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Military Hospitals are Now Open to the Public

The Minister of National Defense, Evangelos Venizelos, announced that all citizens have now access to military hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki (401, GNA, NE, NIMITS, 424). The number of individuals that can be accepted in every military hospital will depend...

April 21, 1967: Military Junta Places Greece in Shackles

On April 21st, 1967, Greece woke up with a military junta taking over power and putting the country in shackles for seven years

Priest Involved in Acid Attack At Synod Sent to Psychiatric Hospital

The priest at the center of an acid attack against the seven prelates at Petraki Monastery has been sent to a psychiatric hospital.

Mount Athos Monk Hospitalized with Covid in Serious Condition

Mount Athos is on high alert, after 20 cases of coronavirus were diagnosed in the monks belonging to the many monasteries on the peninsula.

Army Field Hospital Set Up in Thessaloniki for Covid-19 Patients

An army field hospital has been set up outside the 424 Military Hospital in Thessaloniki in order to tend to Covid-19 patients as the city's hospitals reach overflow. Works are expected to be completed and the field hospital will be...

Greek FM Dendias in Quarantine; Albanian Archbishop Hospitalized with Covid in Athens

According to an announcement by Greece's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, Nikos Dendias, the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, is now under quarantine after coming into contact with someone who had a confirmed case of Covid-19. Dendias had met...

Mike Pompeo Offered Cretan Hospitality, Amazing Night View of the Island

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis welcomed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan at the PM's family residence in Chania, Crete on Monday evening. PM Mitsotakis, who flew to Chania as of Monday...

Greek Fighter Jet Falls During Military Exercise, Pilot Safe

A Greek Air Force Mirage 2000 fell in the area of Skopelos island during an exercise at Monday noon; the pilot is safe in hospital. The accident occurred at 12:18 pm during a training exercise involving two Mirage 2000 fighter...

Former Greek PM Konstantinos Mitsotakis Hospitalized

Former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis has been admitted to “Iasis” general clinic in Chania, with an infection of the respiratory system. His condition is stable and there is no cause for concern, said an announcement from his political office. Mitsotakis,...

Georgiadis, PASOK, To Talk Hospital Fee

Under fire from all sides, Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis said he would meet with lawmakers from the PASOK Socialists who are partners in the coalition government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, to talk about...

Famous Greek Composer Mikis Theodorakis Hospitalized

World renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis was rushed to the Medical Center of Athens, Greece, where he was hospitalized with a lower respiratory tract infection. Theodorakis had a high fever and was quickly admitted so that the doctors could monitor his...

With Staff Cuts, Eight Hospitals Move Patients

A plan by the government to consolidate hospitals into health centers and to reduce health care staff by 1,618 people is leading to the transfer of patients from eight hospitals in Athens and Thessaloniki, a process that will last...

Sinking of Hospital Ship Attica in Cavo D'oro in 1941

Seventy two years ago today, the Greek hospital ship Attica was sunk by an Axis Powers air raid on the night between April 11th and 13th. The requisited ship had 362 beds and was sailing that night by the...

Theodorakis In Hospital, Breathing Problems

Noted composer Mikis Theodorakis, who scored the music for the films Zorba the Greek and Serpico, and was imprisoned by the right-wing junta that ruled Greece from 1967-74 has been admitted to a hospital in Athens with respiratory problems,...

Shocking Forbes Article: What Greece Really Needs is a Military Coup

“Instead of pouring euros down the drain, it would be much wiser for Germany to sponsor a military coup and solve the problem that way.”  No, this extract is not from a fascist blog. It is from Forbes magazine...