Search teams have recovered four more bodies from the sea off the coast of Antikythera, southeast of the Peloponnese, taking the toll from a migrant boat wreck to 11, the coast guard said on Friday afternoon.
Seven people were confirmed dead, and dozens were still missing on Friday morning from two of three migrant shipwrecks that occurred in the Aegean Sea in just two days.
As new Covid safety measures requiring masks outdoors and a double or FFP2 mask at public indoor venues like supermarkets and stores went into effect, Health Minister Thanos Plevris indicated that more restrictions will be imposed right after the holidays.
Greek intelligence and counterterror authorities had been keeping a close eye on a 39-year-old Iraqi suspected of large-scale migrant smuggling before the official launch of the operation against him earlier this month, Kathimerini has learned.
The number of daily Covid cases recorded in Greece is likely to exceed the 10,000 mark in January, a leading health expert warned on Friday, as the country prepares to face a surge in infections with the onset of the Omicron variant.
Expert Aya Burweila joins The Greek Current to discuss the decision to postpone Libya’s elections and what it means for international efforts to bring peace to the country.
It’s not Christmas without “The Nutcracker,” and certainly not at the Christmas Theater, which presents the Saint-Petersburg Classical Ballet of Russia in the Tchaikovsky masterpiece.
Omicron advanced across the world on Thursday, with health experts warning the battle against the Covid-19 variant was far from over despite two drugmakers saying their vaccines protected against it and signs it carries a lower risk of hospitalization.
Skies will be clear for most of the day in most of Greece on Friday, with a few scattered showers forecast for the islands of the Ionian and the western mainland, the National Weather Service (EMY) has reported.
With an Omicron tidal wave expected to hit Greece within January, the government is scrambling for options to protect public health without unduly disrupting social and economic activity.