A graffiti portraying Maradona has created tension between local and school authorities in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, with the latter demanding its removal. The parents association and the principal of the 3rd elementary school in Kalamaria Municipality demand the removal of the graffiti claiming the lifestyle of the football legend cannot …

Greece’s health authorities announced on Thursday 2018 new coronavirus cases and 99 deaths in the last 24 hours. The number of intubated Covid-19 patients has increased to 608. The total cases have reached 99,306 and death toll 2,001. 1,356 Covid-19 patients died in the month of November ( 1-26) alone. …

A priest is lifting a child, letting it kiss the corpse of the Bishop of Langadas Ioannis who died of Covid-19. The body of the Bishop is in an open coffin so that other priests and faithful pay their respect. The child is lucky to have its face mask on. …

Unprecedented violence against elderly demonstrators and dystopia images in downtown Athens on Tuesday: Riot police squads and water cannon trucks march like an occupation army in main avenues of the Greek capital. The Ministry of Citizen Protection deployed over 6,000 officers to impose “law and order” during the anniversary of …

With the blessing of the government, the Greek Police has proceeded with the lockdown of citizens’ democratic rights and declared a 3-day nationwide prohibition of any public gathering of more than 4 people under the pretext of the coronavirus pandemic. The unprecedented decision not only literally suspends Article 11 of …

Greece’s ruling conservative party and local authorities gladly turn a blind eye when it comes to crowding in churches and the breaking of coronavirus restrictions in the nameof a higher, spiritual purpose. On the Eve of Saint Demetrios celebration day, the patron of Thessaloniki hundreds of faithful gathered at the …

Greece recorded 407 new coronavirus cases and 4 more Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, health authorities announced on Wednesday. The total cases have reached 20,947 and death toll increased to 424. 27 of the new cases on Monday were detected among tourists. Again, Attica and Athens top …

Greece recorded 399 new coronavirus cases and 3 more Covid-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, health authorities announced on Tuesday. The total cases have reached 20,541 and death toll increased to 420. 40 of the new cases on Monday were detected among tourists. The Civil Protection imposed restrictions …

Eight Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours in Greece raising the death toll to 417 and the number of coronavirus-related deaths in the first 5 days of October to 26. Health authorities announced 303 new coronavirus cases on Monday and this despite an extraordinary low number of tests. …

The Greek government efforts to find solutions to the crowding of commuters in public transport means in Athens has so far turned into a fiasco. The Transportation Ministry has been delaying measures to strengthen the bus network in the Greek capital of 4 million inhabitants, the daily coronavirus cases are …

Greece recorded 411 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, even though again there were fewer tests. Attica and Athens registered a new record with 272 new cases. The total cases have reached 18,886 and death toll increased to 393 after two more Covid-19 patients died. 33 of the …

Greece’s Civil Protection announced on Friday a series of extraordinary restrictions including the mandatory use of mask in- and outdoors on the islands of Zakynthos and Lesvos. At the same time, it places the regional unit of Imathia, western Macedonia to regime of increased surveillance. The strict restrictions aim to …

After 43 days of lockdown, Greeks returned to normalcy at 6 o’ clock Monday morning without having to hold a movement permit to leave their homes. However, the lockdown easing has new rules and that is the mandatory use of mask in several occasions. And this is Greeks’ new normalcy. …

The Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate has warned that it will break communion with the hierarchs of the Greek Church, including Archbishop Ieronymos,  if it proceeds with the recognition of the Ukranian Church autocephaly. Spokesman Vladimir Legoyda later clarified that the Russian Church will maintain relations with individual Greek …

Supranational institutions such as the IMF and European Central Bank push forward the Hellenic Republic to follow through economic reforms and ensure international creditors that repayment of the national debt — the outcome of the financial crisis of 2007-08 reaching 181.1% of GDP in 2018 — is perpetually substantiated by incoming …

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced tax incentives for the purchase of motorcycle helmet. ” I will not allow deaths due to the non-use of helmets,” Mitsotakis said during a visit to the Transportation Ministry. Tax incentives will be announced by the end of September to make the purchase of helmets …

A spiritual leader with vision and ethos, the Meetropolit of Proussis (Bursa)  Elpidoforos was unanimously elected the new Archbishop of America by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul on Saturday. The 52-year-old Elpidoforos is considered as one of the people Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew trusts most. He has …

A 40-day-old baby got injured when the priest blessing it in the church stumbled and fell. The baby suffered a broken leg and head injuries The incident occurred in the Church of Koimmissi Theotokou in Nikiti, Halkidiki, in Northern Greece. The parents had taken the baby for the special blessing …

There will changes and cancellations on all railway services in Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras, as well as the trains to Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, on Monday and Tuesday due to work stoppages held by railway employees. According to the Panhellenic Railway Employees Federation, three-hour work stoppages will be held …

Half mainland of Greece is covered by snow, large parts of the Thessaly lowlands are covered by water. Strong winds have forced authorities to halt locally sea traffic for ferries and ships. Many schools in Macedonia and Central Greece are closed on Monday due to snow- and rainfalls as well …