Three people who were stranded by high water due to flooding had to be rescued by boat operated by members of Greece’s Special Disaster Unit (EMAK) in the region of Achaia in the northwest of the Peloponnese peninsula on Monday.
The Omicron variant is likely to spread internationally, posing a “very high” global risk where Covid-19 surges could have “severe consequences” in some areas, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday.
A mechanical problem has disrupted services on Line 1 of the Athens metro (the Kifissia-Piraeus ISAP electric railway) on Monday, according to an announcement by the Athens Urban Rail Transport Company (STASY).
Newspaper cartoons seem to pique Greek politicians and public figures in general more than any other type of criticism, including vitriolic opinion pieces. I am not sure why.
Railway works company ERGOSE last week approved a set of new-generation projects to upgrade the national network that add up to 3.3 billion euros.
The increased number of retirements in the civil service is evolving this year into a wave of departures, as Finance Ministry sources speak of retirement applications being up by more than 15,100 public service workers, most of them from the health and education sectors.
Police in Thessaloniki in northern Greece say they arrested a man Sunday after he reportedly told officers he had killed his wife.
Greece introduced new restrictions obliging churchgoers to present negative COVID-19 tests to attend services on Sunday following a surge in infections in recent weeks.
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter is changing his name to “Enes Kanter Freedom” to celebrate becoming a United States citizen.
With the daily infection and death rates hovering at a consistently high level and amid heightened concerns on a pan-European level due to the Omicron variant, the next fortnight will be pivotal regarding the strategy the government deploys to manage the fourth pandemic, whose peak is expected, according to estimates, around mid-December.