Migration Ministry posts information for Ukrainian refugees
The Ministry for Migration and Asylum has posted information on its website for Ukrainians seeking refuge in Greece.
Cartoon by Ilias Makris (02/03/2022)
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Grid operator releases guidelines for Clean Monday kite flyers
Grid operator Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DEDDIE) has urged citizens on Wednesday to be careful when they fly kites on Clean Monday, a traditional activity celebrating the day. The advice stressed people to avoid flying kites near power cables as there is a risk of electrocution as well as of disruption to the power…
Elliniko luxury housing project taking shape
Lamda Development and its partners will deliver four new hotels, 27 villas, 100 maisonettes and 200 apartments in the Elliniko Marina Tower in the next five years.
Health Minister confirms end to outdoor mask-wearing
The government will lift its requirement of mask-wearing outdoors from Saturday, the health minister said on Wednesday, as Covid-19 infections are trending lower.
Funeral of Marietta Giannakou held in Athens
The funeral of Marietta Giannakou, former education minister and longstanding MP with the ruling conservative New Democracy party, took place on Wednesday with the politician being laid to rest at Athens’s First Cemetery. The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, former Prime Minster Kostas Karamanlis, and several ministers and MPs…
Tsipras stresses that every effort must be made to help the Greeks of Ukraine
The leader of main opposition party, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, Alexis Tsipras held a teleconference with members of the Greek community in Ukraine on Wednesday according to a party announcement.
Intubated patients in Greece ease to under 400
Greek health authorities announced 15,557 new Covid-19 cases and 57 virus-related deaths in their daily briefing on Wednesday. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that intubated patients in Greece eased below the 400 milestone, with 399 people being currently treated in Intensive Care Units.
US Ambassador praises Greece role in NATO
The United States Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt gave a speech on Wednesday stressing the critical importance of Greece within the NATO alliance.
Armed robbery in Thessaloniki betting shop
A betting shop in Thessaloniki was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday night. According to information from the scene, a masked and armed man robbed the store and fled the scene with approximately 1,000 euros.