For the first time, medical centers for patients with diseases affecting memory, and also providing support to families, will operate in Greece.
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Amid acrimonious exchanges with leftist opposition SYRIZA over the hunger strike by Dimitris Koufodinas, government spokesperson Aristotelia Peloni said on Monday it was obvious that the jailed terrorist “who has been convicted for 11 murders “is asking for privileged treatment outside the framework of the law.”
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According to projections based on expected valid votes if elections were held today, 38% of respondents said they would vote for ND compared to 23% for the leftist party.
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One hundred seventy members of the US House of Representatives signed a bipartisan letter sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging President Joe Biden’s administration to address “troubling” human rights issues as it formulates policy for dealings with Turkey.
The son of one of the victims of November 17 issued a fresh call on Monday for the leftist militant organization’s hitman, Dimitris Koufondinas, to stop a hunger strike that threatens to end his life, as supporters of the jailed terrorist marched in downtown Athens.
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Hospitals in Attica continue to struggle under the weight of the region’s daily Covid patient intake and rising intubations, as the number of new infections in the capital showed no signs of abating on Monday.
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Former government spokesman Christos Tarantilis lashed out against those who have sought to ascribe political reasons behind his resignation on Sunday afternoon.
Dozens of senior ranking judicial officials have signed a statement to protest against the initiative taken by the presidency of the Union of Judges and Prosecutors last Friday to urge the state to reconsider its stance regarding jailed terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas who has been on a hunger strike since January.
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A recent study conducted for international real estate experts Astons and published reveals that Greece is the most popular country (19%) for investment by Britons with investable assets over £1 million, CEO World magazine reported on Monday.
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The number of new reported cases of Covid-19 remained above the 1,000 mark on Monday despite many parts of the country, including the Greek capital, being in a hard lockdown for several weeks.
During an online conference call on the recent donation of 18 ICU beds by the bicentennial committee “Greece 2021,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appealed to citizens to stay the course and continue abiding by coronavirus containment measures.
The “Greece 2021″ committee on the bicentennial of the declaration of the Greek War of Independence announced on Monday it was donating 18 intensive care unit beds to the National Healthcare System.
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Greece’s government Monday said it will not intervene to grant a prison-transfer demand by a convicted militant group gunman who has been on hunger strike for more than seven weeks, triggering public protests as well as arson attacks.
Journalist and newspaper publisher Thanasis Mavridis was admitted to the intensive care unit of an unnamed hospital after being infected with Covid-19.
Greece said on Monday it “unequivocally condemns” the recent new attacks on the capital and other cities of Saudi Arabia, saying they “directly violate” the rules of international law and affect security in the region.
Less than a month after Olympic gold medalist Sofia Bekatorou accused a Hellenic Sailing Federation official of raping her in 1998, the Prosecutor’s Office has seen scores of cases of sexual abuse that have already led to the jailing of actor Dimitris Lignadis and another man, from the island of Samos, with both facing rape charges.
The Digital Governance Ministry has created an application issuing limited-time movement permits for non-essential shopping, which will be used when retail sector is reopened, Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said on Monday during a radio interview with Parapolitika FM.
Health authorities had to cancel about 120 Covid-19 jab appointments scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in the city of Nafpaktos, western Greece, after a power cut on Saturday night destroyed the temperature-sensitive vaccines kept at the local health center, a union representing Greek hospital workers said on Monday.
Former EU Commissioner and socialist minister Anna Diamantopoulou announced on Monday she was withdrawing her candidacy in the race to become the next head of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Greek police seized a haul of more than 50 kilograms of pure cocaine and arrested one man in the northern region of Pieria on Sunday.
School canteen owners and operators are demanding state aid, saying that due to successive lockdowns they have not worked for more than 50 days over the past year.
The European Commission will present a proposal in March on creating an EU-wide digital vaccination passport, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.
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