#Greece

Greek hospital doctors went on a day-long strike on Tuesday and dozens marched in Athens to protest “suffocating” conditions at hospitals on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic. With around 6,000 ...

A teleconference will take place next week between Cyprus, Greece and Israel aiming to finalise the Memorandum of Understanding that the three countries will sign regarding the electricity interconnection EuroAsia ...

Greece on Friday extended the full lockdown imposed on metropolitan Athens earlier this week to more regions of the country in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections, ...

Greece on Friday tightened lockdown restrictions in parts of the country including capital Athens to halt the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, after a surge of infections in recent days. ...

The education minister announced on Thursday a series of events to commemorate 200 years since the 1821 Greek War of Independence. The Greek War of Independence is considered a monumental event in ...

Deputy Shipping Minister Vassilis Demetriades said on Sunday he would begin contacts to reassess the situation after a tender for a Cyprus-Greece ferry link failed to attract any bidders. The ...

Not a single bid was submitted for the tender for the ferry connection between Greece and Cyprus which expired on Friday, Deputy Minister of Shipping Vassilis Demetriades has said. The ...

A joint Search and Rescue Exercise under the name “SALAMIS – 02/21” was conducted on Monday between Cyprus and Greece. The exercise took place within the sea area of responsibility for search ...

High Representative Josep Borrell on Monday described the exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey, which started today, as an important step towards EU-Turkey rapprochement. Speaking after the end of the ...

Greece’s foreign minister said he hoped Turkey would have a positive approach towards a meeting next week aimed at reviving long-stalled efforts to open negotiations over disputed territorial claims. ...

The 61st round of exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey are due to begin on January 25, following considerable pressure on Turkey by Germany, since the latter is trying to play ...

Shops in Greece reopened for the first time in two months on Monday as the government took its first steps towards easing coronavirus restrictions, in a bid to breathe life ...

The attorney-general’s office will respond on Monday whether it will allow part of the remains of the 26-year-old soldier exhumed last month to be transported in Greece for further ...

Greece on Friday extended some lockdown curbs to contain the spread of the coronavirus until Jan. 18, Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias said in a televised briefing. The country, in ...

Dr Yiorghos Leventis Seventy-six years ago, on Christmas Day of 1944, Winston Churchill set foot in Athens in an urgent political-military visit. The extraordinary arrival of the then British prime minister ...

Greece will tighten coronavirus curbs for a week from Sunday, closing hair salons, bookstores and some other shops that had been allowed to reopen in the run-up to Christmas, the ...