The number of deaths from covid in Greece has just passed 500 while the number of confirmed cases are now over 25,000. The situation in the country is now deemed extremely critical. What is more, last week a lockdown was imposed in a city (Kozani) and the same might happen in other cities too. At […]
Category: What’s on in Greece: Weekly snapshots
Week 05/10/2020-11/10/2020: Golden Dawn, a criminal organization
In a landmark verdict a three-judge court in Athens found Golden Dawn a criminal organization and as a consequence, some of the party leaders will stay behind bars. The neonazi party of Golden Dawn had been elected in the Greek parliament from May 2012 to July 2019 and, at its peak, counted more than half […]
Week 28/09/2020-04/10/2020: The new face of Acropolis
Αn optimistic note when there is a significant increase of covid cases! Athenians can now admire the new face of Acropolis of Athens presented last week. The EMMY-awarded light designer Eleutheria Deko reimagined the lighting of the imposing monument in the center of Athens. The new approach that was applauded by most, is based on […]
Week 21/09/2020 – 27/09/2020: Self protection or lockdown
“No to a new lockdown” said the Prime Minister, K. Mitsotakis in a televised address to the nation last week. Despite the fact that the total number of infections in the country has almost reached 17,000, there is the hope that measures already taken will help stabilize the situation and release the pressure from the […]
Week 14/09/2020-20/09/2020: Α destructive weather phenomenon
Α destructive weather phenomenon faced the country last week, a cyclone named Ianos that hit the west and central Greece. At least three people died and thousands of homes were flooded while a complete estimate of the damages is not yet available. Scientists believe that the cause of the cyclone is the rise of sea […]
Moria, the largest refugee camp in the country was completely destroyed by a large fire. The future is now uncertain for the 12,000 migrants and refugees that had been living there under squalid conditions. Some of them will move to a new camp, currently under construction, in the same island but this is opposed by […]
Week 24/08/2020-30/08/2020: An unstable equilibrium
An unstable equilibrium has been formed once again this summer in north-east meditteranean. Greece and Turkey that have disputes around the exclusive economic zones in the area both conducted military exercises this week. At the same time, EU and Germany took initiatives for the deescalation of the crisis. In such a fluid situation, an accident […]
Week 20-26/07/2020: Deescalation of the crisis
A very confrontational week between Greece and Turkey ended without tensions. Ankara’s announcement that Turkey will proceed with research for natural resources in the south-east Meditteratean caused Athens to state that Greece will do whatever necessary to defend its sovereignty. Although many feared the verbal conflict would lead to a clash, eventually we had,for the […]
Week 13/06-19/06/2020: Uneasiness and increase of coronavirus cases
Widespread uneasiness is caused by the increase of coronavirus cases the past two weeks, While epidemiologists haven’t yet announced a second wave of the epidemic, there is the anxiety that it is about to come. The measures to stop the spread of the varius are now more intense. Masks are mandatory ιn all groceries shops […]
Week 29/6-5/7-2020: Beginning of the construction work in the Elliniko suburb
Last week was marked by the beginning of the construction work in the Elliniko suburb. In the place where the old airport of the city used to lay, an area of approximately 15000 square meters, starts an ‘emblematic’ as it is characterised by the government investment that aims at the construction of the largest touristic […]