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Public health restrictions were necessary. When one has 6-7 thousand daily infections, when hundreds of patients are filling hospitals nationwide, and when dozens are dying daily, one has no other choice.

The Budget Office notes that the report shows marginal changes from the draft

The problem of energy costs and the impact that this has on tourism is expected to be addressed in today’s teleconference of industry players with the Minister of State

According to the travel magazine of the Association of British Travel Agents

'We must be vaccinated so that our bodies can be “smarter” in dealing with the virus. When that is combined with the use of masks the pandemic will leave,' said the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine professor.

At the same time, no further measures are being considered for areas hosting vaccinated

The special weight for the real economy involved in the Christmas market, raises concerns in the Government

The Greek Prime Minister called on his British counterpart to seize the historic opportunity, so that the current generation, is the one that will finally reunite the Sculptures of the Parthenon.

Posting of the Prime Minister on social media for the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, celebrated by the Greek Armed Forces

The festival of offers has already included, among others, large chains of electrical and electronic items, cosmetics companies, sports furniture, home appliances, footwear, seasonal items and supermarkets.

The Government is creating a Climate Dialogue Forum, with the participation of representatives of industries, companies, professional organizations, universities, environmental NGOs, trade unions, municipalities, regions

S&P, Fitch and Moody’s estimate that the continuation of the reforms and the resources of the Recovery Fund will give a big boost to the investments and consequently to growth in the medium term.

The picture of the fire in Tinos is better, however the fire brigade is on its feet as strong winds blow in the area and there is a risk of resurgence.

'With Spain, Germany, and other countries involved in arms deals with Turkey, it would be difficult for Ankara to be described as a 'threat'. It is oxymoronic to arm a country that threatens us.' The view of Brussels is that, “Europe is stronger when Turkey is with it rather than against it.”

The EU has warned Putin that there will be sanctions if he again violates the territorial integrity of another country, but it could have prevented the fire instead of having to put it out.

According to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares, will arrive in Athens in the coming days for talks aimed at “fully clarifying” all of Athens’ questions regarding Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s official visit to Turkey this week

The number of new daily hospital admissions rose by 15 percent to 488 in the last 24 hours. The average number of daily admissions for the last seven days is 432 patients.

The Property Tax ENFIA will be reduced by 70 million euros, in 2022, for more than 6.3 million property owners

'It is very important for us to abide by the [public health] measures – mainly wearing masks, being careful in our contacts, and being tested wherever and whenever necessary. It is even more important to be vaccinated.'

Nobody is asking SYRIZA not to criticise the government. One is asking it to do the job assigned to it well, to push the government to speed up the vaccine rollout, and to unreservedly support vaccination.

The unemployment rate reminds us of 2011, according to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), with the redundancies increased by 63,000, as recorded by the data from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (Ergani system), in September

The third shot, according to experts, is especially important for the elder ones and reduces the rate of covid-19 infection.

Stournaras hosted a working lunch for the Greek prime minister at the central bank’s headquarters.

The more-or-less expected “crack down” on so-called “anti-vaxxers” came as Thursday witnessed another 63 related deaths and 556 intubated patients suffering from acute Covid-19 symptoms.

With one of the main criticisms of the government’s handling of the pandemic being lax enforcement of existing measures, Mitsotakis announced that authorities will intensify monitoring of implementation.

'We were apprised of the remarks [of Sanchez and Erdogan] and we shall be monitoring developments…It is self-evident that [EU] member-states are bound by the decisions of the European Council.'

In the European index “Integration of digital technology”, Greece has a score of 28.5%, compared to 37.6% of the average

Greece has a robust anti-vax movement – far-right activists and religious zealots are among the most aggressive exponents - and a number of doctors are among the hundreds of social media anti-vaxxers.

Serious effects on the environment due to overconsumption of bottles in popular tourist destinations – Over one million consumed in August alone in Santorini

Professor of Hematology at the Sorbonne Medical School, Grigoris Gerotziafas also stressed that the problem in Greece is that the unvaccinated people have been “concreted”

Kikilias, who up until recently was the health minister in the Mitsotakis government, said visitors from Turkey are very welcome, referring to “high quality” tourists who visit the islands and the cities.

After last year’s annual protest march marking the anniversary of the 17 November, 1973, Athens Polytechnic uprising against the junta was essentially canceled due to the pandemic, participation in this year’s demonstration was massive.

The figure brings the number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in the country, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 853,841

Mitsotakis, a day after meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, promoted what he called the prospects of the Greek economy for long-term growth.

The map, which depicts Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman ideations and foreign interventions presents as “Turkish territories” a long list of countries from the Balkans and Central Asia and Russia all the way to China with its Muslim Uyghur minority.

The federation representing the owners is expected to table its final offer on Friday.

“If they remain or prices rise further, the government may be forced – and rightly so, to intervene even more this year,” Christos Staikouras noted

The enormous surge in the number of infections over the last few days, that has placed crushing pressure on many hospitals nationwide, has alarmed both the government and experts.

Sensitisation to the environment and climate change is now one of the main programmes of the Archdiocese of Athens and of Metropolitanates (bishoprics), as Ta Nea reports today.

Dr. Athanasios Exadaktylos states that new private doctors are constantly being added to the system

From November 18 to December 7

PPC CEO and president Georgios Stassis ceremoniously declared the opening of trading on Tuesday by ringing a bell.

Eateries, cafes and bars around the Greek capital, including in the most “touristy” areas, remained closed.

'You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are the supreme symbol of nobility,' Melina Mercouri once told British authorities.

'We are decisive, persistent, and capable of protecting both our own rights and interests and those of the TRNC (the occupation regime in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus) in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean,' Akar said.

With hospitals now writhing under the enormous weight of the surge of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 epidemic Greek experts are expect yet another surge around Christmas, with an exceptionally high death toll,.

The focus is on the decarbonization of shipping in both seagoing shipping and coastal shipping

On the one hand it says it is waiting to assess the effectiveness of existing measures, and on the other it notes that epidemiological indices appear to have stabilised slightly over the last few days.

The need to connect wine tourism with other forms of experiential tourism, in order to enrich the grid of the visitor’s experiences and to strengthen the local brand of each destination

Now, KINAL is nearly or even over ten percent in all opinion polls, even as the two largest parties – New Democracy and SYRIZA - have declined somewhat in surveys.

“My view is that there should be stricter measures and that the vaccination rate should be increased in some way. I have said many times that vaccination should be mandatory. Vaccination should be mandatory for those over 60 years old,” stressed Dr. Vasilakopoulos

The Food Service Professionals Circle calls for participation and support in the strike, arguing that the industry is being instrumentalized

An accident occurred on Electric Railway tracks, following a breakdown in a machine used by an Austrian workshop for specialized line grinding work

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs is discussing with the Commission the implementation of the COVID-19 certificate in EU member-states.

The figure brings the number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in the country, since the beginning of the pandemic, to 838,824.

Sixty-Somethings who refuse the vaccine belong to the generation of the baby boomers – those born between 1946 and 1964 - and lived a life of nearly uninterrupted peace and almost continual prosperity.

Passenger traffic in the first ten months of the year is almost double compared to 2020 for the 14 airports managed by Fraport Greece

Meeting of the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs with representatives of the Greek community from Northern Epirus

Given the make-up of groups involved in brutal incidents, it appears that this wave of violence is rapidly mushrooming and transcends social classes and nationalities, with culprits that are native Greeks..

The president of hospital doctor’s union EINAP expressed her concern about the double-digit deaths of the last days, as only yesterday only 80 people died from coronavirus

The SPA to be signed at the end of November

What the revised business plan of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund provides for

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is the first European leader to visit London this week

Kostas Gelaouzos broke the tape 2:16:49 after the beginning of the marathon

According to the poll, the ones who are more likely to be voted for the leadership of the party, during the second round of the elections, are George Papandreou, Andreas Loverdos and Nikos Androulakis

The second phase of the international public tender for the creation of the Innovation State in the abandoned facilities of CHROPEI is in progress

Greece will have a leading role in 2022, with its two largest ports, the ones of Piraeus and Thessaloniki, ready to register new record levels

Countdown to Council of State decision on the retroactive pensions of the private sector retirees