Coronavirus: 9,596 new cases, 67 deaths, 471 on ventilators
New cases of the coronavirus decreased, as usual, Sunday, because of significantly less testing; deaths also declined, but intubations increased, authorities announced.
Body recovered from still burning ferry
The Fire Service reports that the body of a man has been recovered from the still burning Euroferry Olympia ship, off the island of Corfu.
Bids due this week for ‘Ariadne’ NPL portfolio
Non-binding offers for a nonperforming loan (NPL) portfolio worth around 5 billion euros put on the block by Greece’s bad bank liquidator PQH are due this week, Italy’s biggest problem loan manager doValue said on Friday.
Parliament Library holds exhibition commemorating poet Kiki Dimoula
Commemorating two years since the death of the trailblazing existentialist Greek poet Kiki Dimoula at the age of 88 on February 22, 2020, Parliament is presenting an exhibition dedicated to her life and work.
Man arrested for gas station robbery
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on Sunday on suspicion of robbing a gas station in Thessaloniki in the early hours of Friday morning.
Collapsed wall kills man in Larissa
A 22-year-old man was killed in Larissa on Sunday morning when a wall collapsed and crushed him. The incident occurred at approximately 7.30 a.m. according to local news outlet onlarissa. The Hellenic Fire Service, police, and an ambulance all rushed to the scene.
Minor hospitalized for alcohol poisoning on Crete
An underage girl was rushed to the University General Hospital of Heraklion on Crete on Sunday morning in a heavily inebriated state. The girl was admitted to the hospital’s emergency room to be treated after consuming a significant volume of alcohol.
Tourism protocol adjustment
The tourism industry is calling for coronavirus measures to be relaxed and support the flow of arrivals expected to grow further this year, according to a letter the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) has sent to the government.
Greek-Albanian power interconnection gathers steam
The first meeting of a working group created in autumn 2021 by Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) and Albania’s Transmission System Operator (OST) was held on Thursday.
Funerary Rites | Athens | February 23
The Canadian Institute in Greece presents a lecture by Katerina Apokatanidis, its Neda and Franz Leipen Fellow and a PhD candidate in classical archaeology at the University of Toronto, on “Greek Funerary Religion: The Case Study of the Orphic Gold Tablets.”