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Greek authorities ruled out any possibility of easing the curfew in the country before April 27, when the current status is slated to be re-evaluated, as the number of deaths continued to rise on Tuesday. The nation of Greece has...

One of Greece's largest and most generous charitable organizations, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), announced on Tuesday that it is donating a stunning one hundred million dollars to alleviate the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Responding to the severe...

A Joint Ministerial Decision of Greece's Ministries of Education and Health was published on Monday, specifying the way churches are allowed to operate between April 12 and April 20, during the Orthodox Christian Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Churches will be...

The total lockdown of two quarantined villages in the region of Kozani in West Macedonia, northern Greece, was legally lifted on Monday. The residents of the villages of Damaskinia and Dragasia, isolated since March 16, are now able to communicate...

Tens of thousands of desperately-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) items were handed over to the personnel of the Sotiria (Salvation) Hospital in Athens on Monday. The large facility now exclusively treats patients suffering from the COVID-19 coronavirus. Greek Prime Minister...

Government spokesperson Stelios Petsas thanked Greek citizens for their response to the measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus on Monday, as Greece's infection and death rates remain impressively low compared to other EU member states of similar size. Petsas...

The oldest person in Greece to be treated after having contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus is 101 years of age, according to an epidemiological report published on Monday by the Hellenic National Public Health Organization (EODY). The EODY report revealed a...

Following a discussion between Greece's Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Chardalias and the mayors of the islands of Santorini and Mykonos, stricter curfew measures will be imposed on these two popular Greek islands for the next fourteen days. Mykonos Residents of...

As of April 4, Greece is ranked 43rd in the world regarding the number of diagnosed COVID-19 coronavirus cases, according to the latest international statistics. Greece also has a low number of cases for every million inhabitants. More specifically, Greece is...

The Hellenic (Greek) Police arrested one individual and identified a total of five others in Athens for violating the ban on gatherings, it was made public on Sunday. This came as a result of a reckless group of approximately one...

Greece's police have been imposing fines on individuals and businesses violating the lockdown for several days now. The total amount of fines imposed throughout Greece until Friday, April 3, amounted to 4,253,700 euros for violations related to the traffic ban...

Eleven people died in a forty-eight hour period in Greece from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, leading to a decision for the extension of the curfew until late April. Sotiris Tsiodras, the Health Ministry spokesperson for the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak had announced...

Nikos Chardalias, the Greek Deputy Minister for Civil Protection, announced on Friday afternoon that the waterfront promenades in two major Greek ports will close in the coming days to promote social distancing. The waterfront promenade of the city of Volos,...

Stelios Kerasidis, the 7-year-old Greek pianist and composer who has stunned the entire world with his talent, has now composed a new work, titled "Isolation Waltz," inspired by the coronavirus pandemic. The composition is a moving piece of music dedicated...

Alexis Alexiou, a Greek man from Athens, recovered from three entirely different, serious infections he suffered simultaneously in the space of seventeen days, according to a Facebook post he uploaded on Wednesday night. Alexiou, a radio producer, announced joyfully in...