Greece’s health Minister Thanos Plevris will announce new measures and restrictions against the pandemic at 6 o’ clock on Tuesday, November 2, state broadcaster ERT reported. The announcements will be done after another emergency meeting of the Prime Minister with the country’s top epidemiologists at 1 o’ clock. The government …
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Greece to reform Police Rapid Response Units after fatal shooting at Roma teen
Minister for Citizen Protection Takis Theodoriakos announced a series of measures and upgrades aiming at improving the efficiency of the Rapid Response Units, especially themotorcycle police units DIAS as well as in the operation of the Center of Command. The reforms come some ten days after a car chase in …
Read More »Tolls for the center of Athens are not ruled out, says Transportation Minister UPD
The possibility to impose tolls for motorists to enter the center of Athens is under consideration, Transportation Minister Costas Karamanlis said on Monday. The option is seen as another measure to address the traffic problem in the downtown of the Greek capital that has dramatically increased in the last weeks. …
Read More »Anti-vaxxer Police Officer suspended over videos on social media
An anti-vaxxer Greek police officer has been suspended on Thursday following an internal investigation regarding several videos he uploaded on YouTube in which he spread propaganda against Covid-19 vaccines and was instructing citizens how to avoid relevant police controls. In his videos, the man who posted under the nickname Telemachos …
Read More »“Earthquake contingency planning for Thiva must be updated,” says Greece’s top seismologist
“Seismic activity in the Thiva area has not stopped in four months now and we need to update our planning on the basis of the needs that arose on Crete,” head of the Organization for Anti-Seismic Planning and Protection (OASP) Prof. Efthymios Lekkas told state-run news agency amna on Thursday. …
Read More »European Heritage Days: Free entrance in Greece’s state-run museums, archaeological sites
Entrance to state-run archeological sites, museums and monuments will be free of charge over the weekend to mark the European Heritage Days. The annual pan-European event will also be celebrated in Greece on September 24-26, the Culture Ministry announced on Thursday. This year’s overarching theme of festivities across the European …
Read More »EU leaders, von der Leyen flock to Athens for the EUMED 9 Summit
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and eight EU leaders are flocking to Athens on Friday for the EUMED 9 Summit to be held at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Culture Centre (SNFCC). The presence of the EU VIPs will disrupt traffic and public transport for security reasons. The agenda …
Read More »Greek PM at TIF: Growth revised to 5.9%, more Rafale, 50GB free for vaccinated teens
Greece’s economy will grow 5.9% during 2021, far more than the original 3.6% estimate, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Saturday at the at the Thessaloniki International Fair, where heads of government traditionally announce the coming year’s economic policies and relief measures for the society. Mitsotakis justified the growth revision based …
Read More »Modified Covid-rules for domestic travel in Greece go into force Sept 13
Modified Covid-19 rules concerning travel to all mainland and island destinations in Greece by airplane, train and long-distance coach (KTEL) are coming into effect on Monday, September 13, 2021. Anyone aged 12 or over will have to present either a negative PCR test taken up to 72 hours prior to …
Read More »Labor Ministry & Hoteliers ally to employ children living in institutions
Greece’s Labor Ministry and the Hotel Chamber of Greece have agreed to employ to hotel units children over 16 years old who live in institutions and care facilities for minors. The move has triggered a storm of reactions by opposition and the hotel employees’ union. Deputy Labor Minister Domna Michailidou …
Read More »Greek gov’t sends 10K hospital workers home for being “unvaccinated”; strong reactions
Greek hospital workers protest compulsory vaccination on Wednesday as the deadline for unvaccinated health workers expired on September 1 and the first notices of suspension without pay started to be issued. The government move to suspend unvaccinated health workers could send home 8,000 to 10,000 people and drive to desperation …
Read More »EU to seek to stop mass Afghanistan migration, draft statement says
European Union interior ministers will say on Tuesday they are determined to act to prevent uncontrolled migration from Afghanistan, according to a draft statement seen by Reuters. EU governments are eager to avoid a repeat of the chaotic influx of migrants in 2015 that caught the bloc unprepared and sowed …
Read More »Council of state rejects appeal to “freeze” compulsory vaccination for hospital doctors & workers
Greece’s top court, the Council of State rejected a petition by the union of hospital doctors and workers throughout Greece, requesting a temporary order that would “freeze” compulsory vaccination. A total of 115 hospital workers and doctors had filed the petitions against the compulsory vaccination. The Council of State issued …
Read More »Ambulance Service workers protest compulsory vaccination, work suspension
Employees at the Emergency Ambulance Service (EKAV) in Thesaloniki held a protest on Monday morning against the compulsory vaccination of health workers and the measure of suspended work for the unvaccinated. The president of the workers’ union of Central Macedonia Prodromos Devletoglou stressed that a total of 170 EKAB employees …
Read More »Greece: 3,273 coronavirus cases, 20 deaths, 286 intubations; distribution
Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 3,273 coronavirus cases and 20 Covid-related deaths in the last 24hours. The number of intubated Covid-patients in hospitals Intensive Care Units increased further to 286. Live Briefing At the weekly live briefing on coronavirus developments on Thursday, professor of Pathology of the Medical School …
Read More »‘Don’t leave Afghan people alone,’ refugee in Greece pleads
Elena, an Afghan asylum seeker who lives in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, worries about friends and family back home after the Taliban’s swift moves to seize control of Afghanistan. “It’s a disaster,” the 21-year-old, who declined to give her last name, told Reuters. “What will …
Read More »Delta variant accounts for 79.1% of new cases, says Greek expert
The Delta variant of Covid-19 has become the dominant strain in Greece, accounting for 79.1 percent of new cases, said Charalambos Gogos, an infectious disease specialist and member of the Covid-19 Εpidemiologists Committee. Gogos told a press briefing that the Delta variant will soon reach 90 percent, which is faster …
Read More »Crete: 6 coronavirus infections in nursing home; hospitals under pressure
Five elderly and one member of the staff at a private nursing home in Lasithi, eastern Crete. All cases were found to have been infected with the Delta strain of the coronavirus. Covid-19 tests carried out to the remaining staff and the elderly were reportedly negative. Speaking to state broadcaster …
Read More »Fire-stricken Evia should focus on Tourism, Greek Gov’t thinks
The area already devastated by the wildfires in Northern Evia is estimated at 505 square kilometers, media report on Wednesday on the 9th day of the fires that still rekindle. Forest and agricultural land was destroyed, some 140,000 farming animals – so the mayor of Istiea – and so far …
Read More »Olympian weight-lifter Iakovidis announces to end career due to lack of state funding
Olympian weight-lifter Thodoris Iakovidis shocked the public and exposed the Greek state when he burst into tears on a live interview and announced that he ends his career as he cannot continue with the multiple financial difficulties he faces. Speaking to state broadcaster ERT, the 30-year-old athlete said he cannot …
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