Greece

Greece’s health authorities announced just two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday evening, while no deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours. The number of total infections stand at 2,878 and the death toll at 171. 55.2% of the infected are men. Of the total infections 626 …

Primary education schools, pre-schools and kindergartens will open again on June 1, government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced on Sunday evening. The decision was taken by the Prime Minister following recommendations by the country’s health experts monitoring the course of the pandemic. According to Alpha TV, the primary education institutions will …

The current ratio is one customer per two sq.m. of the total useful allowable operating area. The total allowable operating area results from the sum of the area of ​​the outdoor area and the internal semi-outdoor area, mainly space. The outdoor surface is the area of ​​the surface outside the …

As Greek authorities are preparing a list of the countries allowed to fly tourists to Greece as of June 15, the European Union’s air safety agency EASA has published a list of airports located in areas with high risk transmission of COVID-19. The list is developed in coordination with EASA …

Hundreds of young people flooded the streets of iconic Psyrri area in the historical center of Athens outside bars selling take away drinks in plastic cups.  They enjoyed a late spring Saturday night without masks or gloves and fairly ignored the safety distance of 1.5-2 meters as recommended by health …

The possible cases of coronavirus in tourists on the islands will be dealt with on the spot, according to the operational plan prepared by the Ministry of Health and revealed today by “Ethnos tis Kyriakis”. Summer visitors who arrive in our country will not be quarantined, nor will they be …

Police on the island of Corfu has arrested late on Saturday the 47-year-old notorious Greek serial rapist, dubbed the “Beast of Kavos.” The man was arrested following a three-hour rescue operation after he fell into deep ravine trying to evade police. Police arrived in Lefkimi in the south of Corfu …

Athenians were able to gather to watch the sun set on Areopagus Hill, with the Lycabettus Hill in the background on Saturday evening.

Greece will reportedly conduct sample testing to flights passengers arriving in the country. Authorities are ready to restart tourism, in view of lifting the flights restrictions to Athens international airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” airport on June 15 and to all airports in the country on July 1. However, as the Deputy …

In a call with Conservative backbenchers, Chancellor Rishi Sunak made the point that Greece and Italy were already ‘opening up’ their economies.