COSTAS KANTOURIS

April 5, 2021 at 3:05 am

Stores in Greece open amid virus surge to help save economy VIEW

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Retail stores across most of Greece were allowed to reopen Monday despite an ongoing surge in COVID-19 infections, as the country...

Nation & World

March 3, 2021 at 2:48 am

Greece: Thousands spend night outdoors after powerful quake VIEW

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fearful of returning to their homes, thousands of people in central Greece were spending the night outdoors late Wednesday after a...

January 20, 2021 at 8:21 am

Olympic champion’s abuse claim triggers debate in Greece VIEW

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou appeared before a public prosecutor in Athens Wednesday in relation to sexual assault accusations she...

January 11, 2021 at 11:28 pm

In Greek city, segregated graves extend COVID-19 isolation VIEW

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Even after death, COVID-19 victims endure harrowing isolation in Thessaloniki, the city in Greece most acutely affected by the coronavirus pandemic....

In this Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020 photo, Gabriel Tachtatzoglou poses at his home in Agios Athanassios, outside Thessaloniki city, northern Greece. Tachtatzoglou has worked as an ICU nurse in northern Greece for 20 years but when the pandemic struck his city in the fall, COVID-19 wards were quickly overwhelmed. He saw little choice other than to treat sick members of his family at home, setting up a treatment site with borrowed and rented medical machinery and using a hat stand to hold IV bags. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos) XTS101 XTS101

December 30, 2020 at 12:21 am

Greek nurse erects ICU at home to treat relatives with virus

A critical-care nurse in Greece who had to quarantine and could not go to work once his relatives tested positive for the virus decided to...

December 3, 2020 at 4:40 am

Greek city to use Christmas money for more ICU beds

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A city in northern Greece hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic said Thursday it will scrap plans to set up Christmas...

Business

November 23, 2020 at 7:41 am

Greece faces renewed lockdown as pressure on hospitals rises VIEW

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece is set to extend its lockdown measures beyond the end of November given the spread of COVID-19 and the pressure...

November 19, 2020 at 11:37 pm

Greece: 2 private clinics appropriated to treat COVID-19

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities are taking over two private health clinics in the northern city of Thessaloniki as the region’s public hospitals struggle...

November 16, 2020 at 11:07 am

Greece: Bishop’s death revives debate on communion safety

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A senior clergyman in Greece’s Orthodox Church was buried Monday after dying of COVID-19, reviving a debate over the safety of...

October 19, 2020 at 5:57 am

Greece finalizes plan to build wall on border with Turkey

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government says it has finalized plans to build a wall along its northeast border with Turkey, over concerns that migrants...

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