Pope Francis coming back to Greece
When Pope John Paul II came to Greece in May 2001 it was the first time a Roman Catholic leader had visited the country since the Great Schism of 1054 divided Christianity into Eastern and Western branches.
When Pope John Paul II came to Greece in May 2001 it was the first time a Roman Catholic leader had visited the country since the Great Schism of 1054 divided Christianity into Eastern and Western branches.
Intubations continue to rise jumping up to 690 on Wednesday, a further increase from Tuesday’s 664. The report by the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also announced 6,196 new cases of the virus and 75 deaths.
The Super League, the highest tier of football in Greece, has rejected the request by the Hellenic Police to delay two matches for security reasons. The two games, AEK-Panathinaikos and Ionikos-PAOK, are set to be played on Sunday.
Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday he has asked the National Vaccination Committee to consider whether it should advise bringing forward the third shot of the vaccines against Covid-19 by two months, as a way of tackling the surge in infections and hospitalizations in the country and in view of the spread of the omicron…
A father refused to comply with the ongoing pandemic measures, demanding his son be able to attend school without wearing a mask and without displaying a negative self-test as mandated, and was detained by police in Thessaloniki on Wednesday after initiating a lawsuit against the school.
People visit the exhibition ‘She’s Gone-(For An Empty Shirt)’ at the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation (MCF) in Athens, on Tuesday.
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.