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Greek News
Carteris on Hollywood Productions: ‘This is Not a Safe Environment’
As studios and entertainers try to start up Hollywood productions in 2021, LA's status as a COVID hotspot is making things difficult.
Education
Greek Elementary Schools Reopening on January 11th
Greek elementary schools will be reopening as of Monday, January 11th, according an announcement made by the Ministry of Education.
Greece
Greece Welcomes 2021 With Renewed Hope for a Better Year
Greece welcomes 2021 with its citizens hoping beyond hope that the new year will be a much better one in nearly every way than 2020.
Greece
Greece Announces 53 New Coronavirus Deaths; 469 Intubated
Τhe National Public Health Organization of Greece (EODY) announced 342 new certified coronavirus cases in Greece on Sunday, 22 of which were diagnosed following tests at the country's entrance gates.
The total number of certified coronavirus infections in Greece is...
Greece
Greece Starts Coronavirus Vaccination Operation
It is official: the first coronavirus vaccinations were administered in Greece and across the European Union on Sunday, December 27, 2020.
A new, brighter chapter gradually begins, offering a glimpse of hope to all those who have suffered so much...
Greece
Greece Classed Among Countries With Lowest COVID Positivity Rates in EU
Greece is now marked as ''green'' in the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) maps for the coronavirus.
This is because the test positivity rate of the COVID-19 fell below four percent and the notification rate is lower...
Greece
Greek President, PM To Get Coronavirus Vaccine on Sunday
In a symbolic gesture, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, will be among the first individuals to get the Coronavirus vaccine on Sunday.
Sakellaropoulou is not the only one to be vaccinated on December 27, though, as Greek...
Greece
46 New Deaths in Greece, as New Coronavirus Cases Drop to Just 262
Forty-six more people died on Christmas Day in Greece due to the Coronavirus pandemic, while the country recorded an additional 262 new positive cases over the last 24 hours.
According to Greek Public Health authorities, 473 people are now intubated...
Diaspora
Greece Celebrates the Most Family-Oriented Christmas in Recent Memory
Due to coronavirus restrictions, Greeks are celebrating the holidays in the most traditional way in decades, foregoing outings at the bar or parties with friends -- activities which are now banned -- to spend time with their families on...
Greek News
Moderna Vaccine Gets OK from FDA; EU to Receive 160 Million Doses
The coronavirus vaccine developed by the American pharmaceutical firm Moderna, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, along with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) was cleared by the FDA on Friday after receiving the all-important thumbs-up from its independent...