Greece is trying out a new six-day workweek to ramp up productivity. The government hopes this move will help the country’s economy and workforce. Under the plan, employees will work four days a week, then have two days off. This change aims to give workers more time to rest and recharge, which could make them […]
A group of people on a super yacht allegedly started a huge forest fire on one of Jeff Bezos’ favorite Greek islands by setting off fireworks during a party. The incident occurred on the island of Hydra, where Bezos had recently celebrated Father’s Day with his fiancee Lauren Sanchez and his son Preston. The fireworks, […]
Abu Dhabi: The UAE has expressed its support for Greece in the wake of wildfires brought on by a severe heatwave that has forced thousands of people to flee their homes and resulted in the deaths of two persons in a firefighting jet crash. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) expressed its sincere condolences and […]
Efforts to combat domestic violence in Greece lag far behind those of other European countries, with deep-seated prejudices often leaving victims afraid to seek help, say experts and battered women themselves. Maria, a civil servant in her 30s, spoke to AFP saying she was told at an Athens police station after her then boyfriend beat […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson went into isolation after a contact tested positive for the coronavirus, as a stay-at-home advisory came into effect for the United States’ third-biggest city on Monday. Global infections have soared past 54 million with more than 1.3 million deaths, and the worrying spikes have forced governments to reimpose deeply unpopular […]
In what one rescue worker called a miracle, extraction teams brought two girls out alive on Monday from the wreckage of their collapsed apartment buildings in the Turkish city of Izmir, three days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece. Onlookers applauded in joy and relief as ambulances carrying the girls rushed to hospitals immediately after […]
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday declared a one-month partial coronavirus lockdown, shutting restaurants and other leisure activities in Athens and other major cities from next week. “We must act now, before intensive care units buckle under the strain of lives in danger,” Mitsotakis said in a televised address. The prime minister said eateries, […]
Greece’s neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn was branded a criminal organisation on Wednesday, meaning its leaders now face heavy sentences following one of the most important trials in the country’s political history. The judgement came as police and anti-fascist demonstrators clashed outside the courthouse, on the sidelines of a large protest of some 15,000 people. Reading […]
Doctors marched with their families and a few friends in Greece’s second-largest city Saturday not to protest, but to debunk misinformation about face masks circulating during the coronavirus pandemic. A few dozen people fast-walked and ran 2 kilometers through central Thessaloniki while wearing face masks and then measured their oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, finding […]
