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Mitsotakis: WHO's new Athens office highlights Greece is a health policy maker

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with the Regional Director for Europe of the World Health Organization Hans Kluge at the…

17 April 2021

World Health Day 2021: Foods to boost immunity

Anthi Naoumi On 7 April 2021, 'World Health Day' will be commemorated globally, under the theme “Together for a fairer,…

7 April 2021

Tokyo Olympic Games a sign of light at end of Covid tunnel, says IOC President

The Tokyo Olympic Games show that there is light at the end of the tunnel of the coronavirus pandemic, International…

31 March 2021

IOC committed to a "successful and safe" Tokyo 2021 Olympics

IOC President Thomas Bach said organisers were committed to holding a "successful and safe" Tokyo Games this year, dismissing cancellation…

29 January 2021

Florida offers to replace Tokyo as 2021 Olympics host

Florida is offering to host the 2021 Olympics amid speculation that Tokyo may back out due to the coronavirus pandemic. Florida…

27 January 2021

Gold medalist Katerina Stefanidi supports 2021 Tokyo Olympics

Reigning Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi has spoken out strongly in favour of going ahead with the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. It…

26 January 2021

E-platform for coronavirus vaccination registration in Greece goes online

Digital platform emvolio.gov.gr, through which citizens of Greece register to be vaccinated against COVID-19, went 'online' earlier this week. As…

24 December 2020

Aegean Airlines receives 4-star Covid-19 Airline Safety Rating

Aegean Airlines has been certified with the 4-Star COVID-19 Airline Safety Rating by Skytrax, in recognition for its enhanced COVID-19…

19 November 2020

World Health Organization office to be located in Athens

Athens will be the seat of the World Health Organization (WHO) Office for Quality of Healthcare and Patient Safety, according…

17 October 2020

Cyprus: Children over 12 must wear masks

The Cypriot government announced that everyone over the age of 12 must wear a face covering. Following the recommendation issued by the World Health…

25 August 2020

Professor Elias Mossialos: WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic 4 months ago

It has been 4 months since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. At the time of writing, Greece…

13 July 2020

Archaeological Site of Philippi undergoes restoration worth €3,700,000

Two large projects worth €3,700,000 are being carried out at the archaeological site of Philippi in Northern Greece, according to…

23 June 2020

Greece to create international air force flight training centre in Kalamata

Greece and Israel are close to reaching an agreement on the establishment of an International Flight Training Centre in Kalamata,…

23 June 2020

Cyprus and Egypt discuss the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean

The Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Egypt, Nikos Christodoulides and Sameh Shoukry, on Sunday held a telephone conversation regarding Eastern…

22 June 2020

Greeks play a critical role in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, says PM

"Greece's experience taught that when the state listened to doctors and took bold steps, it also gained the trust of…

22 June 2020

Village in Xanthi on lockdown after coronavirus spike

Greece’s Civil Protection placed the village of Echinos in the region of Xanthi, northern Greece, on a strict lockdown for…

19 June 2020

Bloomberg: "Greece Looks Like a Safer Destination Now"

The successful management of the coronavirus pandemic by the government is rewarded, Ferdinando Giugliano wrote in an article published on…

18 June 2020

Greek PM on Bloomberg: 2021 is a year of strong recovery

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his belief that Greece, after the successful management of the coronavirus pandemic, can achieve an…

18 June 2020

Greece's 497 'Blue Flag' beaches

With the sand between your toes and the sun soaking through your pores, it’s simple- life is better at a…

17 June 2020

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian COVID-19 message

The Premier of NSW, Gladys Berejiklian, has issued a message to the Greek-Australian community regarding the coronavirus pandemic, which you…

17 June 2020

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