Social compliance
If the two years since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic are any guide, it is safe to say that the effectiveness of safety measures against Covid-19 relies largely on social attitudes.
Woman dies in house fire in Kilkis
A woman in her 60s died in a house fire in the northern city of Kilkis on Wednesday.
Bulgaria tightens arrival conditions as Covid infections surge
On Bulgaria’s red zone list are countries that have reported over 500 coronavirus infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the past 14 days or have reported a spread of coronavirus variant that raises concerns, such as Greece.
Embroidery | Ioannina | To January 16
As part of events marking the bicentennial of the 1821 Greek Revolution, the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation (PIOP), presents an exhibition “History on Embroidery”
Italy sending Parthenon fragment to Athens in nudge to UK
An Italian museum is lending a fragment of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, in what both sides hope will become a permanent return that might encourage others – the British Museum, in particular – to send their own pieces of the works back, too.
9 in 10 infections due to Omicron, minister says
Nine in ten new Covid infections can be attributed to the Omicron variant, Alternate Health Minister Mina Gaga said on Wednesday.
Man accused of beating wife remanded in custody
The 34-year-old man who held his ex-partner hostage in her apartment in the Agios Panteleimonas district of Athens on New Year’s Eve has been remanded in custody, pending his trial, after appearing before an investigative magistrate on Wednesday.
ATHEX: Moderate fall for majority of stocks
Traders chose to cash in on recent stock gains at Athinon Avenue on Wednesday, while banks that have been oversold in recent days headed the other way, posting some notable increases that were in line with the majority of the other European stock markets.
Greece 2.0 marks ‘new era’ in tourism development says minister
The European Union-funded Greece 2.0 Recovery and Resilience Fund signals a new cycle of tourism development, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias underscored in an article on Greek website news247.gr.
Spread of Omicron continues unabated with 43,386 new cases
The spread of the highly transmissible Omicron Covid-19 variant continued unabated in Greece on Wednesday with health authorities reporting 43,386 new cases. The report brings the total number of new cases in Greece over the last week to 282,369, almost 20% of the total number of cases of Covid-19 in Greece since the start of…