The new Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), Colin Stewart, arrives in Cyprus Monday, replacing Elizabeth Spehar whose term ended on November 30.
Greece recorded 116 deaths on Monday, the highest daily death toll since May 2020. The briefing by the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also announced 4,943 new coronavirus cases and revealed that there are currently 714 intubated patients in the country’s ICUs.
Around 557,000 people booked an appointment for a booster jab against Covid-19 between Friday and Sunday after the public were urged to have the shot following the emergence of the Omicron variant, Digital Governance Kyriakos Pierrakakis said on Monday.
The foreign ministry of Israel and the country’s embassy in Athens are offering scholarships to Greek citizens aged up to 35 years old to study in Israel for the academic year 2022-2023.
“Yiannis is severely autistic, does not talk and can’t remain alone, not even for five minutes,” his mother, Ada Stamatatou, told Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a podcast on the occasion of the International Day of Disabled Persons.
MP Andreas Loverdos, who failed to qualify for the second round runoff of voting for the Movement for Change (KINAL) party leadership, said Monday he will announce his support for one of the remaining candidates by Tuesday.
All country residents will as of Monday have access to one free self-testing kit for Covid-19.
Greek flavored and gourmet olive oil products scooped awards and top positions in several categories, according to the results of the Evoo World Ranking 2021 (EVOOWR 2021).
The supply of winter homes for short-term rentals this year is considerably reduced compared to 2019, therefore the number of bookings is significantly limited, according to recent AirDNA figures.
The Finance Ministry has seen to the immediate disbursement of another 330-350 million euros for financing the Public Investments Program of 2021 as the drying out of its resources has led to a payments freeze that Kathimerini highlighted on Friday, concerning public works and co-funded projects.