Infections with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus account for 70% of all new cases across five regions of Greece – Attica, Thessaloniki, Patra, Thessaly and Crete – in the last few days, the head of the National Public Health Organization (EODY), Theoklis Zaoutis, said Monday.
Police in the western city of Patras have arrested a well-known boxing coach following accusations that he sexually harassed a 14-year-old female athlete.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he was saddened by his country’s 2021 annual inflation after it soared to 36.1%, adding his government was determined to lower it to single digits.
New cases of the coronavirus jumped past the 36,000-mark again on Monday, after 17,633 on Sunday when there is significantly less testing, and 30,010 the day before.
The transmission of the Omicron variant is expected to peak quickly and start levelling off later in January, based on how it behaved in South Africa, expert epidemiologist and member of the panel of experts advising the government, Dr. Gkikas Magiorkinis, said in an interview with the state-run radio station Praktoreio on Monday.
Fines imposed on members of the Pakistani community who gathered at Syntagma Square to celebrate the New Year without wearing masks will not be cancelled, Citizen Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos said on Monday.
Stefanos Tsitsipas showed little sign of the elbow problem that forced him out of his ATP Cup singles opener but failed to find a way past Diego Schwartzman as the Argentine won an epic battle 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3 on Monday to hand Greece a 2-0 defeat.
Turkey’s yearly inflation climbed by the fastest pace in 19 years, jumping to 36.08% in December, official data showed on Monday. The Turkish Statistical Institute said the consumer price index increased by 13.58% in December from the previous month, further eroding peoples’ purchasing power. The yearly increase in food prices was 43.8%, the data showed.…
The 2022 winter sales will begin across Greece on January 10 and will run through February 28, the Association of Business and Retail Sales of Greece (SELPE) has announced.
World number six Maria Sakkari advanced to the second round of the Adelaide International at Memorial Drive on Monday by grinding out a 6-2 0-6 6-4 victory over Slovenian Tamara Zidansek. “It didn’t feel great to be honest, it wasn’t a good match from my side,” said Sakkari, who reached the semi-finals at the French…