All passengers arriving from the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom between February 22 and 06:00 on March 8 must submit to a rapid test for coronavirus at the airport, the Greek Civil Aviation Auhtority (CAA) said on Monday. The CAS said that the air directive (notam) on the …
Read More »Greece improves its compliance record with European Court of Human Rights decisions
Greece has reduced by 38.5 percent its outstanding cases of coming in line with decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, Deputy Justice Minister Giorgos Kotsiras said in the Parliament on Monday, citing the Court’s annual report. He noted that the ministry “is fully aware and is working toward …
Read More »Group of people vandalize sports TV in solidarity of “17. Nov” convict on hunger strike
A group of some 4 to 5 people vandalized the offices of Action24 sports TV station on Monday evening, police reported. They threw paint and stones at the entrance and damaged the glass front. They also threw printed flyers in solidarity to convicted “17. November” terrorist Dimitris Koufontinas currently in …
Read More »Prosecutor probes alleged involvement of NGOs for unaccompanied minors in Lignadis case
The public prosecutors’ office on Monday launched a preliminary investigation into allegations made on social media and various media articles that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in charge of unaccompanied refugee minors were involved in the case of former National Theatre director Dimitris Lignadis during the period 2017-2018. The head of the …
Read More »Greece: Coronavirus intubations rise to 346, new cases 880, deaths 24
Coronavirus intubations rose to 346 in the last 24 hours, Greece’s health authorities announced on Monday. New daily cases are 880 by much fewer tests due to Sunday. Another 24 Covid-19 patients lost their lives. Death toll has reached 6,321 and the total cases stand at 180,672. Daily Cases Intubations …
Read More »Greece:- Coronavirus update for Monday 22/02
EODY announced 880 new cases of coronavirus in our country in the last 24 hours. During the same period, 24 deaths were recorded, with the death toll from the outbreak of the pandemic reaching 6321 At the same time, 346 intubated patients in the ICU amount to 346. The Announcement …
Read More »Covid-19 outbreak in Athens nursing home sends 18 elderly to hospitals
32 elderly in a nursing home in Athens have been tested positive to Covid-19 and 18 of them have been already transferred to reference hospitals in the Greek capital since Sunday. The cases are among elderly residents and workers in the nursing home in Peristeri suburb of western Athens. The …
Read More »Louvre returns to Thassos three marble reliefs casts from the Passage of Theories
The casts of three antique marbles reliefs returned to the archeological museum of Thassos a few days ago. They were displayed at the Louvre Museum in Paris since they were found during excavations in the so-called Passage of Theories in the second half of 19th century. Director of the Ephorate …
Read More »Favourite destinations for Europeans – Greece and Spain top of the list
Europeans favourite holiday spots Europeans’ favourite holiday destinations for next summer are Greece and Spain, according to TUI, the largest travel group in the world. More specifically, at the top of the preferences of Europeans for this year are the island of Crete and the Canary Islands. This comes from the …
Read More »Smooth start to the opening of Senior High Schools in Zakynthos
Things went without any problems on the first day of the re opening the Lykeio of Zakynthos. fter the return of our island to the “orange” from the “red”, all levels of Secondary Education were allowed to open, something that happened without any problems. In fact, regarding the transportation of …
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