We asked our reporters to write about the most memorable sports moments of 2021 – not the grandest or most historic events, just the moments they think of first when they look back on the year.
Major construction projects will dominate economic activity in 2022, concerning both the public and the private sector.
2021 was yet another difficult year as the Covid-19 pandemic, the global energy crunch and climate change accentuated inequalities around the world, Nikos Androulakis, the freshly-elected leader of the center-left Movement for Change (KINAL) alliance said in his New Year’s message late Friday.
Greece’s short-term property rental market moved into positive territory last month, as the monthly analysis by AirDNA showed demand for Airbnb-type assets posted a 7.6% increased compared to November 2019, in a first for comparisons with the pre-pandemic period.
Officials fear that the galloping Omicron variant of the coronavirus will paralyze large swaths of the state apparatus starting next week. Vulnerable services include hospitals, public transport, civil service bureaus, schools and universities.
Greeks rang in the New Year under the pall of a new record in infections, as the new and more infectious Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus sweeps through the country.
The Athens metro and tram are suspending the extension of their nighttime services on the weekends in response to the surge in Covid-19 cases.
US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt posted a video on Twitter on Friday for the end of a year that also marked 200 years of Greek-American friendship and the bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence.
Greece’s tax-related platforms are being shut down over the New Year’s holiday for year-end operations, the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has said.
The spread of the highly transmissible, if milder, Omicron variant of the coronavirus is creating a new reality, whereby the slightest symptom, such as a blocked nose or a scratchy throat, will be considered to be a likely symptom of Covid-19.