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Major Foreign Investments Expected to Help Greece Rebound from Covid-19 Crisis

While economies across the world have all been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, new foreign investments in Greece are expected to help the country bounce back, promising much-needed growth in 2021. The Greek economy is estimated to shrink by...

Archbishop of All Greece Ieronymos Hospitalized with Covid-19

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos was hospitalized on Thursday morning after testing positive for the coronavirus. The 82-year-old head of the Greek Church, who is believed to be suffering from only mild symptoms at present, is receiving treatment...

Pfizer Announces Vaccine 94% Effective in Seniors, Seeks Emergency Authorization

In the most recent blockbuster findings on the ongoing coronavirus vaccine trials, the US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer stated on Wednesday that its vaccine is "94% effective on those over 65." This demographic is the one at most risk for contracting...

Greek Nurses Volunteer to Travel from Crete to Thessaloniki to Battle Covid

Ten nurses are travelling from Crete to Thessaloniki on Wednesday, in order to voluntarily assist their medical colleagues in the fight against the coronavirus. The Greek Minister of Health, Vasilis Kikilias, announced that nurses named Vasiliki, Olympia, Evangelia, Artemis, Katerina,...

Greece Records 443 Intubations, 63 Deaths Tuesday

A record-breaking 443 patients are now intubated in Greece and 59 people with Covid-19 died on Tuesday, as the country marks its tenth day under lockdown. A total of 2,422 cases were diagnosed in Greece over the last 24...

Greece Records 59 Covid Deaths and 400 Intubations as Second Wave Peaks

A staggering 400 patients are now intubated in Greece and 59 people with Covid-19 died Monday as the second wave of the coronavirus reaches its peak in the country. A total of 2,198 cases were diagnosed in Greece over...

Greek Left Accuses Government of Authoritarianism for Banning Polytechnic Rally

The three leftist parties in the Greek Parliament have blasted the New Democracy government for banning the Polytechnic uprising's annual demonstration on Tuesday, November 17 as part of the strict new coronavirus measures imposed recently all over the nation. Syriza,...

Moderna Coronavirus Vaccine 95% Effective, According to Early Data

In another hugely important piece of coronavirus news after last week's bombshell revelation that the Pfizer company's vaccine had proven to be 90% effective, on Monday Moderna announced that its own vaccine has shown so far that it has...

Greece in Shock as Country Records 71 New Deaths Despite Lockdown

The Greek National Organization of Health, EODY, announced on Sunday afternoon that 71 people had died in the last 24 hours after contracting COVID-19. It was also announced that 1,698 cases of COVID-19 had been diagnosed over the last day. There...

Greek Police Bans Public Gatherings Ahead of Polytechnic Uprising Anniversary

The Greek Police issued a statement late on Saturday night announcing that all public gatherings of more than four people in Greece's public places will be banned from Sunday, November 15, to Wednesday, November 18. This comes as Greece prepares...

Coronavirus Pandemic: Greece Records 38 New Deaths; 2,835 New Cases

On Saturday, Greek health authorities announced that 2,835 cases of COVID-19 had been diagnosed in the country over the last 24 hours and 38 people who had suffered from the virus had died. There are currently 366 intubated patients in...

Culling of Thousands of Coronavirus-Infected Minks Begins in Kozani, Greece

The procedure to cull a total of 2,500 thousand minks began in Greece's northern city of Kozani on Saturday. All 2,500 minks had contracted the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. The infected mink population is located in the village of Kaloneri of...

President Trump Touts Operation Warp Speed, Says Vaccine May Be Delivered in 2020

In a late afternoon press conference in the Rose Garden outside the White House on Friday, President Trump spoke about Operation Warp Speed, the US government's program which had as its aim the production of a coronavirus vaccine by...

Covid 19: New Cases Over 3,000 for Second Consecutive Day, Record 336 Intubations in Greece

On Friday, it was announced that 3,038 cases of Covid-19 had been diagnosed in Greece over the last 24 hours and 38 people who had suffered from the virus had died. There are currently a record 336 intubated patients...

Mt. Athos in Complete Isolation Until November 30

In response to the nationwide lockdown imposed after the huge spike in coronavirus cases, deaths and intubations around the country, Greece's monastic community of Mt. Athos, called the "Holy Mountain," has decided to enter complete isolation from the outside...