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Esther Cohen, the oldest Greek survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, who became known as a “living testimony” of the Holocaust, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 96. The Ioannina-born Jewish woman, who had had her official camp number tattooed on her left arm, said in interviews that the number had also been

On Tuesday, 53-year-old Marialena Tsirli became the very first woman to become Secretary General of the European Court of Human Rights. The native of Greece, who was born in Thessaloniki, was sworn in yesterday. Succeeding Briton Rodrick Lindell, she will remain in the post at the ECHR for five years. A graduate of the Hellenic

A total of 2,199 new cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in Greece and the deaths of 111 people with the virus were announced on Tuesday. A total of 596 patients with Covid-19 are currently intubated in Greece’s intensive care units. The ICUs around the country are under immense strain, particularly in northern Greece, due to

US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt said on Tuesday that Greece can progress economically and technologically and become a regional hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. Speaking to the President of the American-Hellenic Chamber, Nikolaos Bakatselos, at the 31st annual Greek Economic Summit (GES), Pyatt said that the challenge going forward is to unleash the power

The first snow of the holiday season fell in Northern Greece late Monday night, sprinkling towns outside of Thessaloniki and Komotini with a light layer of delicate flakes. While temperatures have begun to fall across the country, the air is particularly frosty in northern Greece. In the center of Thessaloniki, temperatures remained below five degrees

In an overall positive report regarding the prospects for the Greek economy, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reported on Tuesday that although the economy will contract by 10 percent in 2020 due to the ramifications of the coronavirus, it is set to recover gradually in 2021. The OECD’s Economic Outlook report stated that

Profits from online sales are expected to triple this year, totaling 15 billion euros in 2020, the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship said in a survey released on Monday. The astounding figures are of course a result of the pandemic, but this welcome growth is unfortunately not equally distributed among all retail businesses, according

On December 1st, 1913, the island of Crete was officially integrated into the Greek state, after exactly one month earlier, Sultan Mehmet V had relinquished all sovereignty over the island. Crete’s liberation from Ottoman rule was a violent struggle that lasted close to a century and cost a great deal of blood to gain, as

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Tuesday that former Google executive Steve Vranakis has completed his mission in the government as Chief Creative Officer and will now pursue his career in the private sector. In a statement, the Premier thanked Vranakis for “his extremely valuable contribution” and stressed that his office will continue to draw

A Greek artist and football fan in the Kalamaria neighborhood of Thessaloniki has created a magnificent work of art in honor of the late Diego Maradona. The realistic mural, created on the wall of the local football ground, is another tribute to a beloved man who was arguably the greatest player in the history of