PM visits remote island for Epiphany celebration
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is seen on Friday during an inspection of a military guard on Gavdos, off Crete, during a visit for the Epiphany celebrations.
Schools to reopen on Monday, no masks required
Schools will open as planned on Monday, the Education Ministry has confirmed, responding to speculation that the start of the new semester after the holiday break may be delayed by the spike in Covid and other respiratory infections among children recorded in recent weeks.
Greece’s national security challenges in 2023
Admiral Alexandros Diakopoulos, the former National Security Advisor to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and a senior policy adviser at ELIAMEP, joins Thanos Davelis to break down the security issues Greece is likely to face in 2023.
Fraudsters cheat elderly women out of 150,000 euros
Two men stole 150,000 euros from two elderly women in a village in northern Greece by pretending they were employees sent by power utility PPC to conduct maintenance work, state-run broadcaster ERT reported Saturday.
Mitsotakis, Macron, discuss Ukraine, Eastern Mediterranean in call
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed issues of regional and international interest, with focus on the latest developments in the Eastern Mediterranean and Ukraine, in a phone call on Saturday, his office said.
Greek Covid advisory issued for travelers coming from China
Greece’s National Organization for Public Health (EODY) issued on Saturday a new advisory requiring travelers on direct flights from China to present negative Covid test carried out 48 hours from departure.
Family of boy who died of heart attack donate organs
The family of a 6-year-old boy who died of a heart attack on Friday are donating his organs, state-run broadcaster ERT reported.
Expert advises vigilance, vaccination as new Covid ΧΒΒ.1.5 takes hold
The most contagious sub-variant of SARS-CoV-2 that has emerged to date, XBB.1.5, and the new severe wave of coronavirus in China are worrying scientists, said Nikos Tzanakis, Professor of Pulmonology in the School of Medicine at University of Crete.
Experts warn Lesvos’ 4.9-magnitude tremor may not be main event
Greek seismologists warned that a 4.9-magnitude earthquake that shook the island of Lesvos, in the eastern Aegean, early Saturday morning, causing rockfalls and minor damages to old houses, may not be the main event.
Parthenon Sculptures take center stage
The Parthenon Sculptures were in the limelight again this week after a series of publications, mostly in the British press, rekindled the debate about their return to their homeland in Athens from the British Museum in London.