The ministries of Finance and Labor revealed on Friday many cases of systematic fraud by entrepreneurs who coveted the state’s support measures that were intended to guard against the impact of the pandemic, such as cheap loans and the special-purpose compensation. They have now referred all those cases to the justice system. For instance, a […]
Deputy Health Minister Vassilis Kontozamanis announced on Friday during a coronavirus briefing that all public sector employees who physically go to their place of work, whether indoors or outdoors, will have to conduct weekly self-tests from April 26. This includes priests, chanters, and other church staff ahead of Greek Orthodox Easter. The government announced that […]
Greek police stepped up controls on motorways leading out of Athens on Friday, triggering long queues at toll stations, as they checked on drivers to curb travel ahead of the start of the Eastern Orthodox Easter week. Greece has allowed church services during Holy Week starting on Monday with masks and distancing. But Prime Minister […]
The Senate of the University of Patra, in the northern Peloponnese, southern Greece, sent out a powerful message against sit-ins Thursday, emphasizing, in a unanimous decision, that the occupation of university buildings and obstructing their entrances is unlawful and carries legal consequences. The senate further said that the law and the internal regulations of the […]
It was October 2015 when a group of Greeks – academics, students and members of educational organizations – arrived at the German-Polish border. There, in the village of Krzyzowa, part of Poland since 1945, they would spend a week with people from Poland and Germany, in an effort to rediscover history in the framework of […]
A chocolaty goodness, an amazing comforting breakfast dish that the whole family will love! No added sugar, full of protein and chocolate! Serves: 2 Prep. time: 10′ Cooks in: 10′ Ready in: 20′ Ingredients 1 cup oats 4 eggs, the whites 2½ cups milk 1 tbsp honey ¼ cup walnuts 1 tsp good quality cocoa 3 tbsp dried goji berries 1 tbsp […]
Europe took delivery of, and administered, nearly 17 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines last week, according to a regular monitoring report that showed that a total of 116 million shots had been given as the region’s campaign picks up. A total of 134 million doses have been sent to countries in the European Union and […]
A protester wearing a protective face mask takes part in a rally by health workers outside the Greek Ministry of Health in central Athens, Thursday, demanding the government increase the number of medical workers in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. www.ekathimerini.gr
Greece seeks common ground with Turkey but this needs “to be…based on international law and the Law of the Sea,” Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias told Euronews TV on Thursday. To solve any problems, “we must follow the same clear rules set by the international community, which Turkey does not seem to accept,” he said. Responding […]
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday announced a series of reductions in tax and social security contributions during a teleconference on rebooting the economy. He said the measures were designed to help businesses that were hammered by the coronavirus pandemic and provide liquidity in the economy, also by attracting foreign investment. Corporate tax is […]