Greek Health Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Thursday a loosening of the ongoing measures aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus. Specifically, he announced that entertainment venues and restaurants will no longer have a fixed closing time at midnight and will be once again allowed to play music. However, he stressed that standing customers…
Greek health authorities announced 19,712 new coronavirus cases and 112 virus-related deaths on Thursday during their daily briefing on the course of the pandemic. The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there are currently 633 intubated patients across the country’s Intensive Care Units.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has released a statement on social media on Thursday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Legislation by the Health Ministry mandating that uninsured individuals will only be able to get prescriptions for medicines, medicinal treatments, and diagnostic tests from public hospitals and primary healthcare centers will come into effect with a month’s delay on March 1.
An order for the evacuation of several apartment blocks was given on Thursday afternoon after a natural gas leak was established at the intersection of Pyrrou and Aineiou streets in the central Athens neighborhood of Pangrati.
The First Instance Prosecutor’s Office of Athens announced the launch of an inquiry on Thursday to investigate the extended power cuts experienced by thousands of Athens households during the “Elpis” snowstorm, with some lasting several days.
Choreographers Kyriaki Nasioula and Argyris Angeli, founders of the GesamtAtelier, have drawn inspiration from Greek folk art and customs to create “Loom,” a mixed-media performance.
A 20-year-old Afghan national was arrested in connection with a knife attack against a compatriot in northern Greece last year.
Attiki Odos SA, the company managing the Greek capital’s biggest ring road, said on Thursday, that is has reopened fully after closing down for traffic during a major snowstorm that traped hundreds of vehicles for hours in its lanes.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and the Foreign Ministry on Thursday noted the need to fight antisemitism, marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.