Greece

205,984 enterprises, with a workforce of at least 1,063,098 workers are currently in suspension of operation status by state order, as part of the government measures contain the coronavirus pandemic in Greece, the country’s Statistics authority said on Thursday. These enterprises make a 14.6% out of total and the workforce …

105 dead in Greece – 15 new cases. Three more people lost their lives in our country in the last 24 hours, due to the covid -19 , as the infectious disease specialist and representative of the Ministry of Health, Sotiris Tsiodras, announced this evening Holy Thursday (April 16). The …

Greece’s Civil Protection announced Thursday evening tough measures to contain the spread of coronavirus over the long Easter weekend. Fines for motorists will double and the measure is expanded throughout the country. From 9 o’ clock on Resurrection Saturday (April 18) until 00:00 Monday midnight (April 20) the fine for …

The days around the Greek Orthodox Easter are considered crucial for the battle against the coronavirus and the lifting of the lockdown. How Greeks behave over the last days of the Holy Week, the Resurrection Saturday and Easter Sunday (April 16-19, 2020), how they comply with the lockdown measures, avoid …

Holy Week and closed churches is the biggest challenge for Greece’sGreeks in this coronavirus year. While the religious services are being held behind closed doors, the faithful have to stay at home and find pleasure in listening to the beautiful hymns of Holy Week through the television, radio or internet. …

Detailed analysis of the bones from a site at Paliokastro, on the Greek island of Thasos, revealed a muscle-bound horse-riding warrior underwentwent ‘extraordinary’ surgery.

Greece successfully issued a seven-year syndicated bond loan raising 2.0 billion euros at an interest rate of 2.05% on Wednesday. Investor’s interest noted in the bond offer book reached 6.3 billion euros. The total sum of capital raised from markets after Greece’s exit form the bialout agreements has reached so …

Greece’s health authorities announced on Wednesday 22 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The total infection cases stand at 2,192. It is the second day in a row that the new confirmed cases are below 25, a sign that the coronavirus spread in Greece is gradually …

With a joint ministerial decision, Greece extended the restrictive measures – travel ban – concerning air and sea traffic from abroad on Wednesday. According to the decision by the Health and Interior Ministry and the Civil Protection that will be  published to the Official Gazette during the day: Flights to/from …

The coronavirus will keep the planes away until May 15th to and from Greece from many European countries and Turkey. According to the Civil Aviation Authority, flights suspension has been extended from 15th April 2020 to 15th May to Italy, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany. Only …