Greece
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Greece is implementing full digital ID with COVID QR pass on smartphones
Greek citizens are already able to download a digital version of their full identity card on their mobile phones; the process is meant to be completed by Easter 2022. The …
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New record high for Greece with 35,580 new COVID-19 cases
Greece’s coronavirus infection numbers have climbed to new highs yet again reaching 35,580 new COVID-19 cases as the country struggles to deal with testing demands and hospitalisations ahead of New …
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National Greek Chess team wins Bronze in Poland
Ekaterini Pavlidou, a chess player from Greece’s national team has gotten a bronze medal in the women’s blitz (quick chess) category at the European Blitz and Rapid Chess Championship in …
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Measures pushed forward for Greece as authorities report 28,828 infections
The record high numbers in COVID-19 cases continued for Greece as health authorities recorded 28,828 new infections in the past 24 hours to 3pm Wednesday. The previous day figures had …
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UNHCR regrets loss of life in the Aegean Sea, with at least 31 dead and more missing
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has issued a press release expressing its deep distress by the recent tragic death toll in Greece’s Aegean Sea. At least 31 people lost their …
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Greece donated 703,200 vaccines to Indonesia
The Foreign Ministry in a post on Twitter on Tuesday made known that Greece donated 703,200 vaccines to Indonesia actively contributing to the battle against COVID-19 at a global level. …
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Tremor measuring 5.7 Richter shakes Crete
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale was recorded on Wednesday at 07:08 in the sea region 48 km south-west of Crete, the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory …
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Greece reports a new daily record of over 21,600 COVID-19 infections
Greece’s health authorities have reported a new daily record of 21,657 COVID-19 new cases in the last 24 hours on Tuesday. The spike in new infections is more than double …
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Bidden signs US-Greece Defence & Inter-Parliamentary Partnership Act
Senator Bob Menendez and Senator Rubio and the US Congress had put a bill forward through Congress titled ‘US-Greece Defence & Inter-Parliamentary Partnership Act’. The bill was passed on 8 …
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Hidden drachmas in mattresses reach 477.9 million euros Bloomberg finds
According to a report conducted by Bloomberg, there is a large sum of money in Greece that was never exchanged when the country transitioned to the euro. When the minting …