main opposition left-wing SYRIZA has criticized the Greek government for a series of controversial measures amid a spike of coronavirus cases. SYRIZA describes the government decisions as creating an “unprecedented confusion.” SYRIZA criticizes the government decision to ban religious festivals and at the same time to allow flights from countries …