Vaccination certificates valid for longer
The validity of Covid vaccination and recovery certificates will be extended to nine months from seven and to six months from three respectively, Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Friday.
More than 16,431 Ukrainians have reached Greece
More than 16,431 Ukrainian refugees, of which 5,036 are minors, have arrived in Greece since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, the Citizen Protection Ministry said on Saturday.
EU: Companies with euro gas contracts should not meet Russia’s rouble demand
European companies whose gas supply contracts with Russia stipulate payment in euros or dollars should not meet Russia’s demand for payment in roubles, the European Commission said on Friday.
Greece’s needs in wheat, maize met by EU imports
There is “no worry of food shortages” in Greece as the country has replaced imports of wheat and maize from Russia and Ukraine with imports from EU markets, Agricultural Development and Food Minister Giorgos Georgantas said on Friday.
Greek hospitals set for energy upgrades
The energy upgrade of 68 Greek hospitals will be funded through the National Strategic Reference Framework, known in Greece as ESPA, and should be completed three years from now, ministers said on Thursday.
Police deny mother accused of killing daughter assaulted in custody
The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has denied a claim that a woman who is accused of intentionally killing her 9-year-old daughter while in hospital in January was physically assaulted while in custody.
Hellenic Dairies to take over AGNO
Hellenic Dairies SA on Thursday announced it had won a tender for the acquisition of AGNO, a dairy company founded in Thessaloniki in 1950.
Christian Löffler & Ergon | Athens | April 4
Following a successful appearance earlier this year, German producer and composer Christian Löffler and the respected Greek contemporary music ensemble Ergon get back together at the Stavros Niarchos Hall.
Greek unemployment drops to 11.9% in February
Τhe unemployment rate in the eurozone and the European Union remained at historically low levels in February, at 6.8% and 6.2%, respectively, Eurostat said on Thursday.
Seven decades later, the 1950 census bares its secrets
Early on Friday, 72 years after enumerators began knocking on the doors of some 46 million American houses and apartments, the federal government is making public what they learned: the ages, incomes, addresses, ancestry and a trove of other facts about the 150.7 million people who were counted in the 1950 census.