Greece

There are a few days left for the landmark date, on July 1st, when Greece opens its borders for tourism and so far, according to information from the Ministry of Tourism, 67% of the needs in quarantine hotels have been met, in 59 regional units. One of those regions is …

22 new confirmed coronavirus cases, among them also 10 imported, and no new death were announced on Friday evening by the Greek health authorities. The number of total infections rose to 3,334 and the death toll remains at 191 New Cases – Geographical distribution Majority of the new cases have …

Police in Pyrgos, south Peloponnese, arrested two men for the attempted kidnapping of a 14-year-old boy on Thursday. On Friday, the two men from Bulgaria have been charged with attempting kidnapping after the potential victim recognized one of the men. According to local media, the boy was walking to tutorial …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke on the telephone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday. It is the first direct communication between the two leaders after their meeting in December 2019. Citing government sources, state-run news agency amna reports that Mitsotakis and Erdogan discussed about the repercussions of …

Greece is opening 41 gateways to foreign travelers on Wednesday, July 1, 2020, and these include regional airports, ports and border crossings. However, 9 countries will most likely be on travel ban list on July 1 due to epidemiological data and spike of coronavirus cases, state broadcaster ERT and other …

Denmark will offer approximately three million euros to Greece to support unaccompanied refugee minors the funding will follow an agreement Alternate Minister of Migration and Asylum George Koumoutsakos and Danish Minister for Development Cooperation Rasmus Prehn signed on Friday According to the text of the agreement, “the decision to make …

13 new cases of the new coronavirus were announced by EODY. According to information, 5 of them are imported (3 by flights, 2 by road through Promachonas), 3 cases were found in Xanthi and one in Thesprotia, Syros, Kastoria, Pella, Rodopi.   The announcement in detail:   “The data presented …

Good news for the family of the 9-year-old girl that fainted due to hunger in a bakery on the island of Rhodes two days ago. The mother, a jobless hotel worker, was offered a work at an energy company in Athens. She will work from home. She will earn the …

A total of 1,843 recognized refugees who were provided with documents of free movement in Greece have left the island of Lesvos from June 5 to June 25, officials said on Thursday. The last 56 of the total boarded a ship to Piraeus on Thursday night. The process will be …

Strong forces of the Greek riot police raided two squats in Exarchia district of Athens on Friday morning. Nobody was inside the squats at the time of the police operation and therefore no detentions were made. According to police, helmets, fire extinguishers, gas-masks, sticks and other items were found inside …