Gov’t to expand border fence with Turkey by 26km, minister says
The government will expand the border fence with Turkey in the country’s northeast by 26km, Civil Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos told MPs on Friday.
Covid: 4,766 new cases, 85 deaths, 684 intubated
Health authorities announced 4,766 new coronavirus infections for the 24-hour period ending 3 p.m. Friday, up on Thursday’s figure of 4,696.
Migrants help Pope Francis celebrate 85th birthday
They migrants come from Congo Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Somalia and Syria and are the first of 50 people from camps in Cyprus that the pope has pledged to provide for.
New year puts spring back in Greek National Opera’s step
The Greek National Opera’s program for the January-July 2022 season – presented on December 8 – could easily have been titled “Operation Optimism.”
Prosecutors to consider Tsiodras-Lytras study
Prosecutors will use an academic study on hospital patient numbers and the mortality of patients in intensive care in an existing investigation into the country’s ICU, it was reported on Friday.
National Bank teams up with EVO on merchant acquiring business
National Bank of Greece (NBG), one of the country’s largest lenders, has clinched a deal to form a joint venture with EVO Payments which will provide merchant acquiring and payment services, it said on Friday.
Thessaloniki prosecutors order investigation into anti-vaxxer vigilante
Prosecutors in Thessaloniki have called on police to investigate allegations that a member of the self-styled “Guardians of the Constitution” group entered a citizens’ information centre (KEP) and demanded to see the vaccination certificates and rapid test results of employees.
Bishop to sue anti-vaxxers who labelled him ‘sell-out, antichrist, mason’
A metropolitan bishop in northern Greece has filed an lawsuit against two people who claimed on social media that he had banned the burial of people who died from coronavirus and was a “sell-out, antichrist [and] freemason.”
New government in Sofia dives into deep end
The “Harvard boys” have finally formed a government in Sofia, bringing an overwhelming sense of relief in Bulgaria that the country will be able to return to some semblance of normality in the wake of a profound political crisis.
Agency to tackle housing shortage in Thessaloniki
Eleven of the 13 municipalities that make up the regional unit of Thessaloniki in northern Greece have joined forces to tackle a housing shortage by setting up a new agency that will be responsible for creating affordable accommodation.