Ιn a rather intense week where COVID-19 cases are increasing more and more and the conference between Greece and Turkey’s ministers of Foreign Affairs, ended with a cliff-hanging turn as they had a dispute while on television air, two pieces of news have stood out. These news were the admission of a Greek student in […]
Category: What’s on in Greece: Weekly snapshots
Week 5-9/4/2021: Self-tests and…uncertainty
On Monday high school students and teachers will be able to return to their classes, by getting self-tested every week. In the meantime, whilst COVID-19 cases are rising and Tourism’s grand opening is only a few weeks away, befuddlement and uncertainty are being provoked to the citizen, who still do not know if and how […]
Week 22-26/3/2021: An atypical 25th of March anniversary for the Greeks
In a wintry scenery, with light snowfalls all around the country, the Greeks honored the 200th Independence Anniversary staying indoors, in a rather dull and blue tone. Amongst the various events that had been planned, with no public, those that stood out were the formation of the number “200” in the sky by Aegean’s air-crafts […]
Week 1/02/2021 – 7/02/2021: More restrictive measures
Unfortunately, the increase in new covid cases, especially in Athens, led the country to adopt new, more restrictive measures. Starting from the weekend, in some places there will be a curfew from 6pm every Saturday and Sunday, and during these days, all the non essential businesses will remain closed. Besides that, there has been a […]
Week 25/01/2020-31/01/2020: A step backwards
A step backwards in the fight against the pandemic was taken last week. In the Attica region, which includes Athens the capital, were recorded many more cases and, as a result, the region was red-zoned again and more restrictions were implemented in the retail sector. At the same time, the greek #metoo movement spreads in […]
Week 18/01/2021-24/01/2021: Exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey
Exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey start this week in Istanbul. The two countries that have had a very tense relationship the past two years, will resume discussions for the first time after many years. There is still some distance between the two with a major disagreement being what they are talking about. Greece says […]
Week 11/01/2021-17/01/2020:An issue that remains a taboo
The greek society is shocked by the revelations of Sofia Bekatorou, a sailing Olympic champion and one of the most well known female athletes of the country. In an interview she confessed the sexual assault she had exprerienced. The perpetrator was one of the most important figures of the national sailing federation. Bekatorou’s initiative led other athletes […]
Week 4/1/21-10/1/21: With hopes and fears the new year begins
With hopes and fears the new year begins. The great fear is about the progress of the pandemic in a country with more than 5,000 victims tilλ now and prolonged curfew measures. The government, which was reshuffled earlier this week, announced that several parts of social life will remain under lockdown for at least seven […]
Week 14/12/2020-20/12/2020: The next big bet
With a significantly reduced number of new cases starts the holiday season in Greece. The only exceptions are Western Attica and Kozani, two areas where much stricker curfews were implemented last week. All are very tired from the long lockdown but the vaccinations that are expected to begin in the following days have brought some […]