Greece

Torrential rains turned streets into rives and thousands of lightning bolts left households and business without power, when the bad weather front stroke Macedonia and Thrace in northern Greece. Fire brigades rescued a young man whose car was swept away from rushing waters. Particularly hit by the severe weather phenomena …

Many Greeks were shocked on Wednesday to hear the country will open its gates to foreign visitors in three weeks, tourists who will not need to undergo a Covid-19 test or be placed in a 14-day quarantine as the measures have been so far. On Thursday, head of Greece’s Civil …

Ilias Kasidiaris number 2 in the hierarchy of far-right and neo-Nazi  Golden Dawn has turned his back to the party leader Nikos Michaloliakos. He announced on Thursday that he will establish his own party with the participation of “prominent and serious people.” He justified his decision to leave GD saying …

With 497 blue flags at its beaches, 14 at its marinas and 6 in sustainable tourism boats, Greece has been second among 47 countries across the world for 2020, the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature has announced on Thursday. The region with the most blue flags is again …

Greece will open its doors to overseas holidaymakers from June 15, but the UK is not expected to be on a list of countries allowed back in, at least in the first wave of some 20 countries. The UK’s current record on coronavirus is currently not good enough for Brits …

Turkey has increased its provocations by air and at the sea on Thursday, by harassing Greek fishermen and a Frontex vessel from Finland in the eastern Aegean Sea, while fighter jets overflew Greek islets and even the island of Patmos. A Turkish Coast Guard patrol boat entered Greek territorial waters …

Skyscanner has revealed that searches from the UK for holidays in July in Italy are up 103 per cent this week compared to last week and for trips to France by 128 per cent.

Thirty ambulance workers in Athens have been placed in quarantine after two of their colleagues were tested positive for COVID-10 on Wednesday. Οne of the infected workers had high fever for two days and the other was asymptomatic. The two had reportedly not transferred any OCVID-9 patients in the last …

Despite the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on its economy and society, “Greece has taken the necessary actions to achieve its due specific reform commitments”, the European Commission said in the sixth enhanced surveillance report on the country, released on Monday. The Commission recommended that the Eurogroup releases a tranche …

The Greek Statistics Authority (ELSTAT) announced data on the evolution of turnover of enterprises under under suspension of operation due to the coronavirus pandemic. The current publication incorporates the most recent data on turnover from the period of the lockdown implementation (March-April 2020) and during the period of the gradual …