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Greece Extends Curfew Until April 27 as Death Toll Rises to 68

Eleven people died in a forty-eight hour period in Greece from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, leading to a decision for the extension of the curfew until late April. Sotiris Tsiodras, the Health Ministry spokesperson for the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak had announced...

Greece Quarantines Refugee Camp, Finds 119 Positive Cases on Ship off Athens

Greece's deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Chardalias announced on Thursday that a total of twenty-three asylum-seekers from the refugee camp of Ritsona on the island of Euboea have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. Ritsona is the camp from which...

Rare Spring Snow Blankets Large Parts of Northern Greece

Millions of Greeks from the northern parts of the country woke up on Thursday, April 2, only to see a completely white and wintry scene outside of their houses, amid the strict coronavirus lockdown. Not only mountainous villages but also...

Greek Man Recovers After Contracting Coronavirus, Influenza and Pneumonia Simultaneously

Alexis Alexiou, a Greek man from Athens, recovered from three entirely different, serious infections he suffered simultaneously in the space of seventeen days, according to a Facebook post he uploaded on Wednesday night. Alexiou, a radio producer, announced joyfully in...

Supermarket Chains in Greece Announce Generous Bonuses for Their Staff

During these difficult times for all of us, doctors, nurses and carers have been at the forefront of the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, receiving very well-deserved accolades and praise for their unstinting work in tough conditions. However, another...

Athens University to Offer Free Online Courses to Greek Islanders and Border Residents

Τhe National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has announced recently that it will offer two hundred free placements in online learning training programs for permanent residents of Greek islands and remote border regions of Greece. The islands and the border...

Greece's Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 46 as Government Says Measures are Working

Greek health authorities announced on Tuesday morning that three more people had died from the coronavirus, raising the number of fatalities in the country to 46. The victims, two male and one female, had underlying health problems before they were...

Anarchist Group Rubicon Donates Necessities to Nursing Home in Greece

News websites in Greece have been known for years for reporting incidents of vandalism involving the controversial Greek anarchists' group ''Rubicon.'' However, the coronavirus pandemic has brought nearly an endless array of changes in such a short period of time,...

Greek Man Fined €5,000 After Mother Turns Him In For Breaking Quarantine 

A very peculiar story in the era of the coronavirus was made public on Friday in Greece, regarding the curfew and the tough measures the Greek state has imposed to limit the spread of the contagion. According to CNN Greece, a...

Greece Records 71 New Coronavirus Cases, Death Toll Rises to 26

Health authorities in Greece announced on Thursday that four more people had died from the COVID-19 coronavirus and 71 new cases have been recorded across the country since yesterday. The total number of cases in Greece has now risen to...