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The campaign to get a coronavirus vaccine distributed around the nation and the world has begun with both American and United Airlines flights landing in South America as part of a test run late last week. According to industry sources,...

The US pharmaceutical firm Moderna filed for Food and Drug administration approval for its coronavirus vaccine on Monday, just several days after its rival, Pfizer, sent its own vaccine to the FDA. If the emergency authorization is granted, vaccinations could...

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke on Monday of a slight improvement of the situation in terms of the pandemic and indications that the pressure on the national health system in northern Greece is gradually subsiding. While addressing a virtual Cabinet...

For the first time in history, a Greek scientist has been named a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Nektarios Tavernarakis, the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Foundation for Research and...

Greece announced on Monday the first locally-produced rapid antigen test for the novel coronavirus, in a development hailed by the Development Ministry as a “major success.” A part of a 2.9-million-euro research program funded by the Ministry, the test, which...

Turkey ordered its seismic exploration vessel Oruc Reis back to port on Monday -- less than two weeks before a European Union summit at which the bloc will evaluate possible sanctions against Ankara. The vessel, which had been spotted just...

The Greek defense ministry has established for the first time a military outpost on the island of Gavdos, the southernmost point of Greece, and is planning to do the same at the island of Othonoi, the country's westernmost point. The...

Popular Greek singer Notis Sfakianakis will appear in court on Monday after he was arrested for possessing a firearm and two grams of cocaine. The arrest occurred on Sunday night during a police operation to enforce the coronavirus curfew in...

Joe Biden has hired an all-female senior communications team for his administration, including naming veteran Democratic spokesperson Jen Psaki as his White House press secretary. Psaki, of Irish, Greek and Polish descent with her Greek roots in Messinia through her...

A total of 98 people died in the past 24 hours in Greece from complications from the novel coronavirus, according to the latest figures released by the Greek Public Health officials. 603 patients with COVID-19 are now being intubated across...