Patra awaits word on pandemic restrictions
A woman wearing a mask to guard against Covid-19 walks next to a carnival float seen in the southwestern city of Patra, Thursday.
Construction permits in Cyprus grow
The building permits issued in Cyprus in the first 11 months of 2021 were up 15.9% year-on-year, data released by the Cyprus Statistical Service (CyStat) showed on Thursday.
‘We are not there yet’: As states drop mask rules, the CDC stands firm
The White House has been meeting with outside health experts to plan a pandemic exit strategy and a transition to a “new normal,” but the behind-the-scenes effort is crashing into a very public reality.
That sigh you hear is the sound of danger escaping from risky sports
In the Olympic-level snowboarding and freestyle skiing world, there is an innocuous-sounding compound word that almost always evokes a visceral reaction – a deep sigh, a shaking of the head, a knowing nod.
Murder suspect handed over to Greek authorities
A 20-year-old Albanian, wanted for taking part in the murder of 19-year-old Alkis Kambanos on Feb. 1, was taken to the Greek-Albanian border and surrendered to Greek authorities.
Grid Telecom signs MoC with Telecom Egypt
Greek energy infrastructure company Grid Telecom and Telecom Egypt signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) for a submarine telecommunications interconnection between Greece and Egypt, at an event held in Athens on Wednesday.
Talk of handouts carries cost
The economy is at a very critical stage of recovery after the hit it took from the pandemic. It is doubly harmful to cultivate, vaguely and through leaks, expectations of benefits and tax cuts.
Melina Travlos is first female head of Union of Greek Shipowners
Melina Travlos, chairwoman of Neptune Lines Shipping & Managing Enterprises, was on Thursday elected as the new head of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS).
Brussels approves €31.5 mln in farming support for Greece
The European Commission has approved 31.5 million euros in Greek government support for specific types of farmers and producers affected by restrictive measures imposed during the continuing coronavirus pandemic.
Greece, six others urged to update flood risk maps
Greece was among a list of countries including Cyprus, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Romania and Slovakia that the European Commission has urged to update their flood hazard and risk maps as required by the Floods Directive (2007/60/EC).