Despite signs the fourth pandemic wave is ebbing, active cases continue to hover above 50,000, while 4,800 patients are in hospital with Covid and, according to experts, the number of intubated patients will be between 650 and 700 throughout December.
The anticipated tripling of confirmed cruise ship arrivals in the city of Thessaloniki in 2022 justifies the government’s strategy for the cruise sector, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias stated Thursday.
Work on the Corinth Canal walls and basin will begin in January, Deputy Environment and Energy Minister Nikos Tagaras said on Thursday.
As Matthew van Antwerpen, a 17-year-old in suburban Dallas, struggled with remote schooling during the pandemic last year, he grew increasingly despondent. Searching online, he found a website about suicide.
PAOK has made it to the Europa Conference League knockout round playoffs with a home win over Gibraltar side Lincoln on Thursday, while Olympiakos played its worst game this season to date and lost at Antwerp.
Police dismantled a criminal gang that specialized in forged travel documents, identity fraud and the trafficking of migrants in an operation conducted on Wednesday and Thursday in the center of Athens.
The Greek stock market served observers a surprise on Thursday as it recorded gains against the downward trend set by the majority of its eurozone counterparts.
The Turkish Parliament has been gripped by shouting, insults and brawling this week as lawmakers have debated budgets and policy while the economy reels from a currency crash and inflation spiral.
George Papandreou, the former Prime Minister and socialist leader who is currently running for the leadership of the Movement for Change (KINAL) party attempted to partially walk back allegations of voting irregularities he made earlier Thursday.
Turkey’s new finance and treasury minister said Thursday the budget deficit would come in at under 3.5% of GDP this year and would be managed with fiscal discipline, after he was appointed last week in the latest upper leadership shake-up.