Retail stores and banks in Attica, Crete, Southern Aegean, Viotia and Evia will remain closed Wednesday. Supermarkets and grocery stores are exempted from the closure order and will be open for business from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Greek stock market tried to react on Tuesday after two sessions which saw significant losses for most stocks, but the early gains were later wiped out and the benchmark had to settle for minor losses in the end.
JPMorgan said yesterday it had agreed to acquire an around 49% stake in Athens-based payments fintech Viva Wallet, subject to regulatory approvals.
A leak about a Hollywood production company’s plans to shoot a film in Drama in northern Greece is threatening to pull the plug on the project amid confidentiality concerns.
An Athens-based priest arrested last week on suspicion of raping a girl who attended his Sunday school was remanded in prison following his appearance before an investigating magistrate on Tuesday.
Authorities have retrieved the body of a woman from a car that plunged into the water at the Cephalonia harbor of Poros on Monday night. Police are investigating the causes of the tragedy.
Greek health authorities announced 17,409 new coronavirus cases and 98 deaths on Tuesday. The daily briefing by the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there are currently 653 intubated patients in Greece’s Intensive Care Units.
A homeless man was found dead in Aristetolous Square in central Thessaloniki at approximately 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
Rescue crews in Athens and Istanbul on Tuesday cleared roads that had come to a standstill after a massive cold front and snowstorms hit much of Turkey and Greece, leaving countless people and vehicles in both cities stranded overnight in freezing conditions.