Seamen’s unions announced on Wednesday they were extending their 48-hour strike for another day to Thursday.
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A grouping of world auditors say they are concerned that the Cypriot government is limiting examiners’ access to records from an axed citizenship-for-investment scheme that critics said was open to abuse.
US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Chief Operating Officer, David Marchick, spoke on Wednesday with Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis on new opportunities to expand DFC’s work in Greece under the Joen Biden administration, according to a DFC press release.
Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Wednesday that 90 pct of intensive care units for Covid-19 in Attica are occupied, as the region is observing the highest epidemiological burden in the country.
The bill, which will be presented to Cabinet on Tuesday, seeks to uphold the five internationally recognized animal freedoms.
European Union leaders will agree on Thursday to work on certificates of vaccination for EU citizens who have had an anti-Covid shot, with southern EU countries that depend heavily on tourism desperate to rescue this summer’s holiday season.
![People queue outside the town hall in Chania, on the Greek island of Crete, Wednesday, to conduct rapid tests for the COVID-19. Greek health authorities have reported an abrupt spike in new confirmed COVID-19 infections. A total 2,147 new infections were recorded Tuesday, up from 880 a day earlier, and brought the total for the country of about 10.5 million to just over 180,000. [Harry Nakos/AP]](https://www.ekathimerini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/testing_chania_crete_AP-320x200.jpg)
The regional unit of Arcadia in the central Peloponnese will join other regions in adopting tougher restrictions on movement as of Thursday as infections recorded in the area spiked in the last seven days, the General Secretariat of Civil Protection announced on Wednesday.
A 6-year-old boy from Iran died of burns suffered during an overnight fire at a migrant camp northwest of Athens, Greek authorities said Wednesday.
![Medical staff of the National Health Organisation (EODY) conduct rapid tests for the Covid-19 outside the town hall of Chania on the Greek island of Crete, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. [Harry Nakos/AP]](https://www.ekathimerini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/coronavirus_testing_Chania_Crete_AP-320x200.jpg)
Greek health authorities announced 1,913 new SARS-CoV-2 cases on Wednesday, raising the total number reported in the country to 184,686.
![Plain-clothed policemen escort actor-director Dimitris Lignadis, center, as he arrives at a magistrate's office in Athens, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. [Yorgos Karahalis/AP]](https://www.ekathimerini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lignadis_prosecutor_AP-320x200.jpg)
The former artistic director of the National Theatre, Dimitris Lignadis, was on Wednesday given until Thursday to prepare his testimony over two rape charges before the examining magistrate handling the case.
A pregnant 26-year-old Afghan woman in Lesvos is facing arson charges after she self-immolated in the island’s temporary camp last Sunday (Feb. 21) in protest to the news that she would have to wait more time before travelling to Germany.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has continued with his incendiary rhetoric against Greece with a reference to the violent expulsion of Smyrna’s Christian population by the Turks in August 1922, according to reports on Wednesday.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has called for the withdrawal of foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has welcomed progress in Greece’s vaccination rate, however adding that the recent surge in coronavirus cases, particularly in the greater Athens region, will most likely mean that authorities will need to extend the lockdown beyond its nominal expiry date on February 28.
Police in Cyprus say over ten official complaints involving sexual abuse allegations were under investigation, as one case after the other came forward in Cyprus’ own #MeToo movement.
The central Athens metro stations of Syntagma and Panepistimio will be closed at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday on the orders of the Greek police.
Allegations by Turkey Tuesday that Greek F-16 fighter jets harassed its Cesme hydrographic vessel were seen in Athens as a bid by Ankara to undermine efforts to restore a climate of normalcy. The allegations, which Greece vehemently denies, were also backed by Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency.
![A medical staff walks among elderly men waiting to receive a dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination mega center in Athens, Monday, February 15, 2021. The Promitheas center, which has started operating Monday, will host 96 vaccination points and when fully developed, an estimated of 150,000 vaccinations per month could be conducted. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP]](https://www.ekathimerini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1_vaccinations_center_athens_AP-1-320x200.jpg)
More than 730,000 people have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in Greece, according to data made available Tuesday. According to the same data, 486,820 people, or 4.7 percent of the population, have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Health Ministry officials estimate that more than 1.5 million people will have taken the […]
The judicial investigations into allegations of sexual abuse in the theater world will be expanded Wednesday with the submission to the Athens prosecutor of a file containing reports of misconduct collected by the Greek Actors Association.
A 6-year-old boy was severely injured during a blaze at a migrant camp northwest of Athens, Greece’s fire service said late Tuesday.
With daily cases of Covid-19 spiking Tuesday to more than 2,000, the highest since December 2, and with the number of critical patients bearing down heavily on the public health system, it seems all but certain that the government will seek to extend the lockdown beyond its nominal expiry date on February 28, by a week.
In the run-up to the European Council meeting Thursday and Friday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated his proposal for the introduction of a European coronavirus vaccination certificate during a teleconference Tuesday with European Union leaders.
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