Health is at the core of the strategy for the digital transformation of the state, Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis told Kathimerini’s Athens Health Summit on Wednesday.
Turkey and the United Arab Emirates signed accords on energy and technology investments on Wednesday after talks between President Tayyip Erdogan and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Ankara.
A list of passengers on the 800-km trip list released by Skopje media suggested most of the victims, who included 12 schoolchildren, were from North Macedonia’s ethnic Albanian minority.
The European Commission has approved a €2.27 billion aid scheme proposed by Greece to boost renewable power generation, it said on Wednesday. The measure will help Greece meet its renewable energy targets, without unduly distorting competition, the executive arm of the European Union said.
A court in Thessaloniki on Wednesday approved the extradition to France of a 35-year-old Greek on charges of involvement in a drug smuggling ring. The case involves the shipment on a sailboat of 1.7 tons of cocaine from Latin America to southern France in June 2017.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias held a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, Chung Eui-yong, according to a statement released by the Foreign Ministry on social media on Wednesday.
Greek health authorities announced 7,108 new coronavirus cases and 93 deaths on Wednesday. The report by the National Organization for Public Health also revealed 612 patients are currently intubated in Greece’s ICUs.
The Embassy of Canada in Greece will participate in the UN Women global campaign ‘Orange the World’ by illuminating its chancery in orange to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Archbishop Eirinaios of Crete was relieved of his position on Wednesday by a unanimous decision by the Holy Provincial Synod of the Church of Crete due to concerns over his health.