Greek Police announced on Thursday morning the arrest of woman as responsible for the abduction of a 10-year-old pupil Markella in Thessaloniki on June 11. The 33-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday, while she was at a beach of the town of Katerini, some 120 km south of Thessaloniki. The …

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo and some of his teammates marched with a group protesting racial injustice on Saturday, June 6, in Milwaukee. The group they were with joined a larger group led by activist Frank Nitty. As protests continued in Milwaukee for a ninth consecutive day, one peaceful march …

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America joined a protest march in Brooklyn on Wednesday. The Archbishop marched together with Borough president of Brooklyn, Eric Adams and state Senator Andrew Gounardes. “We must speak and speak loudly against the injustice in our country. It is our moral duty and obligation to uphold the …

A woman was killed by a lightning during a rainstorm on the island of Skopelos on Tuesday, local media report. The woman was reportedly doing agricultural works on the fields together with her husband, when she was hit but the lightning. She died immediately in front of her husbands’ eyes, …

Grande premiere. Cafes and restaurants opened again in Greece on Monday after 73 days of shut down due to the pandemic. However, nothing is as it used to be. Health protocols are implemented, tables and chairs stand at distance to each other, waiters are wearing masks and gloves. Customers do …

The Athens municipality gave the green light for the implementation of the Athens downtown urban restructuring plan that will create long pedestrian walking zones in the center of the Greek capital. According to the plan, a 6.8 km-long pedestrian walk is to be established and this also includes the historical …

Two of Greece’s minister conducted an inspections restaurants to check whether tables and chairs have been installed at a safety distance to contain the spread of the coronarivus once such facilities re-open again. Development minister Adonis Georgiadis wore a face shield and deputy minister Nikos Papathanasis a face mask. They …

The Greek government is considering to allow cafes, bars and restaurants as well as shopping malls to open again yet earlier than originally planned on June 1. Just one day after the start of the gradual lockdown lifting on Monday, May 4,  the deputy Development Minister revealed that there is …

What is the purpose of limiting movement in open public spaces between midnight and early morning, when Greece is gradually lifting the lockdown? Many Greeks wonder about this new weird measure – one of the many – and no government official has bothered so far to give a logical or …

A plan for injecting billions of euros of emergency aid into Europe’s battered economies has been agreed by EU heads. Meeting via video, they agreed to set up a massive recovery fund, closely tied to the bloc’s seven-year budget. They also confirmed that €540bn (£470bn) of financial support would be …

Away from the churches and amid strict lockdown restrictions, Greeks celebrated Jesus Resurrection on their balconies, holding white candles and watching thousands of fireworks illuminating the night sky. On Easter Sunday, they stayed at home enjoying the traditional Easter table in narrow family circle without relatives and friends. The government …

The second confirmed case of coronavirus on the island of Mykonos has forced Greek authorities to impose additional lockdown measures. Among others, the additional restrictions impose curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. and suspends three of the six options in total on the Movement Permits. The measures go into …

Violations of lockdown in Greece have amounted to 13,195 since the measure was imposed on March 23. According to a statement by Greek Police, a total of 2,561 violation were recorded only on Tuesday, March 31. Violations usually refer to going out without filling up the the Permit forms printed, …

Greece’s authorities have imposed night curfew in five municipalities and one of them also in quarantine due to high risk of coronavirus spread. At the same time, authorities have suspended three out of six options in total on lockdown movement permits in these five municipal units. Citizens there will no …

The Greek Civil Protection clarified instructions for those feeding strays during the lockdown period. Allowed is movement only within the municipality of permanent residence and for the duration of three hours. There is a special form that has to be downloaded, printed and approved by the office in charge of …

Systematic checks conducted by the Greek Police on the first 36 hours of the total lockdown found that more than 766 people across the country had violated the restrictions. The majority of violators did not carry the necessary movement permits with them. Others did not have IDs or were found …

The lockdown measures imposed to Greece since Monday have raised a lot of questions among pet owners and animal lovers taking care of strays or those who have some goats or chicken in the countryside. In the lockdown movement permits (printed form or sms) there is one category for dog …

Greece’s Civil Protection uploaded the Movement Permits during the total lockdown also in English late on Monday evening. The Permits are for Work or Extraordinary Activities like purchases, doctors etc. The Permits for work must be printed, for the other activities can be printed, handwritten or per sms. Movement and …

The total lockdown the Greek government imposes as of Monday morning, March 23, 2020, allows citizens to leave home only for specific essential activities like work, purchase of food and medicine, doctors visits, visits to people in need, individual sports activities, dog walking… It bans people from hanging out in …

The Greek government has announced two ways through which every citizen can obtain a PASS for outdoors movement during the total lockdown. Certificates can be obtained 1) via a download from a special website set up by the government or 2) through an sms. Of course, solution 1) provides that …