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Greece’s Technology Outlook for 2024 Is Positive

From artificial intelligence to renewable energy systems, technology in Greece has seen significant advancements over the past few years with more set to come in 2024. Through a mixture of Greek initiative and foreign investments from tech giants, the next...

Greece’s Main Opposition Leader Alexis Tsipras is COVID-19 Positive

Chief of Greece's main opposition SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, tested positive for COVID-19, after a preventive molecular test

Greek Athlete Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Out of Tokyo Olympics

Greek athlete Evangelia Platanioti has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Fifteen Health Care Providers at Athens Hospital Test Positive for Coronavirus

The Greek Health Ministry on Thursday confirmed that a total of fifteen health care providers at Athens' Aghios Savvas General Cancer/Oncology Hospital have tested positive for the coronavirus and are self-isolating. After three physicians from the second pathology oncological clinic...

Greek Minister of Education Niki Kerameus Tests Positive for Covid-19

Through a Tweet, Minister of Education Niki Kerameus announced that she tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday. Kerameus and her husband underwent testing after he began to show symptoms of the virus, and both their test results were positive....

At Least 12 Test Positive for Covid In Cruise Ship Touring the Aegean

A Maltese-flagged cruise ship is returning to the Port of Piraeus from the Aegean island of Milos on Monday after 12 crew members tested positive for the coronavirus. The "Mein Schiff 6" cruise liner, which is carrying nearly 1,500 passengers,...

EU Summit Rescheduled for October After Employee Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Charles Michel, the leader of the European Union Council, has been exposed to the coronavirus by an EU employee, and therefore has been placed in quarantine, although he himself has tested negative. That has thrown the upcoming planned EU Summit...

243 Migrants at Kara Tepe Camp Test Positive for Coronavirus

After testing all of the thousands of migrants who have now been resettled at the new Kara Tepe camp on Lesvos after being burned out of their former shelter at Moria, 243 of them have been found positive for...

Liverpool New Greek Signing Kostas Tsimikas Tests Positive for Covid-19

Greek National Team defense player Kostas Tsimikas has tested positive for Covid-19 just hours before the squad was about to leave Slovenian capital Ljubljana for Kosovo for the second match of the UEFA Nations League on Sunday. Tsimikas, who recently...

Young Greek Travels to Santorini Despite Testing Positive for Coronavirus

A young woman from Northern Greece refused to let Covid-19 ruin her summer vacation plans. The 24 year old received positive Covid-19 test results on Thursday while on a train ride from Thessaloniki to Athens. Authorities ordered her to...

Greek Infant Just Days Old Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Health authorities in Thessaloniki announced on Monday that a 27-day-old baby has tested positive for the coronavirus. The infant is being treated at Ippokratio Hospital, which is the Covid-19 referral hospital for children and infants in the city. Authorities are testing...

Greece Acknowledges Turkey's "Positive Action" to De-escalate Tensions

    Greek Government spokesperson Stelios Petsas called Turkey's decision to de-escalate tensions in the southeastern Mediterranean a "positive action" in an interview with Skai television on Tuesday. Petsas stated that he welcomed "...the fact that we have this statement on Turkey's...

Romanian Tourist Tests Positive for Covid-19; Travels 72 Hours Around Crete

A tourist from Romania who tested positive for Covid-19 blatantly disregarded safety protocols after reportedly traveling around the island of Crete for at least 72 hours after her arrival. The traveler had come to Greece with the intent of spending...

Twelve Qatar Air Passengers Test Positive For COVID-19 at Athens Airport 

Greece will suspend all flights from Qatar until June 15 after 12 of an airplane's 91 passengers tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Athens Monday on a flight from Doha, Qatar. The passengers arrived on a Qatar Airways flight. "Following...

Greece Puts Kranidi in Strict Lockdown After 150 Migrants Test Positive for Coronavirus

Greece's Deputy Minister for Civil Protection Nikos Chardalias announced on Tuesday that the town of Kranidi is now quarantined and under strict lockdown after a total of 150 refugees and migrants tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. Under the new,...