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'I have come as a pilgrim to a country geographically small, but historically great, to an island that down the centuries has not isolated peoples but brought them together, to a land whose borders are the sea.'

'When he came to Crete, the public health mechanism was activated in cooperation with the president of the National Public Health Organisation [EODY] and all involved services,' said a health official.

For the first time, there are over 700 intubated patients (704), with a median age of 64-years-old, and 81 percent have an underlying medical condition and/or are over age 70.

Main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras not long ago accused the government of 'timidity' and demanded that the government toughen its stance and limit the room for the unvaccinated.

Unemployment among young people under 25 in Greece started to rise

'Compulsory [vaccination] is the last resort in the effort to achieve vaccine coverage. The government took this bold and responsible decision and there is a timetable,' said government spokesman Yannis Economou.

The country’s shipbuilding industry is waking up and with high know-how and modern infrastructure is entering a period of recovery

The start of the long-awaited program of the Ministry of Environment and Energy for the protection of historic and remarkable buildings is not expected before mid-2022

Secretary General of Tourism Policy and Development Vicky Loizou visited Moscow, representing the Ministry of Tourism

It remains to be seen what will be the policy of the new German government, after the departure of Angela Merkel and the appointment of the Green party’s Annalena Baerbock as the country’s foreign minister.

“It [the PCR test] is more trustworthy than a rapid test, which may yield a false positive or false negative result and can easily be violated [tampered with],” Exadaktylos said.

The number of intubated patients rose to 690, with a median age of 64-years-old. Of these, 80 percent have an underlying medical condition and/or are age 70 or older.

“I think it is understandable and appropriate to lead this discussion now -- how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the European Union,” she said.

Compulsory vaccination for citizens who are age 60 and over is both necessary and urgent. The numbers and all the data leave no time or space for further experimentation and toleration.

As the autumn report of the Greek Fiscal Council emphasizes, the Greek economy had strong growth and the individual data allow there to be optimism for the further course of the economy.

Issues related to the economy, private investment, as well as the energy and digital transition, human resource skills and industrial policy were discussed

Few know more about the history of HIV in Greece, its social impact and stigma, and the often inadequate and biased response of the state than Nikos Dedes, one of the founders of the association of HIV-positive individuals, named Thetiki Foni (Positive Voice).

The average over the past 10 days was roughly 2,600 appointments for a first-dose vaccination. However, after announcement by Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis before a Cabinet meeting, the number exceed 6,000 on the day.

'I can mention the story of the daughter of a [COVID-19] patient who told me, “Doctor, I would give all my possessions if I could turn back time and persuade my mother to be vaccinated,' Kapravelos recounted.

In general terms, one might say that the derby of the debate was played in centre-field. The participants did not opt for an aggressive game plan, but instead took care not to lose points.