Greek health authorities announced on Monday that booster shots against Covid-19 will be given to healthcare workers and people aged over 60.
As the first politician to have defeated the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the race for the Municipality of Istanbul in 2019, Ekrem Imamoglu is possibly the most debated opposition figure in Turkey. The head of the Good Party (IP), Meral Aksener, recently likened him to Mehmed the Conqueror, sparking controversy.
Greek health authorities announced 2,126 new coronavirus infections for the 24-hour period ending 3 p.m. Monday, as well as 39 deaths.
The remains of an unknown woman were found at noon on Monday in the sea about 1 nautical mile from the coast of Paleo Faliro, southern Athens.
The union representing public hospital workers has called for a six-hour strike on Tuesday in protest at the mandatory vaccination of healthcare staff against Covid-19.
Angela Merkel’s term of office ends at a time when the European Union is considering a new approach to the economy and the welfare state, contrary to the doctrine of the German chancellor.
Unknown assailants set fire on Monday to the car and motorcycle of the 39-year-old policeman who has been remanded in pre-custody since July after being charged with holding a 19-year-old woman in an apartment and forcing her into prostitution.
Tourism arrivals in Greece totaled 4.54 million in the January-July period this year, up 51.4% compared with the corresponding period in 2020, while travel receipts grew 139.7%, representing 37.1% of their 2019 level, the Bank of Greece said on Monday.
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A month after sparking controversy by saying he would only get the Covid-19 vaccine if it became mandatory to compete in tennis, world number three Stefanos Tsitsipas has said he plans to receive the jab later in 2021.
“Seven Deaths of Maria Callas,” an ambitious operatic project by pioneering performance artist Marina Abramovic, is coming to the Stavros Niarchos Hall of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in southern Athens.
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