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Chaos on the island of Lesvos with the situation to have escalated almost to civil unrest: Locals armed with guns teared down entrance of military barracks where six riot police squads have sought shelter. The squads are being ordered to spend the night in the barracks after angry locals have …

The worst-affected European country reports a fresh surge, as the virus spreads fast outside China.

It’s been announced that a case of Coronavirus has been confirmed in Greece in Thessaloniki, the patient entered the country on an Italian flight. Another person in Corfu has been hospitalised for precaution, also on an incoming Italian flight, but they have not been confirmed as having the illness. Many …

Finance Minister Christos Staikouras expressed his satisfaction  over the European Commission’s 5th Enhanced Surveillance Report on Greece. However, he stressed that “efforts need to be accelerated in order to tackle endogenous and external risks, achieve viable and sustainable growth, create more and good jobs and further stimulate social cohesion. The …

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has warned migrants not qualifying for asylum to not come to Greece.  At the same time, he stressed the government’s determination to proceed with the construction of new closed facilities for migrants and asylum seekers on the northeastern Aegean islands. “The construction of modern, guarded facilities …

Hardly has the first confirmed case of coronavirus case in Thessaloniki has been announced and the residents of the second biggest city of Greece quickly found their way to to the supermarkets. They load their carts with staples like pasta, rice, milk, baby and powder milk, toilet paper and detergents. …

Holidaymakers have been left in a panic over the spread of the virus and British Airways are now offering a change of date to passengers heading to northern Italy in the next week.

The already tense situation on the island of Chios went completely out of control on Wednesday when a group of angry locals raided a hotel where riot policemen from Athens are accommodated. They first entered the rooms that were empty and threw away from windows and balconies everything they found …

Public services, banks, cafes and restaurants and even kiosks are closed down on the island of Lesvos on Wednesday. Locals joined the general strike to protest the unprecedented police violence against those protesting the construction of a closed migration center. Locals gathered at Sappho main square of Mytiline and marched …

The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Greece on Wednesday. It was announced by Sotiris Tsiodras, in charge for the conoravirus infections on behalf of the National Health Organization short before noon. The infected patient is a 38-year-old Greek woman who recently returned from a trip to North …