Three men who were among the 63 migrants who rescued from a capsized sailing boat on Christmas Eve northwest of Paros were arrested by Paros Port Authority on Monday on suspicion of human trafficking.
Health authorities announced 9,284 new coronavirus infections for the 24-hour period ending 3 p.m. Monday, a record number that is more than double Sunday’s figure of 4,036.
Entertainment venues must close by midnight and half of employees in the public and public sectors will have to work from home, according to new measures announced by the government on Monday to contain the spread of the Omicron variant.
Piraeus Bank said on Monday it had sold a portion of its securitised bad loans to Intrum and Serengeti Asset Management as part of efforts to clean up its balance sheet.
Market inspectors are examining more than 16 online and brick-and-mortar stores for alleged price gouging in KN95 and FFP2 and protective masks, after the government announced that the use of enhanced protection masks was mandatory last week.
Prosecutors in Thessaloniki have ordered a preliminary investigation into allegations that a vaccine-sceptic man who deliberately sought to contract the virus in order to obtain a Covid pass ended up infecting his mother, who subsequently died.
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is already dominating in the region of Attica, Greece’s most populous, according to Athanasios Tsakris, professor of microbiology and member of the Health Ministry’s committee of experts on the pandemic.
Greek Health Minister Thanos Plevris is expected to announce new measures to contain the spread of the Omicron variant on Monday afternoon.
The expert panel advising the government on the pandemic will determine the time when any new restrictions to halt the spread of the Omicron variant will be introduced, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday.
Former TV presenter Stathis Panagiotopoulos will remain jailed until Tuesday when he is expected to appear before an investigative magistrate in connection with a third lawsuit filed against him on Monday by a former partner for uploading nude photos and videos of her without her consent.