The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday designated a new Covid-19 variant detected in South Africa with a large number of mutations as being “of concern,” the fifth variant to be given the designation.
October tax revenues beat their 2022 budget target by 164 million euros or 0.4%, according to the definitive data on the execution of this year’s budget released on Thursday.
The Delphi Economic Forum is expanding its cooperation agreements to the Caspian Sea as it has just signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Baku-based Nizami Ganjavi International Center, the most important think tank in Azerbaijan.
Central banker Yannis Stournaras appeared quite reserved on Thursday on the subject of Greece being able to keep obtaining cheap liquidity from the European Central Bank after the expiry of the extraordinary bond-buying program (PEPP).
The Greek government will decide on whether to issue a travel ban similar to the ones announced by the United Kingdom and Israel after scientists get “a clear picture” of a new version of the coronavirus detected in South Africa, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Friday.
A man died on Friday after he was hit by a train at a railway crossing in central Athens. Ten people from the Hellenic Fire Service and three vehicles participated in an operation to clear the debris and reach the 33-year-old man.
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.