Coronavirus cases and reinfections rose in the last week as Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday, 51,824 coronavirus cases confirmed in the week of December 5-11, ISO week 49 /2022. According to weekly report by the National Public Health Organization (EODY) 130 Covid-patients died in the same period, while 88 …
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Greece freezes assets of Eva Kaili, her partner and immediate family
The head of the Greek authority against money-laundering ordered on Monday morning the freezing of all assets owned in Greece by European Parliament Vice-President and MEP Eva Kaili, her partner and her immediate family such as parents and siblings. it is recalled that Kaili’s father was reportedly detained outside a …
Read More »Greece weekly: 43,748 coronavirus cases, 154 deaths
Greece;s health authorities announced on Tuesday 43,748 coronavirus cases confirmed in the week November 28 to December 4, ISO week 48/2022. Media pointed out that many infected patients get a positive coronavirus result via a self-test and that they don’t even bother to report it to health authorities. It is …
Read More »One Metro station closed, traffic regulations in downtown Athens, Dec 6
Metro station <Panepistimio> in downtown Athens will remain closed from 9:00 a.m. and until further notice on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, by order of the police, due to the events on the anniversary of the assassination of teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos in 2008. Metro trains will pass through the station without …
Read More »WWII air force hero Konstantinos Hatzilakos dies at 102
One of Greece’s last surviving heroes of World War II, fighter pilot Konstantinos Hatzilakos, has died at the age of 102, the Association of Retired Air Force Officers announced on Tuesday. Lieutenant general Konstantinos Hatzilakos was an iconic figure of the Air Force, a veteran fighter pilot of the Second …
Read More »Greece weekly: 43,914 coronavirus cases, 118 deaths
Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday 43,914 coronavirus cases confirmed in the week of November 21-27, ISO week 47/2022. According to the weekly coronavirus bulletin by the National Health Care organization EODY, 118 Covid-patients died in the same period, while the number of those intubated stood at 97 on Nov …
Read More »Athenians to get new Metro Line 4
The new Athens metro Line 4 (Alsos Veikou-Goudi will serve 340,000 passengers on a daily basis, and indirectly serve to ‘remove’ from daily circulation 53,000 cars, according to assessments. Metro Line 4 is expected to go into full operation in 2029, It will take 17 minutes to cover the distance …
Read More »Greece weekly: 53,800 coronavirus cases, deaths rise 23%
Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday 53,800 coronavirus cases confirmed in the week of November 14-20, ISO week 46/2022. According to the National Public Health Organization (EODY) weekly bulletin, 147 Covid-pateients died in the same period of time. Rt: 0.87 The number of intubated Covid-patients across the country stood at …
Read More »Greek, Israeli defense ministers stress importance of ties
The defense ministers of Israel and Greece on Friday stressed the importance of maintaining strong alliances to tackle global and regional threats, citing challenges such as the war in Ukraine and ongoing tension in the eastern Mediterranean. “The world is changing,” Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said after meeting in …
Read More »Greece’s Pediatricians urge the return of face masks indoors
The Panhellenic Federation of Freelance Pediatricians proposes the return of the universal use of the protective face masks indoors, due to the concern that prevails with the development of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Pediatricians, the estimates of the European Center for Infection Prevention (ECDC) on the spread of …
Read More »Three Metro stations in Athens shut down due to Nov 17 marches
Greek Police has ordered the shut down of three metro station in downtown Athens on Thursday due to the marches on the anniversary of the Polytechnic school Students’ Uprising on 17. November 1973. According to a statement by the Urban Rail Transport (STASY) on Wednesday noon, the following metro stations …
Read More »NIRIIS-22: Multinational Military exercise concludes in Greece (picts)
Multinational exercise “Niriis-22” took place from November 5 to 13 in the wider area of Crete and south of the Peloponnese, with the participation of personnel and media of the armed forces of Greece, the USA and Israel. Also participating in the exercise was the Standing NATO Maritime Group Two, …
Read More »Greece weekly: 55,917 coronavirus cases, 115 deaths
Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday 55,917 coronavirus cases confirmed in the week of November 7-13, ISO week 45/2022. In its weekly covid-19 bulletin, National Public Health Organization (EODY) said also that 115 Covid-patients died in the same period of time. The number of intubated Covid-patients stood at 81 on …
Read More »Turkey claims to involve Greece in Istanbul terror bomb
Less than 24 hours after the terror attack in Istanbul and Turkish authorities managed not only to capture the alleged bomber along with other suspects but also to involve Greece in the whole issue. “Istanbul terror attack suspect would have fled to Greece today if she had not been caught,” …
Read More »Greek seismologist Vassilis Papazachos dies at 92
Famous Greek seismologist Vassilis Papazachos, the emeritus professor who was inextricably linked to Thessaloniki and its residents with the great earthquake of 1978, died at the age of 92 on Thursday morning. Vassilis Papazachos was born in 1930 in Smokovo, Karditsa, where he finished Primary School and graduated from the …
Read More »Thousands Greeks protest rising prices (vds, picts)
Teargas, sound flares and molotov cocktail bombs dissolved the big protest rally organized by public and private sector unions against the rising prices and the cost of living. The protest rally marked the general strike on November 9 organized by unions of the public and private sector. Outside the Greek …
Read More »Public Transport on strike paralyze Greece
Public transport means are on work stoppages or 24-hour strike, ships and ferries remain docked, trains are parked and even taxi drivers have pull the handbrake to raise their voice against the rising prices and the cost of living. The situation in the Greek capital Athens is for commuters even …
Read More »Greece’s unions to launch a 24h general strike on Nov 9
Greece’s umbrella unions of the public and private sector ADEDY and GSEE have called for a 24-hour general strike on Wednesday, November 9, 2022. Purpose of the general mobilization is to protest the rising prices in all sectors of life in the country. The unions participating in the strike accuse …
Read More »Greece weekly: 53,436 coronavirus cases, deaths up 12%
Greece’s health authorities announced on Tuesday, 53,436 coronavirus cases confirmed in the week of October 24-30, 2022 (ISO week 43/2022.) According to the weekly bulletin of the the National Public Health Organization (EODY), 164 coronavirus-patients died in the same period. Stand of intubated Covid-patients on Oct 30: 85 All confirmed …
Read More »Three arrested over shooting at public bus in West Attica
Police have arrested three suspects for the firing at a public bus with an airgun in Aspropyrgos, western Attica, on Sunday. Bus 866 Aspropyrgos-Agia Marina station was on the move on Sunday evening, when it was reportedly struck by bullets from a car with three men on it. One of …
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