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Police in Italy, Albania, Greece arrest 29 for bringing people to EU on leisure boats
Police in Italy, Albania and Greece on Wednesday arrested some 30 people accused of profiteering several hundred million euros to smuggle refugees and migrants into the European Union from Turkey on yachts and other leisure vessels.
Christian Loffler & Ergon | Athens | January 24
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) inaugurates the new season of its innovative Comsos concert series with an appearance by German producer and composer Christian Loffler and the respected Greek contemporary music ensemble Ergon.
Company fined €50,000 for corona party
A catering and entertainment company is facing a €50,000 fine for organizing a so-called corona party in Athens on January 15 which was attended by hundreds of high-paying guests.
Rebound for Greek cruise industry
Despite the third and fourth waves of the coronavirus pandemic that hit the tourism industry last year, the Greek cruise market managed to recover about a quarter of passenger traffic observed in the record year 2019, with about half the number of cruise liner visits to its ports compared to two years earlier, according to…
Coronavirus: 20,107 new cases, 88 deaths, 683 intubations
Greek health authorities announced 20,107 new cases and 88 deaths during their daily briefing on Wednesday. The report by the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also revealed that there are 683 intubated patients in Greece’s ICUs.
As Zaev exits, Orban’s specter lurks
North Macedonia was thrust into the post-Zaev era on December 22. In a short statement, Zoran Zaev announced that he had submitted his resignation as prime minister to the country’s parliamentary speaker.
Alert in Thessaloniki over missing young woman
A 22-year-old woman has gone missing in Thessaloniki on Wednesday. According to the official announcement, the woman went missing in the Eleftheriou Kordeliou neighborhood of the northern city on Monday. Her family have made her details public believing that there is a risk to her life.
Greece imposes rolling fines to push Covid-19 vaccinations in older people
Greece has begun imposing recurring fines on those over the age of 60 who are unvaccinated against Covid-19 to try to boost inoculation in the most vulnerable age group even as infection rates from the fast-spreading Omicron variant are slowing.
University tensions simmer as more threats directed at rectors
More threats were directed at the rectors of Greece’s major universities in slogans painted on the walls of the the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOE).