Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is calling for the creation of an EU-wide Covid-19 vaccination certificate that will help restore safe travel that has been devastated by the pandemic. According to Politico, the…
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Athenians are sweltering through one of the hottest starts to the year on record. According to the National Observatory of Athens, January has already proven to be Athens’ hottest month in at least 160…
472,000 text messages were sent to 8998 for permission for movement on Sunday, the first day of the new lockdown in Cyprus. According to Deputy Minister for Innovation and Digital Policy, Kyriacos Kokkinos,…
On December 18, 2020, more than 66,000 NSW students learned their HSC and ATAR results. Greek Australian Marie-Claire Stevens was frantically getting herself ready for her first day at her first proper…
Warm weather lured crowds to beaches and parks on Sunday, despite the coronavirus lockdown in Greece. Temperatures reached 21°C in Athens, while temperatures also soared in Crete to 26°C. Police were forced to patrol the…
Cyprus introduced a new lockdown to combat new Covid variant. Individuals will only be permitted to go out twice each day for specific reasons such as buying groceries or medicines and taking exercise.…
It took Lefteris Toulis five days and a crane to complete the street art.
According to the annual European Payment Report published by Intrum, Greeks ranked the lowest among 24 countries in Europe in terms of their ability to pay their bills in 2020 due to…
Wikipedia’s most-read pages in 2020 is like holding up an ‘encyclopedic mirror’ to the year that passed. The most viewed Greek-language page last year was… the “Coronavirus pandemic in Greece in 2020”.…
The emergence of new coronavirus cases has seen rules in Cyprus tightened. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 21,315 confirmed infections, with 117 deaths. The new measures come into…
Residents and staff at Panayia Care Home in Limassol, were the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in Cyprus.
Cyprus will receive its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on December 26 and will begin administering it the following day, according to the Healthy Ministry. “Following the much-anticipated approval of the Pfzizer vaccine by the…
Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades met on Monday evening and discussed a number of issues, including reopening churches.
Greece will launch an online platform that will give citizens the chance to get tested at no cost. Infectious diseases expert Gkikas Magiorkinis said the ministry is now adding free random sample tests for…
Christmas is beating in Aristotelous Square, Thessaloniki. The lighting of the 13-meter tall Christmas tree this year took place without music, sparkles, sounds of the Symphony and the usual crowds. The impressive…
The Cyprus Ministry of Health announced tighter measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, entering into force on Friday, December 11. “There is no such thing as good or nice restrictions, these are necessary, and mainly…
A few days ago, nurse Valia Vl posted on social media that she was evicted from her new home, because she works in a coronavirus ICU. According to Valia, the residents of her…
Greek American presenter Maria Menounos revealed in a new episode of her podcast, “Better Together with Maria Menounos” that both her parents have been diagnosed with covid-19. Her parents tested positive the…
Four Greek resorts have been recognised at the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2020. World Travel Awards WTA was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism…
Greece’s Ministry of Tourism and the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) were awarded the “World’s Leading Tourist Board” at the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2020. “With great joy and pride we accept on…