Ten-year-old hospitalized with Covid
A 10-year-old girl infected with Covid-19 had to be admitted to hospital in the city of Volos on Wednesday night, after her health deteriorated, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Thursday.
Thessaloniki man arrested for rape, drugs
A 28-year-old man was expected to be led before a prosecutor in Thessaloniki on Thursday after he was arrested for rape and violation of drug laws, police said.
Gerakas burn victim in ‘serious but stable condition,’ hospital says
A 54-year-old man who suffered burns to 60% of his body at the wildfire in Gerakas, east Attica, is in “serious but stable condition,” the hospital where he is being treated said on Thursday.
Painter Nikos Nikolaou’s Aegina art studio opens
Every afternoon, a party made up of painters Nikos Nikolaou and Yiannis Moralis, sculptor Christos Kapralos, and poet, essayist and translator Odysseas Elytis met at Nikolaou’s house in Plakakia, on the Saronic island of Aegina, sat on the stone terrace and enjoyed the sunset. “They ate, they drank and they argued passionately, teasing each other.…
Why its time for the US to completely lift the Cyprus arms embargo
While Cyprus has become a key US partner in the Eastern Mediterranean, there is still a partial arms embargo on Cyprus as US law currently prohibits providing Cyprus with US-made weaponry.
Turkish invasion of Cyprus commemorated
Cyprus and Greece marked the 48th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of the island nation in 1974, on Wednesday.
No active fire front in Penteli, Megara, Salamina
As the day dawned on Thursday, the Fire Service said there were no active fronts in the main three wildfires that broke out on Mount Penteli, north of Athens, Megara in west Attica and the island of Salamina, but water bombers have been deployed to prevent any flare-ups.
Mechanism for debt settlement progressing
Greek authorities are speeding up efforts to implement a new out-of-court mechanism for debt settlement, with loans worth more than 20 billion euros currently at an advanced stage of the mechanism.
NBG shareholders to approve card spin-off
The general meeting of National Bank of Greece shareholders will be asked to approve the transfer of the card acceptance and clearing activity to the new company established under the name NBG Pay.
Preparing for the worst-case scenario
Given the possibility of a complete cut-off of Russian natural gas in the coming winter, Greece’s Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) has drafted a series of emergency measures to prevent a nationwide blackout.