Man in Ilia swept by floodwaters found dead
A 65-year-old man was found dead by rescuers after his car was swept away by a flash flood in Ilia, western Greece, on Friday.
A 65-year-old man was found dead by rescuers after his car was swept away by a flash flood in Ilia, western Greece, on Friday.
The number of intubated Covid-19 patients rose further to 630 on Friday, from 621 the previous day, according to the daily data announced by Greek health authorities.
Greece stopped short of imposing a ban on air travel from southern African countries over a new Covid-19 variant, choosing instead to introduce severe restrictions for nine of them.
The European Commission sounded on Wednesday the alarm over public sector hirings in Greece, in an otherwise positive report on the 12th enhanced surveillance assessment.
South African scientists have identified a new version of the coronavirus this week that they say is behind a recent spike in Covid-19 infections in Gauteng, the country’s most populous province.
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras on Friday reiterated that the government will not impose a new lockdown and that the country’s cash reserves were secure and sufficient to meet any possible crises.
Tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas underwent elbow surgery on Thursday and is to begin his 2022 preparations in Dubai next month.
It took just a few years for the red palm weevil, which appeared in Greece in 2004 with the mass imports of palm trees for the Olympic Games, to exterminate many species of palms.
Most property owners will pay a reduced Single Property Tax (ENFIA) next year, while the Finance Ministry is proceeding with the increase of monthly installments to 10 or 12 for the payment not only of ENFIA but also of income tax.
A man has told a court that a quack doctor, on trial on 12 counts of murder and 14 attempted murders of cancer patients, administered liquids and juices, including beetroot and garlic juice, to his later father after encouraging him to abandon chemotherapy.