The European Union-wide rollout of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine version for 5- to 11-year-old children will begin on December 13, one week earlier than previously planned, Germany’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Lucia Marcano was attending mass last month in the Catholic church on Lesvos when around 50 asylum-seekers from the island’s migrant camp turned up, having heard that Pope Francis was due to visit.
Greece expects to exceed its 4.5% projected growth in 2022, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, adding that the country was expecting a successful tourism season barring any major complications with the Covid pandemic.
The Greek economy is expected to grow by 6.7% this year, by 4.8% in 2022 and by 2.9% in 2023, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday.
The government on Wednesday presented lawmakers with an amendment on mandatory vaccination measures announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday, attached to a Health Ministry bill that is scheduled to be voted on in Parliament later in the day.
Roman Catholics in mainly Orthodox Greece are preparing excitedly for a visit by Pope Francis that they hope will help bring Eastern and Western Christianity closer together.
The Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation Shop in Athens is currently selling festive ornaments inspired by works in its collection to celebrate the holiday season.
The police’s Internal Affairs Division is rounding up at least 30 police officers following a months-long investigation into an illegal citizenship racket that appears to have had dozens of members.
Ambassador Marc Pierini joins us to discuss the steps the Council of Europe could take over the Osman Kavala case, how the degradation of rule of law in Turkey is impacting EU-Turkey relations, and why the EU must stand firm when it comes to rule of law issues and its core values and principles.
Non-governmental organization Metadrasi is calling on the government to make is easier for irregular migrants and asylum seekers to get a Covid vaccine, pointing to snags in the current system.