The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said it was “deeply distressed” by the recent death toll in Greece’s Aegean Sea, where at least 31 people lost their lives in three separate shipwrecks between 21 and 24 December, while an unknown number are still missing.
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus does not respect holiday schedules and the explosion of new cases it brings have messed up the Greek government’s planning, quite likely bringing forward new restrictions ahead of New Year’s Eve.
Greece’s power utility PPC will extend the operation of seven lignite units to 2025 to ensure the stability of the system, according to an Environment and Energy Ministry decision on Tuesday.
The restrictions on entertainment and sports attendance planned for next year will likely come sooner, the Greek government spokesman said on Wednesday, as new infections skyrocketed in the country this week.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Crete, Greece, on Wednesday, the country’s Geodynamic Institute said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Companies selling personal hygiene products such as protective masks may face fines of up to 1 million euros if found to be profiteering, the General Secretariat for Commerce and Consumer Protection announced on Monday.
The Finance Ministry continued on Tuesday to grant extensions to taxpayers for meeting their obligations, as it announced the postponement of the deadlines for the payment of 2022 road tax and the submission of supplementary income tax declarations.
In a never-before-seen interview, E.O. Wilson sat down with The New York Times in 2008 to talk about his lifelong quest to explore and to protect the planet’s biodiversity.
Tus Airways has informed Cypriot Minister of Transport, Communications and Works Yiannis Karousos about its decision to double its flights on the Paphos-Athens route.
Few wines seem quite so unfamiliar and mystifying to Americans as those from Greece. It’s no mystery why they are unfamiliar. Greek wines are fairly new to the global marketplace, particularly the red wines.