Greek health authorities announced 23,106 new cases of Covid-19 and 53 virus-related deaths during their daily briefing on Wednesday. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there were 338 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units.
A robbery at a bank branch in the southern Attica suburb of Faliro was reported on Wednesday morning, at approximately 9 a.m.
Athens and Sofia are accelerating joint efforts to become less dependent on Russian natural gas, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov indicates in an interview with Kathimerini.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Wednesday he had agreed with Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias that “sanctions on Russia must be further elevated.”
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis confirmed on Wednesday that Greece will restart its surveying program for the regions to the west and the southwest of Crete and the Ionian Sea in western regions, as it seeks to disengage from Russian natural gas.
Greece will review the financials of its energy firms and tax any windfall profits they have made from soaring energy prices, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his gratitude to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias for his willingness to lead a humanitarian mission to the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol once permission is granted by both Ukraine and the invading Russians.
A 100-euro fine imposed on people over the age of 60 who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be scrapped on April 15, Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Wednesday in parliament, during a debate in Parliament over a Finance Ministry draft bill.
A cyberattack that brought down the computer systems of Hellenic Post (ELTA) was not related to international developments, officials told Kathimerini a day after US President Joe Biden warned Russia was likely to hack systems in retaliation for countries’ actions to counter its invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian Embassy in Greece said Wednesday it was “concerned” about reports it had received from Russian citizens in the country who said that their bank accounts have been frozen, “without any warning or written notification.”