Greece is set to toughen the penalties for sexual offences and will launch a special website for reporting abuse in the wake of the Greek #MeToo Movement, which started in mid-January, when allegations from an […]
A 7-year-old child lost his life in a fire that broke out on Tuesday night at a refugee camp near the Greek capital, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Wednesday. The child, who was […]
Greece auctioned 26-week treasury bills on Wednesday, raising 812.5 million euros (987.7 million U.S. dollars) at a negative yield, the country’s Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) announced. The bills were sold at a minus 0.28 […]
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic reached Greece, 60 percent of citizens are more concerned about the economic impact than the health crisis, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Nearly half (48 percent) of […]
Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) S.A., a member of China’s COSCO Shipping Group, announced on Monday its financial results for 2020, which reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Greece’s largest port. The company’s turnover […]
Greek actor and director Dimitris Lignadis was arrested Saturday in Athens on charges of sexual abuse, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. Shortly earlier, a prosecutor issued a warrant after evaluating two lawsuits filed by […]
The number of cases of the mutant COVID-19 strains detected in Greece has increased by 53 percent within 5 days, according to the National Public Health Organization (EODY). On Thursday, EODY announced 281 new mutant […]
A total of 116 refugees, among them 30 families with children, departed on Wednesday on a charter flight from Greece’s Lesvos Island to Hannover, Germany, the Greek Migration and Asylum Ministry announced. It was the […]
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday proposed that the Group of 20 (G20) set up an emergency task force to prepare a “Global Vaccination Plan” against COVID-19. “We have come together to create […]
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted 16 km north of Kamarai, Greece at 0336 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined […]
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