News archive of May 2020

Additional remains have been found and five missing Canadian military members from a helicopter crash off Greece are now presumed dead, the Canadian military said Friday.
The Canadian Armed Forces said in a statement that NATO's search and rescue efforts are now a search and recovery effort.

From 3 to 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, the Delphi Economic Forum will host "The Inclusivity Lounge Online," organized by Women On Top with the support of the US Embassy in Athens and Coca-Cola HBC, and in cooperation with Women Act and Lean In Hellas. 

A German naval mine was retrieved from the seabed by a fishing boat off the coast of northern Greece Friday.
The captain of the boat took the mine to the port of Nea Michaniona and notified the local port authority.

1555 are the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria according to the data of the National Operational Headquarters, as of 5:00 pm today, May 1, the Ministry of Health reported. Today, another 14 new cases have been proved, with 8 in the Vidin district, 1 in the Plovdiv, Yambol and Sliven districts, and 3 in Sofia. The labs continue to work.

The novel coronavirus outbreak took many countries by surprise, causing delays in lockdown measures that are resulting in thousands of deaths. But how unexpected, really, was the appearance of SARS-CoV-2 and how seriously do we need to take various "miracle cures" being touted by certain media and politicians?

The Hellenic Police (ELAS) on Thursday recorded 1,228 violations of a public lockdown introduced in March to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Of those transgressions, 536 were in Attica, 196 in Thessaloniki, 109 in Central Macedonia, 85 on Crete, 66 in Western Greece, 48 in Thessaly and 46 in the Peloponnese.

Collectible match-worn signed shoes belonging to Milwaukee Bucks star and last season's NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and a signed T-shirt from his personal collection with Nike are being auctioned for charity on www.charityidols.com as part of the Live Athletically campaign to raise money to combat the coronavirus.

Two men were to face a prosecutor in Patra, western Greece, Friday after police discovered half a kilogram of heroin hidden in the lights of the vehicle they were traveling in.
Working on a tip-off, officers of the local anti-narcotics division stopped the truck on the Patra-Corinth highway in Achaia and discovered the drugs with the help of a sniffer dog.

Greece's Health Ministry on Friday announced 21 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total in the country to 2,612.
The death toll remained unchanged at 140. The average age of the dead is 74 years.

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is setting up a relief fund to support people affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The establishment of the "Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Covid-19 Relief Fund" was announced by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Facebook.