Greece

The smallest village in Greece has one house and no inhabitants. The first house of the settlement is to be completed in the next few days. The owner will have to wait for the creation of the public infrastructure in order to become the first resident of the village. The …

Unknown perpetrators have vandalized with nazi symbols the graffiti of Giannis Antetokounmpo created by the “Colors and Dreams” group on the initiative of the Municipality of Palaio Faliro in south Athens. The racists vandals smudged the face of Greek Freak, painted swastikas and the SS symbol on his arm. The …

A Greek-American man was tased several times by New York police officers and died following a cardiac arrest. The latest victim of police brutality in US had mental issues and was suffering from bipolar disorder. NYPD officers claimed that 29-year-old George Zapantis threatened them with a samurai sword inside his …

Greece’s Finance Minister Christos Staikouras has admitted that the economy will contract by 16% in the second quarter of 2020 but claimed that it will close to 8% in 2020. Speaking to Thema FM, Staikouras said that the economy will contract by 16% in the second quarter. “However, based on …

Ministers will say Britons can visit any one of around ten countries without having to quarantine – reviving holidays after months of travel restrictions.

A draft bill setting up a microfunding framework for small businesses passed by wide majority vote in parliament’s plenary session on Wednesday evening. The microbudning bill submitted by the Finance Ministry was voted by ruling New Democracy, main opposition SYRIZA and KINAL (Movement for Change). Communist party KKE, Elliniki Lysi …

Employees at a beach bar in Pieria, western Macedonia, were stunned to see a ship of the Greek Nay slowly sailing to the shore and mooring right in front of the beach. Landing ship LESVOS L176 anchored right there, in front of the umbrellas and the sunbeds of the beach …

Greece’s hoteliers are angry at the government following a ministerial decision obliging them to create special “Covid-19 rooms” that is isolation rooms within their facilities to host cases of coronavirus Covid-19, patients who do not require hospital care. The ministerial decision comes less than a week before the country opens …

Greece’s health authorities announced 8 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday evening raising the number of total infections to 3,310 in the last 24 hours. Two of the new cases refer to tourists arriving to the country from abroad. Short after the daily briefing by the Health Ministry, one more …

The group of 28 migrants infected with the virus off the coast of Sicily is the largest cluster among new arrivals. A handful of cases were identified among a group trying to enter Greece in May.