Picture perfect beaches, ancient ruins and mouth watering foods like sheftalies, halloumi and flaounes – who doesn’t want to spend a summer in Cyprus? Greece has a relatively straight forward process. If…
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Thermal imaging cameras, which can be used to automatically scan multiple individual body temperatures at the same time, will be used as of Friday at the two main railway stations in Athens…
President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou met with Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens and All Greece on Wednesday, praising the contribution of the Church in dealing with the pandemic, as well as the fact that…
Elias Mossialos, Professor in Health Policy and Head of Department at the London School of Economics, said “there should be no panic, but there should be great vigilance,” after the announcement of…
Greece’s Health Ministry announced 97 new cases of coronavirus since Thursday, including 52 in the past 24 hours, the biggest daily increase since April 23. Thirty of the 97 cases involve travellers…
A large study of the safest countries in the world for coronavirus, was recently conducted by Deep Knowledge Group and published by Forbes Magazine. According to the massive 250-page report, Switzerland is the safest country, while South Sudan is the…
Fixed taxi fares to and from the airports of Athens, Thessaloniki and Kavala to the corresponding city centres, have been reduced, in line with broader cuts in public transport fares introduced on…
Odysseas Androutsos was born on the Ionian island of Ithaca in 1788 and was the only son of the famous Arvanite bandit Andrea Verousi, also known as Captain Androutsou. His mother, who…
According to a survey conducted by ALCO on behalf of the Athens Medical Association, one in three Greeks are no longer worried about coronavirus, while 83% agree with the government’s lockdown measures.…
A refugee camp in Nea Kavala was quarantined by health authorities on Thursday, after a pregnant woman tested positive for Covid-19, according to local media reports. Teams from the National Organization for…
Flights at Athens Airport are gradually increasing, Greek Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis said on Tuesday, reported GTP Headlines. Speaking on Skai TV and referring to June 1 data from Athens…
On the occasion of World Cycling Day, Athens mayor Kostas Bakogiannis together with Greek Environment and Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis, cycled from Kotzia Square to Zappeion. World Bicycle Day is a chance…
The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou on Wednesday, received Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, where they briefly reviewed the health and economic crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic in Greece, and…
Greece has announced a revised set of beach regulations to be implemented on all Greek beaches, to minimise the risk of Covid-19 contagion. Among other things, social distancing rules still apply while beach bars…
The new song by Petros Iakovidis “S’ Agapao Sou Fonaxa”, stood out from the day it was released and is literally heard everywhere! The single which premiered a month ago, has hit…
A border guard serving in the region of Evros, northeastern Greece, has tested positive for coronavirus, local media reported on Tuesday. According to Evros-news.gr, the guard who is a Soufli local, was rushed to…
A new web platform that will look to make the Greek islands accessible to tourists with special needs, will launch in June by Greek non-profit organisation Agoni Grammi Gonimi, Microsoft Hellas and…
Health Ministry spokesperson and infectious diseases expert Professor Sotiris Tsiodras was the first guest speaker of the digital conversation series organised by Greece’s CoE Chairmanship, where he stressed “solidarity is the big…
The last residence of Pavlos Melas, one of Greece’s greatest war heroes who fought during the Macedonian struggle, will be handed over to the Evelpidon [Hellenic Military] School on October 14, 2020,…
The Health Ministry reported the death of two patients from coronavirus on Sunday night, following nearly three days without any fatalities. The total number of confirmed infections since the start of the…