The Greek and US Coast Guards signed on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding strengthening collaboration on maritime safety and operations, maritime security, border control and information sharing, fisheries inspection and control, protection of the marine environment and training.
A five-day debate on Greece’s state budget for 2022 will begin on Tuesday afternoon with the positions of the party rapporteurs and special speakers.
An unvaccinated Greek commentator and publisher died of respiratory failure and resulting complications from Covid-19 on Tuesday, focusing public attention on the large number of older people in Greece who still haven’t received their shots as the country struggles with a spike in infections and deaths.
New lighting, footpaths and shaded resting areas are but some of the ideas put forward in a proposal for improving the visitor experience at the stunning 370 BC site of Ancient Messene in the southwestern Peloponnese.
A police security detail at Athens International Airport has arrested four people who are suspected of running a drug-dealing racket in the area, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) said in an announcement on Tuesday.
Three of 11 suspects belonging to a radical new anti-vaccination movement who were arrested over last week’s assault on a school principal in northern Greece were ordered to remain in pretrial custody on Tuesday.
The third edition of the annual Argo awards, for outstanding Greeks abroad, will take place at a ceremony on Thursday, under the auspices of President Katerina Sakellaropoulou.
The government’s “persuasion strategy” to encourage take-up of the coronavirus vaccine has been “exhausted,” spokesman Yiannis Oikonomou said on Tuesday, as the expiration of a mandate for people aged 60 and above looms closer.
The Greek government is planning an additional package of measures to help households and businesses deal with price increases and an anticipated rise in inflation, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Tuesday.
Two children died in a house fire in the impoverished northwestern Athens suburb of Kamatero on Tuesday, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) has reported.