Greece

Turkey will only join talks to resolve decades of dispute over Cyprus with a proposal to establish two states on the island, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Thursday, adding previous failed proposals should not be on the agenda. On Monday the leaders of Greece and Cyprus said they would …

The viral load found in the urban wastewater of Athens shows that there may be 80,000 to 90,000 symptomatic or asymptomatic carriers of Covid-19 in the region, said Nikos Thomaidis, professor of analytical chemistry at Athens University. Speaking to Skai TV on Thursday, Thomaidis clarified that the calculation model is …

Greek lawmakers passed legislation on Thursday that allows special police on university campuses as part of education reforms that opponents say threaten academic freedom established after the end of military rule in the 1970s. Defying coronavirus restrictions, thousands of people rallied in central Athens for a second day, as legislators …

After Thessaloniki, Athens Patras and also Zakynthos will demonstrate on Sunday against the lockdown.     The country has been in lockdown for almost a year now and thousands of citizens have been driven into poverty and unemployment, while basic freedoms have been suppressed. Citizen who see that the country …

Greece’s health authorities announced 1,327 new coronavirus cases and 22 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of Covid-19 patients intubated in hospitals across the country stands at 281. Death toll has reached 6,056 and the total cases stand at 168,872. Covid-19 Hospitalizations: weekly average. red admissions, green …

Greece is mourning one of its most iconic singers Antonis Kalogiannis, who passed away at the age of 81 on Thursday. The artist stood out for his voice with a rich facet of colors and best known as a singer of political songs, against the colonels’ dictatorship. For many years …

Greece’s National Meteorological Service issued a weather Red Alert on Thursday warning of dense snowfalls, sharp temperature drop up to 18 degrees Celsius and winds reaching up to 10 Beaufort in the coming days. Barometric low “Medea” is forecast to strike the country initially from the West and the North …

The Athens Public Prosecutor has ordered a preliminary investigation to see if the offence of spreading fake news was committed with the statement made by the president of the Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Workers (POEDIN) Michalis Giannakos. The POEDIN President told media on Thursday morning that a nurse on …

The Greek economy will grow by 3.5% in 2021 and 5.0% in 2022, the European Commission said in its winter economic forecasts released on Thursday. In the report, the EU’s executive said economic recovery will continue, supported mostly by private consumption due to a gradual reopening of retail commerce, improving …

The first meeting of the foreign ministers of the Philia Forum was held on Thursday in Athens with the participation of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and France. The Forum, organised in the framework of the promotion and consolidation of multilateral ties of friendship and cooperation …