Athens is world’s leading five-star destination, survey shows
Athens is the highest-rated holiday destination in the world, according to a British survey, with Rhodes coming in sixth.
No sign of asphyxiation in death of 9-year-old
An examination of tissue from the body of a 9-year-old girl who died at an Athens children’s hospital on January 28 did not find any signs of asphyxiation, according to the pathologist’s report submitted to the coroner’s office on Thursday.
Samos hotelier fleeced of thousands of euros by confidence trickster
Police on the eastern Aegean island of Samos are trying to locate a fraudster who tricked a local hotelier out of thousands of euros.
The misunderstood German policy with Russia
Before the recent reversal in German foreign policy, commentaries had presented Germany over the last weeks and months as a dangerously cowardly country, delaying a united European front against Russia.
Covid restrictions to be lifted as summer approaches, health minister says
The government wishes to lift Covid-19 restrictions as the summer approaches, the health minister said in Thessaloniki on Friday.
Monthly income suffices for just 19 days for many households
The income of one in two households in Greece lasted until the 19th of each month on average in 2021, according to the results of a survey.
SYRIZA welcomes invite for Zelenskyy to address parliament
The prime minister’s invitation to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address Parliament is a “positive solidarity move,” shadow foreign minister Giorgos Katrougalos said on Friday
Aunt throws two nieces off balcony before jumping herself
Two young girls are being treated in an Athens hospital after their aunt threw them off the balcony of their home in the western Athens suburb of Egaleo on Friday.
New Covid cases fall by over a quarter
Health authorities announced 16,234 new coronavirus infections for the 24-hour period ending 3 p.m. Friday, a 26.5% decrease on Thursday’s figure of 22,107.
Athens: Independence Day parade held with spectators allowed
Thousands of people lined the streets in central Athens as fighter jets flew overhead and tanks rolled down the street outside Parliament during the Independence Day parade Friday, the first to be open to spectators in two years as coronavirus restrictions ease.