Greece to celebrate Easter without Covid restrictions
Visitors take photos on Noutsou or Kokkorou bridge in Zagorochoria, Epirus region, northwestern Greece, on Holy Thursday, April 21.
Athens-Corinth national highway traffic delays continue
Traffic continued to move very slowly on the southbound section of the Athens-Corinth national highway towards the Peloponnese, following an accident involving a truck at the 59th kilometer earlier on Saturday.
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Greece welcomes first 10 lone child refugees from Ukraine
Ten unaccompanied refugee children ranging in age from 10 months to 17 years old arrived in Greece from Ukraine on Saturday in an operation to evacuate vulnerable civilians from the war-torn country.
French tourists arrive on Skiathos on first direct flight from Paris
A direct flight from Paris to Skiathos on Saturday inaugurated the tourism season for the island in the Sporades cluster, with the Transavia Airlines flight’s 137 passengers being given a ceremonial welcome.
National issues and convenient truths
The war in Ukraine has naturally deflected attention away from the debate around Greece-Turkey relations, giving politically expedient pundits room to shift the debate onto the domestic agenda.
Coronavirus: 4,175 new cases, 28 deaths
Greek health authorities have announced 4,175 new cases of the coronavirus for the 24-hour period ending 3 p.m. Saturday.
First Easter exodus in 3 years exceeds that of 2019
Like a pent-up release, the Easter exodus from Athens, the first real one in three years, has exceeded the last pre-pandemic one.
Minimum wage rises to €713 on May 1
Greece’s minimum wage will increase by 50 euros per month, from 663 to 713 euros as of May 1, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday in a televised address.
EU must react, but also look ahead
What responsibility does the European Union have to intervene in a war it didn’t cause, involving a country beyond its political borders?