Hundreds of thousands of voters participate in KINAL elections
More than 165,000 people had voted in Sunday’s election by 3.10 p.m. for the next leader of the Movement of Change (KINAL) party.
Celebrity journalist admitted to ICU
Journalist Georgios Tragkas was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the ‘Sotiria’ Hospital on Saturday night. Tragkas has been placed on oxygen therapy.
Emergency extreme weather warning bulletin released by NMS
Extreme weather conditions are expected in areas of Greece on Monday and Tuesday according to an emergency bulletin released by the National Meteorological Service on Sunday. Heavy rain, storms, and very strong winds are expected.
Pope visits migrant camps on Lesvos
Pope Francis visited the Reception and Identification migrant center on Lesvos on Sunday. The Pope will address 92 refugees who live in the camp.
Athens launches film production ‘boot camp’
The City of Athens on Saturday announced its first free seminar in film production, an initiative being carried out with the Athens Film Office and US entertainment giant NBCUniversal, aimed at bolstering Greece’s presence in the cinema industry.
Encroachers get chance to buy
The Finance Ministry has decided to utilize state properties that have not been incorporated in the Hellenic Public Properties Company (ETAD) portfolio and to settle the issue of plots that have been encroached upon by offering the chance to thousands of citizens to acquire the definitive ownership deeds for the properties they illegally occupy or…
KINAL election expected to be a tight race
Movement for Change (KINAL) is electing a new president on Sunday, with six contenders running for the top spot at the coalition of center-left parties.
Booster shot appointments reach 193,000 overnight
A total of 193,000 appointments for a Covid-19 booster shot were made through the online platform since Friday night, according to data by the Ministry of Digital Governance.
Inside a sequencing lab on the front lines of America’s search for Omicron
Researchers in Nebraska had just finished sequencing six samples of the omicron variant, the most discovered anywhere in the United States. They just didn’t know it yet.
Risk of relapse
Friday’s invasion of the Aristotle University administration building by a group of anarchists is the latest in a series of incidents that show universities are in danger of slipping into the old routine of violence and delinquency.