Germany rejects EU oil embargo on Russia at the moment
Germany rejects a European Union ban on Russian oil at the moment and continues to oppose payments in rouble for Russian energy, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Germany rejects a European Union ban on Russian oil at the moment and continues to oppose payments in rouble for Russian energy, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Greek health authorities announced 11,061 new cases of Covid-19 and 65 deaths during their daily briefing on Wednesday. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there are currently 345 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units.
The prosecutor in the trial over the 2018 beating death of Greek-American gay rights activist Zak Kostopoulos on Wednesday sought the exoneration of four police officers and guilty verdicts for two local businessmen.
Greece said on Wednesday that pandemic restrictions such as mask-wearing indoors and Covid certificates will be lifted throughout the summer tourism period and authorities will consider reinstating them in September.
One of Greece’s pre-eminent authorities on earthquakes headed to central Greece on Wednesday for as first-hand assessment of a fresh spike in seismic activity in and around the town of Thiva.
New German research reveals that numerous antiquities from German-supervised excavations at the eastern Aegean island of Samos in the late 19th and early 20th centuries ended up in German museums through dubious agreements, according to a report in Deutsche Welle (DW).
The recent burst of seismic activity in Thiva, north of Greece, and the surrounding area will most likely subside but caution is still needed, Seismology professor and director of Athens Geodynamic Institute, Akis Tselentis, told state-run news agency AMNA on Wednesday.
Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) Secretary General Dimitris Fragakis noted in Hania on Monday that this tourism period has started much earlier than any other year.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has tested positive for Covid-19, her office said in announcement on Wednesday.
Covid vaccination and recovery certificates will not be required from customers and patrons at any business in Greece starting on May 1, the country’s health minister told a press briefing on Wednesday.