Greek authorities announced 2,255 new cases of coronavirus and 39 fatalities in the past 24 hours on Friday.
Leaders of the EU’s bloc of nine southern European members said on Friday that urgent global action was needed to address a worsening climate crisis and build a sustainable future for the Mediterranean region.
Turkey must abandon its “illegal actions” against Cyprus and Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told EU colleagues on Thursday.
The decision of a Greek online delivery-distribution platform to message some its delivery workers to inform them that they would have to become freelancers to continue to work with the company resulted in a customer backlash on social media on Friday.
Almost a quarter of unvaccinated voters would vote for SYRIZA in the next election, according to an opinion poll published on Friday.
Friday’s summit of nine Mediterranean member-states of the European Union is important and useful.
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The fatal shooting of two endangered animals, a female brown bear in Prespes, northern Greece, and a lesser spotted eagle in southern Crete, has provoked an angry reaction from environmental organizations, who are calling on the authorities to identify and punish the perpetrators.
DBRS Morningstar upgraded on Friday night Greece’s credit rating to BB from BB (low). At the same time, DBRS Morningstar changed Greece’s trend from Stable to Positive.
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The Greek teams enjoyed a positive start to their group stage campaigns in Europe on Thursday, with two wins out of two against quite inferior opponents.
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The China-Greece Year of Culture and Tourism began on Thursday with a ceremony held at the foot of the Acropolis as officials from both countries expressed confidence in a stronger friendship and further cooperation between the two peoples.
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