The new year is the time for Greeks to “take back their lives and dignity,” opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras said on Friday, adding that “2022 can and should be the year of big change” and a “new start.”
Friday’s half-session at Athinon Avenue brought the year to an end with gains of 10.43% for the benchmark – a fairly satisfactory result that is mostly attributed to the first half of the year.
The upward swing in new coronavirus cases hit another all-time high on Friday, with the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) confirming 40,560 infections in the 24-hour period from Thursday’s record of 35,580 cases.
A new project by the state’s Information Society agency is aimed at increasing the efficiency of civil servants working remotely through a public sector teleworking system overhaul that will take place gradually.
A big basement area at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, was vacated by police on Friday after 34 years of serving as a squat and hideout for self-styled anarchists.
The New Year will be getting off to an unseasonably warm start, Greece’s weather service (EMY) reported on Friday, forecasting daytime highs of as much as 18 degrees Celsius on the mainland and 19 Celsius on the islands.
Fully vaccinated people who test positive for Covid-19 will not be required to provide a PCR result in order to stay away from work, as a rapid test result will suffice, Deputy Health Mina Gaga said on Friday.
Greece is among the top five 5 countries in Europe in terms of Covid testing, government spokesman Yiannis Economou said on Friday.
Police on Friday began an operation to evict a squat that has existed for 34 years in the School of Biology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.