The new campaign launched by the Greek state is meant to encourage citizens who have not yet been inoculated to book appointments soon so that Greece can build a strong herd immunity Athens, Greece | Xinhua | All young Greeks aged between 18 and 25 will be offered a prepaid card …
Read More »Greek PM calls for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver to help countries in need
Athens, Greece | XINHUA | Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday called for waiving intellectual property rights protected by patents for COVID-19 vaccines in order to speed up production to assist countries in need. “The health crisis has highlighted more than anything the need for joint action to address …
Read More »Moria tragedy reminds Europe of the need to change: European Commission
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Greece’s European partners are already offering assistance to the country to cope with the crisis on Lesbos island after the destruction of the Moria refugee migrant camp by a fire this week. They are preparing to agree a coherent, single migration and asylum policy to …
Read More »German FM calls on Greece, Turkey to discuss natural gas dispute
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Before his mediation trip, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday called on Greece and Turkey to discuss their territorial claims in the Mediterranean. “A further escalation can only harm everyone, but above all those directly involved on site,” Maas said in a statement released …
Read More »A decade after debt crisis, Greece on verge of virus recession
Athens, Greece | AFP | Ten years after sinking into its worst economic crisis in living memory, Greece once again faces the spectre of a grave recession in the midst of a global coronavirus lockdown. Though the country has so far been spared the death toll of other European nations at …
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