Greece

Street photographer Anthimos Ntagkas, from Athens, Greece, has become something of an expert in capturing perfectly-timed snaps that are guaranteed to make you do a double take.

One after the other cities in Greece cancel the Carnival events scheduled for the upcoming weekend following the Health Ministry ban due to coronavirus. In a joint ministerial decision issued on Thursday, those not complying with the ban, are threatend with up to 2 years imprisonment. First to announce compliance …

Due to the confirmation of cases of Coronavirus in Thessaloniki and Athens the Greek Health Ministry have announced that Carnivals across Greece this weekend should be cancelled. The health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said “Based on (expert) recommendation, and to protect public health… we have decided to cancel cardinal events in …

Greece’s top court, the Council of State, has ruled that all tax evasion cases from the Lagarde list examined after December 31.2012 have to be written off. This could cost the state estimated 50 million euros that will have to return to tax payers. The CoS ruling rejected the Greek …

Two suspected cases of coronavirus have been detected in the Greek Parliament in Athens, media report on Thursday afternoon. The two suspected cases refer to two Parliament employees who recently traveled to northern Italy. They reportedly  have “suspicious symptoms.” The two men were taken to a hospital for tests, blood …

Workers and the management of public transport means in Athens have decided a series of measures against the coronavirus. Among them are information spots and disinfection of vehicles. All screens of urban transport (metro stations, telematics, subway trains, etc.) will display repeated information messages reminding citizens of protection and personal …

Main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said the government was to blame for the “conditions of chaos” and “insecurity” in Greece, following the ugly scenes and the excessive use of violence by riot police on the islands of Lesvos and Chios. “Today we are talking about the social security bill,” …

Greece is highly concerned about the impact of coronavirus on economy and the tourism industry, especially now that the country has started to improve its fiscal figures and progress. The international and Greek tourist industry are sailing in uncharted waters after the outbreak of COVID19 and the biggest crash test …

While Greeks are in panic after 3 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country, the seasonal flu continues to claim a rising death toll. Seventeen people died during the last week, increasing the number of dead to 77, since the beginning of the flu season in last October. According to …

Greece’s Civil Protection has issued guidelines to protect from coronavirus in six languages on Thursday, after three cases have been confirmed in Thessaloniki and Athens. The guidelines are in English, French, Russian, Albanian, Arabic and Farsi. 📌 Σε 6⃣ γλώσσες ΕΝ FR RU SQ AR FA η ενημερωτική καμπάνια της …