So be it
The prime minister has said it again and again these past few days: Elections will take place the in spring, as planned, at the end of the government’s four-year term.
The digital turnaround
We have come to regard the leviathan of Greek bureaucracy as an unbeatable beast.
Greece reopening 10-year bond
The Public Debt Management Agency also announced on Friday that it will reopen its recent 10-year benchmark bond issue on Monday.
Amanzoe resort announces partial reopening after wildfire
Amanzoe, the luxury resort on the Argolikos Gulf coast, announced on Saturday the resumption of operation after a temporary interruption caused last week by a fire at Korakia, near Kranidi.
Increase of 17% in budget of Social Tourism program
The Social Tourism program of state-subsidized holidays will be handing out 300,000 vouchers to beneficiaries and members of their family this year.
Covid-19: 18,214 new cases, 23 deaths
Greek health authorities reported 18,214 new cases of Covid-19 and 23 virus-related deaths on Saturday.
Teen arrested over Metamorfosi attack
Police said on Saturday that a 13-year-old boy has been arrested and other young teen of 14 is being sought over their alleged membership in a gang of about 10 boys who are said to have attacked and used an iron first to beat a 17-year-old in the northern Athens suburb of Metamorfosi last week.
Al Fresco Screenings
The Athens Open-Air Film Festival is keeping film buffs in the capital and on the islands happy, showing Jean Gremillon’s 1943 drama “Lumiere d’ete” in the garden of the French Archaeological School.
New wave ‘most contagious’
The latest wave of the coronavirus epidemic in Greece is the “most contagious yet,” according to Professor of Pulmonology and Vice President of the Hellenic Respiratory Society Nikos Tzanakis.
New pipeline from Greece to Bulgaria offsets Russian gas cut
The leaders of Greece and Bulgaria on Friday inaugurated a new pipeline that will supply natural gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria, whose vital supply of Russian gas was cut off in April amid the fallout over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.