Health

Greek health authorities confirmed late on Tuesday that two migrants in a temporary refugee accommodation facility on the island of Lesvos have tested positive for Covid-19. The facility, which was leased by the Ministry from a local owner, is being...

Reflecting the resounding success Greece has had in containing the spread of the coronavirus, travel to and from the island of Crete will resume on May 18, which is earlier than expected, according to Nikos Hardalias, Civil Protection Deputy...

Out of all the gestures of greeting used until recently around the globe, the handshake is the most widely used. The first nearly-universal way of greeting someone, which was first portrayed in the arts of ancient Greece, has been...

Greece's health authorities announced that there were only ten new coronavirus cases on Monday and no deaths. This is the second consecutive day that no new fatalities have been recorded in the country. The total of infections since the start...

By Dr. Constantine Passaris* Greece became the whipping boy of Europe in the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008. As the contagious effect of the financial crisis reached Greek shores, it devastated its national economy. In the subsequent...

More than 150,000 employees returned to work on Monday, with most retail shops opening, as Greece enters the second phase of the relaxation of measures to contain the coronavirus. A government deputy minister said about 25 percent of all the...

Unseasonal temperatures of 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) are expected early in the coming week in Greece, while southern winds will bring dust from Africa, meteorologists say. This is the first time that Greeks will have to deal with summer-like...

All military exercises of the Greek Armed Forces have been suspended due to the coronavirus threat, starting with "Storm '20", which was to commence on Monday, according to a Kathimerini report citing military sources. The decision came after the Ministry...

A National Technical University of Athens team was awarded in a European Commission competition for creating a platform that uses sewer surveillance for early COVID-19 detection. The Greek team collaborated with students from the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom...

The government plan for opening up travel to the islands from mainland Greece will take place in three stages and will be completed on June 1st, according to the Ministry of the Interior. Travel from the mainland to the islands...

German airline Lufthansa announced on Friday that flights to Greece will recommence on May 18, almost two months after the Greek government banned incoming flights due to the coronavirus pandemic. The German air carrier announced that flights from Frankfurt to...

The European Commission on Friday called on Schengen member states and allied states to extend the temporary restriction on non-essential travel to the EU for another 30 days, until June 15. Initially, unnecessary travel to the EU was banned until...

Former Health Minister and respected cardiothoracic surgeon Dimitris Kremastinos has died aged 78 after contracting the coronavirus. Kremastinos had been admitted into Athens’ Evangelismos hospital with medical complications related to Covid-19 on March 26. He served as a minister in PASOK...

The Greek Minister of Tourism said on Thursday that all tourists planning to visit Greece this summer, after the season begins on July 1, must have tested negative for the coronavirus before they board the airplane to come to...

"The tourism experience this summer may be slightly different from what you’ve had in previous years...(but) you can still get a fantastic experience in Greece, provided that the global epidemic is on a downward path," Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos...