Daily infections record expected to be smashed again
The record for new Covid infections is expected to be smashed again on Tuesday, with sources saying cases counted in the last 24 hours could reach 55,000.
Health, education ministers to make announcements on schools
Health Minister Thanos Plevris and Education Minister Niki Kerameus are expected to make announcements at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday about the reopening of schools in the new term.
Cost of PCR tests to be capped from January 6
The cost of PCR molecular tests for Covid-19 at private laboratories and clinics will be capped at 47 euros from Thursday, following a Development Ministry decision on Tuesday.
Justice minister announces he has Covid
Greek Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras announced on Tuesday he had tested positive for the coronavirus, the second government official to do so in the day after State Minister Akis Skertsos.
Mitsotakis did not meet with infected minister today
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis did not come into contact today with State Minister Akis Skertsos, a close associate, who announced earlier in the day that he had tested positive for Covid-19, government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said Tuesday.
State minister Akis Skertsos tests positive for Covid-19
Akis Skertsos, the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister responsible for Government Coordination, announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus, following a rapid antigen test.
Rail and road project auctions scheduled for this year
The Infrastructures Ministry is promising a big year for public projects, with multiple tenders in the pipeline.
Olympiakos defender Ruben Semedo arrested over alleged beating
Olympiakos defender Ruben Semedo was arrested on Monday night after his 28-year-old partner filed charges against him claiming she had been beaten.
20 years since Greece adopted the euro
Twenty years ago Greece’s then Prime Minister Kostas Simitis made the first withdrawal of a euro banknote from a Greek bank, marking the official adoption of the euro and the switch away from the drachma.
Israel-Greece a ‘values-based strategic alliance,’ says FM
Relations between Greece and Israel will continue to develop and bloom “regardless of any other developments in the region,” states Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid in this exclusive interview with Kathimerini.