Greek Health Minister Thanos Plevris on Wednesday rejected as “fake news” reports that ICU beds were being reserved for selective admission of “VIP” patients, such as politicians and high ranking bishops, saying that these rumors “offend doctors.”
Pavlos Christidis, the youngest candidate for the leadership of the Movement of Change party, did not endorse either candidate on Wednesday.
Two men aged 28 were arrested by Greek police on Tuesday night in central Athens for sexually harassing two teenagers.
The Mitsis group has set in motion an investment plan for increasing the number of its hotel capacity from 5,500 to 6,500 rooms, which would render it the biggest hotel entity in Greece in terms of both rooms and beds.
BioNTech and Pfizer said on Wednesday a three-shot course of their Covid-19 vaccine was able to neutralize the new Omicron variant in a laboratory test and they could deliver an Omicron-based vaccine in March 2022 if needed.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was on Wednesday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused Cyprus of violating Turkey’s continental shelf by awarding an exploration license in the Mediterranean to ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum.
President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will reduce inflation and exchange rate volatility through low interest rates, broadcaster NTV said, after the lira plunged to record lows over the central bank’s aggressive easing policy demanded by the president.
President Tayyip Erdogan said he does not recognize European rulings seeking the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala and Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas and Ankara will abide by Turkish court rulings on them, broadcaster NTV reported on Wednesday.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias welcomed Australian counterpart Marise Payne in Athens Wednesday in her first official visit to Greece.