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A shipment of medical supplies provided by the Chinese government to Greece, at the urgent request of the Greek government, arrived in Athens on Saturday, via the Air China CA 863 flight. The aid, weighing about 8 tons, includes 550,000...

After some Greek Muslims were arrested on Friday for gathering at a place of worship, defying the government measure that bans gatherings of more than 10 people, President of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Greece, Imam Atta-Ul Naseer, reprimanded the Imams...

As the coronavirus death toll in Italy has reached 4,032, surpassing China's figures by far, Greece is holding its breath as it counts 13 with a crucial weekend ahead, as authorities fear that the wave of Athenians leaving for the...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was expected to announce that all flights would be banned as of Sunday in Thursday's address to the Greek people regarding further measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. However, new media reports in...

According to Greek police, an entire arsenal of heavy weapons was found on Thursday morning at a house in Sepolia, central Athens, during an ongoing operation by the Counter-Terrorism Service. Additional weapons were also found in another house in Exarchia,...

A family tragedy took place outside a supermarket in Kifissia, Athens on Wednesday evening. According to what Greece's Kathimerini daily is reporting, a 35-year old police officer, who is now under arrest, shot his ex-wife outside of a supermarket in...

By Chrysiida Dimoulidou* Suddenly the streets were emptied, the cities went silent, the houses were turned to prisons. Suddenly all the things we considered significant, that gave us importance, prestige, even a reason to live, became petty, insignificant. Suddenly our health, which...

By now it has become clear that the effort of migrants to enter Greece by force through the Evros border was a literal invasion attempt orchestrated by Turkey. Yet the evil scheme of Recep Tayyip Recep Erdogan backfired, with...

Italy has the largest number of deaths in proportion to the number of diagnosed Coronavirus, leaving virologists perplexed about this particularly high mortality rate. A Greek researcher believes that, unknowingly, Italy is moving toward the direction of herd immunity --...

The spread of the Coronavirus has also been responsible for the spreading of a global trend where know-it-alls who sit in front of their computers all day long offer advice, cures and wild conspiracy theories. Watching the news on TV...

The Greek Police announced on Monday that there had been a total of 127 arrests for violations of measures meant to prevent and contain the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Greece. These arrests took place between Thursday, March 12...

New Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, who was sworn in on Friday, sent a message of unity and hope to the country's citizens on Sunday. In her first official message since taking office, the first female president of the country called...

Greek authorities announced on Sunday that they will impose crowd controls on supermarkets starting Monday to prevent overcrowding and prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country. Speaking to Open TV, Deputy Development Minister Nikos Papathanasis said that security guards...

Thousands of people gathered in Sparta, southern Greece on Friday morning to see Hollywood star Gerard Butler marching along the streets of the city as part of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games torch relay. Butler is the actor who famously...

Greece's Ministries of Finances, Growth and Investments, and Labor announced a series of additional measures to assist individuals and businesses who are getting hit by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. The measures include thousands of additional nurses and doctors to staff...