Greek health authorities announced 55,769 new cases of Covid-19 and 258 virus-related deaths for the week between August 15 and August 22. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there were 132 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units.
Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides appealed to the public, strongly recommending that people be especially cautious and restrict their movements, after a meeting to assess the current wave of bad weather affecting Greece at the ministry on Tuesday. The phenomena are expected to be particularly intense in some areas, with the minister…
Nicosia says preliminary estimates of a new gas discovery in the country’s exclusive economic zone raise the prospect that big players could still include the island in their plans to supply the European Union with much needed natural gas.
Cypriot police have arrested a Ukrainian woman suspected of threatening a group of Russians with a knife as they celebrated their National Flag Day, police and media said on Tuesday.
An increasing number of luxury housing units are being built on the Athens Riviera, the southern coast of the capital that looks over the Saronic Gulf.
With underwater archaeological sites threatened by human and natural factors, a new research project called ClepsYdra has been launched to help save their maritime treasures.
Two pairs of Turkish F-16 fighter aircraft flew over some of Greece’s southeastern Aegean islets at an altitude of 27,000 feet.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday accused Greece of mounting a lobbying campaign in the US Congress against the sale of F-16 fighter jets to his country, adding that Turkey will not procure the aircraft if conditions are imposed on their use.
The Independent Authority for Public Revenue has activated more than 80 applications in recent years to make it easier for taxpayers to submit their taxes on line and, in general, significantly reduce the need for visits to local tax offices.
The continuing steep rise in the price of natural gas, which reached €290 per megawatt-hours on Monday, is a major obstacle to the government’s spending plans for the rest of the year and the start of the next one.