Gov’t extending grace period for NHS doctors and nursing staff to get vaccinated
The government is examining the possibility of obligatory vaccination for all doctors and nursing staff in the National Health System (NHS), Health Minister Thanos...
Staikouras, Plevris present health actions thanks to donations
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras and Health Minister Thanos Plevris presented on Wednesday the donations collected since last April in the special account for the...
High percentage of Armed Forces permanent staff are vaccinated, Nat. Defense Min. says
Over 60% of permanent staff at each of the three branches of the Armed Forces are vaccinated against Covid-19, National Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos...
Tsipras reiterates call for national elections in television interview
SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras reiterated his request for national elections in a live interview broadcast on Star TV on Tuesday evening.
The main opposition...
Ecumenical Patriarch urges vaccination against Covid-19 in Christmas message
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew urged members of the Orthodox faith to get vaccinated against Covid-19, if they have not already done so, in a Christmas...
Ambassador Rallis appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organisation
Ambassador Dimitrios Rallis has been appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organisation, the foreign ministry announced on Tuesday. His...
Omicron data shows shorter hospitalization rates, no need for oxygen, says health official
Reinfection by the current Omicron variant is 5.4 times more likely among people who have already been infected with coronavirus variants previously, Head of...
PM Mitsotakis at e-economy forum 2021: Greece took digital transformation leaps once seen as impossible
Greece's government has shown that the country's public administration can take digital leaps ahead, ones that were seen as impossible not that long ago,...
PM Mitsotakis meetings with Bulgarian President Radev and PM Petkov in Sofia
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday paid a working visit to Bulgaria and met with the Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and with the newly-elected...
Tsiodras urges strict observance of existing Covid-19 protection measures over holidays
A wave of the Omicron variant may be concealed within the Delta variant wave that is already sweeping Greece, expert epidemiologist Professor Sotiris Tsiodras...
Tsipras: Elections the only appropriate democratic solution
Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras repeated a demand for general elections while speaking to the Digital Economy Forum of the Federation of...
Development Minister Georgiadis rules out a general lockdown
"We have ruled out a general lockdown," Development and Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Monday in statements to ANT1 TV about the possibility...
Vaccination against Covid-19 should be made mandatory in Europe, World Medical Association chairperson says
Every person should get a booster shot against Covid-19 as soon as possible advised World Medical Association (WMA) Council Chairperson Dr Frank Ulrich Montgomery,...
GEETHA chief Floros meets with NATO Advisor Covington
Issues of common interest, with emphasis on international developments, were discussed during yesterday's meeting of the Chief of General Staff (GEETHA), General Konstantinos Floros,...
New measures for the entry of travelers into Greece
The Government Gazette has been published, which describes the conditions for entry into Greece, as they will be valid from next Sunday, December 19,...