All Omicron sublineages now present in Greece, health agency says
All the sublineages of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been recorded in Greece, with the latest being XBB, Greece’s public health agency EODY, said on Tuesday.
Erdogan urges Scholz to keep ‘neutral stance’ in disputes with Greece
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to “return to its neutral stance” when it comes to his country’s relations with Greece in a phone call on Tuesday, state-run news agency Anadolu reported.
Nonagenarian acquitted of unlicensed sale of knitted sock slippers
A Thessaloniki misdemeanors court acquitted on Tuesday a 93-year-old woman of selling knitted sock slippers without a vendor’s license at an open market in 2019.
Tenth migrant rescued in Evia boat sinking
Greece’s Coast Guard said it recovered one more of the dozens of migrants believed missing after their boat sank off the island of Evia early on Tuesday, bringing the number of those saved to 10.
Record year for investments
Greece may not yet have dramatically improved its position in critical indicators such as global competitiveness, but in 2021 it managed to attract the most foreign direct investment (FDI) since 2011.
Coast Guard says vessel was harassed by Turkish boat
Greece’s Coast Guard said one of its vessels was harassed by a boat of the Turkish Coast Guard during a search and rescue operation off the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean on Tuesday morning.
Greece to borrow up to 8 bln euros from bond markets in 2023
Greece plans to raise up to 8 billion euros ($7.91 billion) from debt markets in 2023 by issuing new short- and long-term issues, two government sources told Reuters on Tuesday.
Autumn to put in an appearance this weekend
After weeks of dry, sunny weather more reminiscent of late spring, autumn will be making an appearance this weekend, the national weather service (EMY) said in a bulletin on Tuesday.
Brother and sister accuse father of rape and pimping
A brother and sister aged 17 and 22 years old respectively have filed a lawsuit against their parents, claiming that their father raped them and pimped them when they were children and that their mother stood by and witnessed these acts without helping them.
MEPs visiting Cyprus and Greece as part of spyware inquiry
A delegation of MEPs from European Parliament’s Inquiry Committee on Pegasus is expected in Nicosia and Athens this week as part of an ongoing inquiry into the use of spyware against politicians and journalists.