Wine in Antiquity Tours
Professional archaeologists will be on hand at the Museum of Cycladic Art on the next four Fridays (July 8, 15, 22 and 29) for private guided tours on the role of wine in the ancient Greek civilization.
Daily Covid-19 briefing to be given weekly from Friday
The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) has announced on Wednesday that starting on Friday, July 8, there will no longer be a daily briefing on the course of the pandemic which will instead be given weekly on Fridays.
PM references rivals at home and Turkey
The European Union has an obligation to “prevent any kind of precedent that can be mimicked by prospective troublemakers down the line,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told lawmakers in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, in comments during a speech addressing the war in Ukraine but seen also as a tacit reference to Turkey.
New cases of Covid-19 ease to 19,303
Greek health authorities announced 19,303 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, a drop from Tuesday’s 25,566, and 22 virus-related deaths. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also announced that there are currently 96 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units.
Shipping Minister tests positive for Covid-19
Shipping Minister Yiannis Plakiotakis announced that he has tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.
Four arrested for defrauding citizens in property scam
Four people had been arrested by Wednesday afternoon in an ongoing police operation to smash a criminal ring that was defrauding victims by pretending to help them find properties they could use for commercial gain.
Porto Germeno fire continues to rage; blazes contained in Ilia, Fokida, Zakynthos
Greek firefighters continued to battle multiple scattered fronts of a large forest blaze near the seaside town of Porto Germeno, west of Athens, for a second day on Wednesday, one of several burning around the country.
Tsipras: PM’s speech full of ‘so many, many lies’
Responding to an address by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Parliament on Wednesday, main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras spoke of a speech with “so many, many lies,” in which the prime minister had attempted to present himself as “supposedly pro-labor.”
Greece to abolish solidarity levy as of 2023, allow pension hikes
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated his plan to terminate a so-called solidarity tax surcharge on incomes as of 2023 and allow for pension increases, frozen for the past 12 years as part of stringent fiscal rules imposed by the country’s creditors during its debt crisis.
Athens gearing up to host COSPAR Scientific Assembly
Athens will host the prestigious 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly from July 16 to 24, considered the pinnacle of global space research and technology conferences.