The Greek government will support Aegean Airlines with €120 million to help Greece’s largest carrier which has been hit hard during the pandemic. The announcement was made by Greek government spokesman Stelios…
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His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America thanked the Greek government for its 2 million euro annual donation to the Hellenic College Holy Cross in Boston. The Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox…
A well-meaning plan by the Greek government to supply all schools nationwide with ‘free face masks’ has backfired in a rather humorous fashion. The masks were manufactured in such a large size,…
As schools and academic institutions are scheduled to start on September 14th The Greek Ministry of Education and Religions has launched a new campaign for Greek students titled “#MathainoumeAsfaleis” (#WeLearnSafely) to mitigate concerns about the health and safety of students inside classrooms amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
To deal with the consequences of the pandemic, the Greek government will disburse around €10 billion in support measures for businesses and employees. “The longer the crisis lasts on a global, European…
The Greek government has begun giving €2,000 to asylum seekers located on various Aegean islands, to incentivise them to go back to their home countries. The Voluntary Return & Reintegration Programme (AVRR),…
“At some point, obviously, there will be changes in the government,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during an interview on SKAI Radio, however, he added that he currently has no intentions of…
Greece’s former Prime Minister, SYRIZA party leader Alexis Tsipras accused the Mitsotakis government of failure on all fronts. Tsipras made the comments on the occasion of New Democracy’s celebration of one year…
Following a joint decision by the Migration, Health and Citizens’ Protection ministries, Greece announced an extension of its COVID-19 lockdown measures in the country’s migrant reception centres. It has been extended through…
The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published an interview that Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias had with Proto Thema. Proto Thema: How difficult was it to reach an agreement with Italy on…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias highlighted the benefits that Greece derives from the demarcation of maritime zones with Italy, as well as the next moves, in an interview with Antenna. He also…
Konstantinos Kyranakis, an MP of the ruling New Democracy Party, speaking on television with Christos Spirtzis, an MP with Syriza and Konstantina Giannakopoulou, an MP with PASOK, demonstrated the maturity of the…
Greece’s chief corruption prosecutor, Eleni Touloupaki, claims she is a victim of “a coordinated attempt at moral extermination,” as she is a suspect, along with two other officials in her service, in…
US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt announced that the U.S. Embassy in Athens will not host its annual Independence Day celebration this year, in light of ongoing coronavirus concerns. In a letter, the ambassador…
According to Greek government sources illegal migration flows have come to a near standstill, noting huge decreases since the coronavirus outbreak. Specifically, 2,773 refugees and migrants arrived in Greece in April 2019,…
In June, Syriza will apparently get its new name as part of the party’s enlargement plan. At the meeting of the Syriza Political Council – Progressive Alliance, the restart of the party…
The “Pan-Macedonian Union of Greece” expressed its dissatisfaction in a letter to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis about his government’s treatment of the Macedonian issue. The members of the Union, in an open…
US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt on Thursday conveyed to Alternate Minister of Migration & Asylum Giorgos Koumoutsakos the State Department’s decision to offer Greece additional humanitarian aid. As announced by the…
Stavros Markos, the President of the Greek community in Himarra (Χειμάρρα, Albanian: Himarë) has made a desperate plea to the Greek government to protect the Greek community from “chauvinistic Albanian terror.” The…
The US Embassy in Greece on Monday donated personal protective equipment to the Hellenic Police, to help keep them safe as they protect and serve. The supplies, which include 15,000 gloves and…