World number six Maria Sakkari advanced to the second round of the Adelaide International at Memorial Drive on Monday by grinding out a 6-2 0-6 6-4 victory over Slovenian Tamara Zidansek. “It didn’t feel great to be honest, it wasn’t a good match from my side,” said Sakkari, who reached the semi-finals at the French…
The 2022 winter sales will begin across Greece on January 10 and will run through February 28, the Association of Business and Retail Sales of Greece (SELPE) has announced.
Turkey’s yearly inflation climbed by the fastest pace in 19 years, jumping to 36.08% in December, official data showed on Monday. The Turkish Statistical Institute said the consumer price index increased by 13.58% in December from the previous month, further eroding peoples’ purchasing power. The yearly increase in food prices was 43.8%, the data showed.…
A health expert on Monday predicted that the latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic, now driven by the Omicron variant, may hit its peak in Greece between January 19-22.
In a provocative video posted on the Twitter account of Turkey’s Defense Ministry, Turkish cadets are shown swimming the distance to Greece’s southeastern Aegean island of Kastellorizo in an apparent bid to underscore its proximity to the Turkish coast.
When Bosnia’s medicines agency inspected oxygen sold to hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients in the country’s Serb-controlled region in September, it made a shocking discovery: The oxygen was meant for use only in industrial machines, not on humans.
European shares hit all-time highs on Monday, starting the year in an upbeat mood on hopes of steady economic recovery despite soaring cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Metropolitan Kosmas of Aetolia and Acarnania, western Greece, a staunch anti-vaxxer, has died of Covid-19 after a month-long with the virus. He was 76.
A fascinating exhibition at the Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens, featuring a rich display of paintings, maps, shipboard artifacts, and arms and armor, explores the story of the Battle of Lepanto, a seismic naval engagement that took place in the Gulf of Patras, western Greece, 450 years ago on October 7, 1571.
Schools must reopen on schedule on January 10 with updated safety protocols in place, the president of the Athens and Piraeus hospital doctors’ association (EINAP), Matina Pagoni, said Monday.