The Culture Ministry has pledged to start work on repairing the Venetian castle of Zakynthos from extensive structural damage sustained during flooding in the winter of 2016 and a 6.8-magnitude earthquake in October 2018.
Vaccination appointment bookings are on the rise, said Health Minister Thanos Plevris on Saturday.
Athens Medical School professor and epidemiologist Sotiris Tsiodras – who became a household name in the first year of the pandemic as the government’s chief advisor and spokesperson – has been appointed to head a new interdisciplinary academic committee that will advise the Health Ministry on public policy.
Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias met with his counterparts of Egypt, of Jordan and of Iraq, and also with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, on the first of his three-day visit to Bahrain on Saturday.
The average new daily cases of the coronavirus declined slightly in the week ending Thursday for the first time in nearly two months, according to data compiled by the National Public Health Organization.
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios arrived in Athens on Saturday afternoon for a five-day visit to Greece (Nov. 20-25).
Finance Ministry officials expect thousands of car owners to stop driving next year, given the considerable increase in the price of fuel.
International rating agency Moody’s did not issue its scheduled Greek credit rating report on Friday, choosing to remain silent in the same way Standard & Poor’s had also skipped its publication date on Greece last month.
The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and Columbia University officially signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to offer a dual degree to their students.