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Coronavirus: 312 Cases, Three Deaths Spur Concern Over Hospital Capacity in Greece

Greece recorded a total of 312 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, following a recent, disturbing upward trend in cases. A total of 310 people had been diagnosed with the coronavirus on Tuesday. A stunning 174 of today's cases were...

Greek Government Determined to Enforce Anti-Smoking Legislation Across the Country

The battle to improve citizens' health by reducing smoking was the subject of a meeting chaired by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, with the participation of the country's Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Deputy Health Minister Vassilis Kontozamanis. During the...

Who Will Be Part of the Next Greek Parliament?

Many Greek politicians were neck to neck against their fellow candidates in several constituencies across Greece, aiming to earn a seat in the new Greek Parliament. According to election results, SYRIZA’s Gavriil Sakellaridis and Nikolaos Voutsis, as well as New Democracy...

UN Security Council Condemns Attack on Israeli Embassy in Athens

The United Nations Security Council on Saturday condemned the attack on the Israeli embassy in Athens and stressed the need for the perpetrators to be arrested. The 15-member council unanimously “condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack against the...

Greek Police on Alert for New Terrorist Attack

The Greek counter-terrorism unit suspect that the attack at the Israeli embassy on Friday was the prelude of another, larger terrorist strike. After ballistic tests determined that the two AK-47 rifles that fired at the Israeli embassy were the same guns that...

Greek Police on Alert Ahead of 'Hot Weekend' in Athens

Almost the entire Greek Police force of the Attica region will be on alert on Saturday due to the sixth anniversary of Alexandros Grigoropoulos' assassination, the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and the planned parliamentary vote on...

Piraeus Nightclub Gunman Identified [Video]

In a massive ongoing operation for three days now, Greek Police are trying to locate and arrest the man who opened fire at a nightclub in Piraeus, Greece , on Saturday, injuring more than 10 people. The gunman has been identified...

Meeting at Public Order Ministry on Handling Possible New Quake

Public Order Minister Vasilis Kikilias called an emergency meeting at the ministry after seismologists claimed that there is a possibility for another, stronger earthquake. The two earthquakes on Tuesday morning have alarmed authorities and forced the Greek minister to call...

US to Issue Reward for Terrorist Christodoulos Xeros

US officials are considering the possibility of issuing a bounty in order to arrest "17 November" terrorist group member Christodoulos Xeros, who escaped from custody earlier this year. This emerged after the meeting of Greek Public Order Minister Vasilis...

Seven Greek Teachers Charged For Child Pornography Possession

Seven Greek teachers – four in Athens, three from other parts of the country – have been arrested by the Electronic Crime Unit on charges related to child pornography possession. Education Minister Andreas Loverdos has requested their names from the Unit head, Manolis...