The Pharmacists’ Association in Attica placed pharmacies into a new mandatory operation hours as of Monday, March 23, 2020 due to the new lockdown restrictions. Pharmacies will operate form 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday. The decision is taken due to the extraordinary measures of the total …

Two more people died in Greece on Monday morning, raising the number of death toll because of coronavirus to 17, within the last couple of few days. Both victims were in designated hospitals in Athens and Patras. One of the victims, a 64-year-old man was intubated in Rio University hospital …

Greece has banned flights from and to UK and Turkey on Monday due to coronavirus spread in these countries. In addition to the flights ban, there are restrictions for people coming from Turkey. The flights ban to/from both countries is in effect: 6:00 a.m. Monday, March 23, 2020, until until …

Greece health authorities announced 94 new confirmed cases on Sunday afternoon with the total number reaching 624. Two more patients passed away in the last 24 hours withe the death toll rising to 15. The new cases practically doubled from Saturday to Sunday, when the average new cases were 30-40 …

Greece’s National Public Health Organization EODY has issued advices and information on coronavirus and COVID-19 in English. Based on the available scientific data relating to the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection, systematic implementation of all measures for prevention of the new coronavirus transmission and spread is considered of outmost importance. Please …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday evening a support package totaling 10 billion euros and the extension of the 800-euro supplement to more people including recent unemployed and self-employed. “Tougher measures measures may be needed, there are critical months ahead,” Mitsotakis said in a televised address to the …

46 new cases of coronavirus infections were announced on Thursday, raising the number of confirmed cases in Greece to 464 in total. For 72 of the total cases no source of contamination would identified. 78 patients are hospitalized. 16 of them are intubated in Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras hospitals; their …

The Greek government is very seriously considering to halt all passengers flights from and to Greece as of Sunday afternoon, March 22, 2020, media report on Thursday. The ban will be imposed to all Greek airports. It is an additional measure to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country …

Greece recorded one more death, the six in the country, due to infection with the coronavirus on Thursday. The patient, a 70-year-old man, was hospitalized in the general hospital of Kastoria in northern Greece. The test results came out after the patient had passed away. The man was suffering from …

Greece bans gatherings of more than 10 people and will impose administrative fines to each person above the cap, head of Civil protection Nikos Hardalias announced on Wednesday afternoon. Government spokesman Stelios Petsas clarified that the ban refers to gatherings not only outside but also inside. “there cannot be that …

Greece closes all commercial shops as of Wednesday, March 18, deputy government spokesperson Aristotelia Peloni announced on Monday. Exceptions are: supermarkets, pharmacies, gas stations and banks and other services will remain open. She said that more clarifications will be given during the day. According to state news agency amna, electronic …

Greece is deepening the lockdown to contain spread of coronavirus and decided to halt air- and sea traffic to European countries with high number of infections like Italy and Spain. The country also closes its borders to its northern neighbors Albania and North Macedonia, after these two countries closed their …

The Greek government will issue a Legislative Act with measures to avert and contain the spread of the coronavirus. The measures include, among others,  restrictions of public transport means, suspension of education classes and private events. The measures, focusing mainly to prevent the virus spreading. will be implemented depending on …

Greece’s Education Ministry had suspended educational school trips to Italy after the dramatic increase of corona virus infections in the neighboring country. Returning students will no be in quarantine, because they did not visit the affected areas, is the advise by the National Health Organization (EODDY). “Students, who are already …

Two Greek nationals, passengers on cruise ship “Diamond Princess,” were repatriated on Saturday morning and transferred to a hospital in Athens where they will remain in preventive quarantine for 14 days. The two Greeks were ‘trapped’ in the cruise ship since early February. The ship initially carried 3,700 passengers and crew …

Sunday night a major anti-terror operation took place in several areas in Brussels and elsewhere in Belgium. As the operation took place in the middle of neighborhoods, residents watched what was going on and reporting it on social media, mostly on Twitter. Then the authorities requested that Belgians refrain from …

6,000 individuals and companies transferred several million euros outside Cyprus during the first two weeks of March, even hours before the two-weeks long closing of the banking system on March 15th 2013. A list with these names was handed out by the Central bank to a parliamentary committee assigned to …

 The neo-Nazi party Chrysi Avgi Golden Dawn entered the Greek parliament this month. With its swastika-inspired emblem, Hitlerian salute, reference to Mein Kampf, antisemitic and racist ideology, Holocaust denial, violence against migrants, threats against journalists and personality cult, the party is the lineal heir of the German national-socialist party that …