An Athens juvenile prosecutor on Thursday ordered a preliminary investigation into allegations that a physiotherapist hit and kicked a child in a centre for children with autism after a video of the incident surfaced.
Vital events of Greeks abroad such as births, marriages and deaths can now be registered by consulates directly to Greece’s civil registration system, cutting through red tape that once took months to complete, the Foreign and Digital Governance ministries announced on Thursday.
In what has become a worrisome trend for authorities, another case of teen gang violence in Athens, which led to the injury of a 13-year-old, was reported on Wednesday.
Greek health authorities announced 20,409 new coronavirus cases and 80 deaths on Thursday. The daily briefing by the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there are currently 664 intubated patients across Greece.
Kostas Vaxevanis, a journalist and the publisher of Documento, has been accused of involvement in the Novartis case and summoned to appear before a Supreme Court special court investigator.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Thursday urged European Union governments to identify and address potential threats for the bloc in the eastern Mediterranean region.
Supermarket chains are calling on the government to reduce taxation on some basic food items in order to ease the burden on consumers.
The number of residence permits issued to non-European Union citizens, known as Golden Visas, in Greece in 2021 posted a moderate increase of 10.3% from 2020, with the issue of 1,035 new five-year permits, up from 938 the previous year.
President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday told ambassadors from the European Union that the bloc had not provided meaningful support in battling migration and that it had not reciprocated Turkey’s efforts to improve relations.
Greek authorities have found the body of a woman believed to be the wife of an Iranian who drowned crossing a rain-swollen torrent, as the couple and several other migrants trekked through the hills of northern Greece to avoid police patrols.