Greece braces for more snow, rain, high winds and below freezing temperatures. According to the National Observatory of Athens weather service, dense snow is expected in central and southern Greece. Gale-force winds…
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Florina has been blanketed in snow, as cold front “Leandros” begins to sweeps across Greece. According to the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), the cold front will bring gusty winds, freezing temperatures…
The Metropolitan of Kastoria, Seraphim, who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 in early December, passed away. The 61-year-old metropolitan was transferred to 424 GSNE when he was diagonised, while on December 20,…
Today in 1906, the Macedonian warrior Dimitrios Dalipis from Gavros in Florina, was killed in a Bulgarian ambush in Prevali on the road to Prespa. His body was left paralyzed and deformed…
Greece reported a record daily rise of 865 coronavirus infections on Wednesday. Yesterday, 667 cases were recorded, reflecting the concern of authorities recently about several cluster outbreaks in Greece This raises the total number…
What is round, white, larger than a basketball, and weighs 8 kg? No, it is not a ball but a giant mushroom. The rare giant mushroom was found by a resident of…
Former Greek footballer and coach Nikos Alefantos, passed away today aged 81, after suffering a heart attack. Alefantos, born on January 3, 1939 in Athens and raised in Exarcheia where he lived until…
Greece is sending out a message to the world: to stay home – due to the current developments involving the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic – but at the same time to stay in…
“April may determine what the future will look like,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday, warning citizens that if they relaxed compliance with coronavirus lockdown measures “we will pay for…
Greece has reported a further 82 cases of coronavirus, pushing the country’s total to 1,314. According to the daily press briefing from Health Ministry spokesperson and infectious diseases expert Professor Sotiris Tsiodras, seven more…
Greece urged banks on Thursday to do more to support individual and business borrowers who have been regularly servicing their loans, to help them through the current crisis. Finance Minister Christos Staikouras…
Greece’s Digital Ministry has announced more than 5,500 health care volunteers have applied via its platform to offer their services in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry said that the…
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Tuesday an announced an increase in passenger traffic in Greek airports grew 4.7% in the January-February period this year compared with the corresponding period in 2019.…
From Thursday, gatherings of more than 10 people in public spaces are banned in Greece, according to the new stricter measures announced by Civil Protection Deputy Minister, Nikos Hardalias. “Movement outside of…
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Greece has risen to 331, according to the latest update from Health Ministry spokesperson and infectious diseases expert Professor Sotiris Tsiodras. In the last 24 hours, there…
Greece’s Prime Minister held an emergency meeting on Sunday at Maximos Mansion on the development of the spread of the coronavirus in Greece. The meeting was attended by State Minister Giorgos…
Greek authorities have announced that a patient hospitalised at the AHEPA hospital in Thessaloniki has died from coronavirus. This brings the death toll in the country to four, while the number of…
The weather system “Chioni” arrived in Greece on Wednesday, bringing gale-force northerly winds reaching up to 9-10 on the Beaufort scale, as well as plunging temperatures with many parts of the country falling…
Northern Greece’s beautiful Kastoria Lake has “frozen” over after the region received heavy snowfall and below zero temperatures. The lake which is also known as Lake Orestiada has been listed as a…
New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the Prespes Agreement was “shameful” for the country and Greek people and repeated that his party would not ratify it. “New Democracy is reiterating that it…