US President Joe Biden is expected to formally recognize the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War One as an act of genocide, sources said on Wednesday, a move likely to infuriate Turkey and further strain already frayed ties between the two NATO allies. The move would …

Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Costis Hatzidakis celebrated his birthday with a cake decorated in such a controversial way that Greeks initially thought it was the product of a photoshop by some social media troll. The cake was decorated with the sugar paste logos of the public companies Hatzidakis …

Greece is among the worst performers in press freedom issues withing the European Union, according to the annoual index 2021 published by watchdog Reporters without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday. Some European countries lead the world in respect for media freedom, yet the situation across the EU is growing increasingly heterogeneous. …

Greece’s health authorities announced a record number of daily coronavirus deaths and a record in intubations on Thursday evening. 104 people died of Covid-19 complications in the last 24 hour. The number of intubated patients has reached 819. New confirmed cases amounted to 3,833. Death toll has reached 9,239. Total …

The first Covid-19 self-tests were delivered at the pharmacies and Athens and Thessaloniki and pharmacists were surprised to see that they were not in individual kits but in bulk packages of 25 pieces. Speaking to media on Wednesday morning, pharmacists complained that it is they who will now have to …

Friday evening, Greek television channels were showing retail store owners in Thessaloniki zealously preparing their shops for the re-opening on Monday. Friday night, the smiles disappeared and optimism was replaced by anger. At an extraordinary meeting a couple of hours in between, the country’s epidemiologists had decided that the virus …

The platform for the vaccination of age group 65-69 opens on Friday, April 2, 2021. One will need a social security number AMKA in order to enter the platform and book an appointment. The platform emvolio.gov.gr is in Greek only and if you have trouble you can book an appointment …

Former star athlete and current MP Sofia Sakorafa became the first woman to head the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS), Greece’s oldest sports federation, following an online vote on Wednesday. SEGAS was founded in 1897 to represent all sports, before they split off to form federations of their own, and currently …

A Spanish exchange student in Greece has been given a suspended sentence and fined for violating lockdown measures and hosting a party with dozens of guests in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The 21-year-old woman was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday after neighbors alerted authorities. All 52 guests …

Greece’s National Genomic Surveillance Network has identified a total of 2,898 UK and 56 South African variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the country. The 56 positive strains of the South Africa variant mutations were all domestic: 47 came from the regional unit of Thessaloniki, two from Ioannina, five from Attica, one …

Four thousand policemen on the streets, traffic restrictions and closed metro stations as well as banning of any schedule protests are the measures Greek Police has taken for the undisturbed course of special events where Greek state leaders and foreign dignitaries will celebrate the Greek Independence Day on March 25 …

Greek Police is outfitting some officers with body-worn cameras as part of a pilot program initiated in response to accusations of heavy-handed police tactics to quash street protests. About 20 officers of the motorcycle police unit DRASI and the crime prevention and suppression team (OPKE) will wear the new cameras, …

While the third wave of the pandemic in Greece is in full progress, confirmed cases of coronavirus mutations have sharply increased as well. Among the cases are also some where mutations of the British and the South African mutations have been detected. B.1.1.7 continues to gain ground in Greece, According …

Hospitals doctors call on the Health Ministry to revoke its decision for the transfer of resident doctors from public hospitals in Athens to a private clinic that accepted to treat Covid-19 patients. According to a statement by the Greek Federation of Hospital Doctors (OEGNE) five resident doctors from Laiko (2), …

Intensive Care Units in hospitals in Attica have reached 95% of their capacity on Tuesday morning, with Covid-19 admissions on the rise and a significant increase over the weekend. In seven hospitals capacity has reached even 100%. State broadcaster ERT reported on Tuesday morning, that in three of the biggest …

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appealed to Greeks to continue abiding by the measures aiming to contain the spread of coronavirus and indicated another extension of lockdown. He called on citizens to be patient for another two weeks. The tougher lockdown in Athens and Attica was extended on Friday until March …

Greece’s Civil Protection extended the hard lockdown in Athens and Attica for one more week, until March 8, 2021, as daily number of new infections remained high and intensive care units treating patients with Covid-19 were close to capacity. At the same time, authorities extended hard lockdown in several regional …

The first case of the so-called Uganda mutation of Covid-19 was detected in Greek capital Athens on Thursday. Scientists believe that the Uganda mutation behaves similar to the British mutation. The total number of British and South African mutations have reached 1052. The Uganda mutation “Lineage A.2.3.1” has been identified …

The Greek Justice Ministry has submitted a draft bill introducing equal custody of children in cases of divorce. The bill aims to put an end to fights over custody and to focus on the children, whose interests lie at the heart of the bill, the minister stressed. The bill’s provisions …

Part of an abandoned historical building on the busy Patision Avenue in the center of Athens collapsed on Saturday noon time. 10 firefighters with 6 trucks are operating at the spot, while men of the Fire Service Rescue unit EMAK with a trained dog rushed to search for people trapped …