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Crime
Greece Braces for Historic Verdict on Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn
The verdict in the trial of the Neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn is due to be announced by an Athens Criminal Appeals Court on Wednesday, October 7 at 11:00.
With its ruling, the court is called on to decide whether the...
Business
Microsoft Reportedly Plans Massive €1 Billion Investment in Greece
Microsoft is expected to announce on Monday a massive €1bn ($1.17bn) investment in Greece for the establishment of its new activities in Europe, including cloud services, Greek media report.
The announcement will be made during an event at the Acropolis...
Greece
Greece Records 267 New Covid Cases; 7 Deaths on Saturday
Greek health authorities announced on Saturday that 267 people were tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, a significantly lower number than the record-breaking 460 announced on Friday.
It also emerged that seven Covid-19 patients died, bringing...
Diaspora
Greek Island Opens School for Refugee Children in Solidarity Gesture
The Greek island of Tilos in the Dodecanese archipelago has recently opened its arms to welcome refugee children and their families in a gesture highlighting the Greek philoxenia.
Eleven young students from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, Palestine, and...
Greece
Greece's Souda Becomes the Home Port for Gigantic US Ship
The huge troop-carrying ship USS Hershel “Woody” Williams has been deployed to Souda Bay naval base in Crete as of October 1, the U.S. Sixth Fleet announced.
It is the first time in 40 years that a US ship will...
Greece
New Covid Lockdown "Inconceivable," Says Greek PM
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis all but ruled out a lockdown due to the spread of the coronavirus on Saturday saying that such a draconian measure would have a devastating economic impact.
Speaking at the Athens Democracy Forum 2020, the Greek...
Europe
British Police Under Fire for the Death of Homeless Greek Man
A homeless man from Greece died from hypothermia after he was ejected from a London police station into sub-zero temperatures, an inquest jury concluded on Friday.
Pericles Malagardis, 63, was found unresponsive in March of 2016 outside Uxbridge Station, near...
Greek News
Trump Receives Covid Drug Cocktail Developed by Greek Scientist’s Team
US President Donald Trump, who was flown to a hospital on Friday after he and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus, received an experimental drug cocktail injection at the White House.
According to the White House physician to...
Greece
Record-Breaking 460 New Coronavirus Cases in Greece Friday, Five Deaths
A record 460 new cases of the coronavirus were recorded in Greece on Friday, the largest number of cases recorded in any 24-hour period in the country since the start of the pandemic.
Of Friday's 460 cases, 142 are linked...
entertainment
New TV Series to Tell the Story of Saint Paisios in Greece
The life of Saint Paisios, who is widely venerated around the world but especially in Greece and Russia, will be the subject of a new television series which is currently in production.
Reportedly, filming is taking place in Konitsa, a...