Analysis of Thessaloniki’s sewage has on Friday confirmed an increase in the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the community, based on the latest measurements taken in a study conducted by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the city’s water board EYATh, in collaboration with the Central Macedonia Region.
When you inject almost 43 billion euros into the economy through government-backed support programs that account for 25% of gross domestic product, and as a result your GDP ends up making up for its losses by 13.4% in the third quarter, well, that’s not a serious reason to get excited.
Greeks abroad “are keepers of Greek traditions” including that of travel abroad, “where they made new homes and excelled,” President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said in her holiday message to the diaspora.
The decision on whether to administer monoclonal antibodies to a Covid-19 patient is taken by an expert panel of infectious disease experts and no outsider can intervene, Health Minister Thanos Plevros said Friday.
The European Commission approved the full acquisition of Wind Hellas by United Group BV of the Netherlands, it said on Wednesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin wished “peace and prosperity to our friends, the Greek people” in a letter to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday.
The Greek Foreign Ministry on Friday condemned the deployment of mercenary troops from the Wagner group in Mali, whom the European Union has accused of human rights violations and destabilization actions.
Τhe Municipality of Athens said Friday it would offer 1,200 festive dinners each day on Christmas Eve, Christmas day, on New Year’s Eve and on January 1 to the homeless or people staying in homeless shelters run by municipality or other bodies.
After easing briefly at the start of the month, new coronavirus cases have been climbing again, reaching 7,665 in the 24-hour period on Friday.