Four containers with 50 tons of humanitarian aid for earthquake-affected areas in Turkey and Syria are departing by truck from Aspropyrgos, west of Athens, for the port of Patra in Western Greece, as Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Katsaniotis said in a post on social media.
The Goethe Institute brings the Berlin Philharmonic to Athens by live link, giving classical music aficionados an opportunity to enjoy selected performances by the highly respected ensemble.
The pandemic was a stress test for the country’s hospitals, but also its nursing homes. Several cases of criminal negligence have come to light that also reveal shortcomings in the state’s ability to check whether such facilities are operating properly.
A 49-year-old Bulgarian arrested by police in northern Greece in December following a U.S. warrant has been released on bail pending a court ruling on his extradition for sending sensitive electronic circuits to Russia, a government official said on Thursday.
Opposition leader Alexis Tsipras’ reaction to the prime minister’s response to accusations of uncontrolled handouts in Parliament last week was pretty typical of the Greek political system.
A memorandum of cooperation between the associations of Greek businesses in Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia was signed on Tuesday in Tirana, at the Greek Embassy in the Albanian capital.
A group of high school students briefed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on their project titled ‘Pandemic Museum’, in a meeting held at Maximos Mansion on Thursday.
The fact that representatives of the two superpowers, America and China, will be in Athens almost simultaneously in the upcoming days for meetings with the Greek leadership is a sign of the geopolitical significance of Greece at this moment in time.
A draft law submitted to Parliament by Finance Minister Christos Staikouras on Wednesday provides for the exemption from the Single Property Tax (ENFIA) of owners affected by natural disasters.