Evangelismos Hospital

After four years, Evangelismos Hospital in downtown Athens operates without any Covid-19 cases, hospital director and board president Anastasios Grigoropoulos announced on social media on Thursday.

Grigoropoulos described the development as "hopeful," but cautioned against premature optimism regarding the pandemic's end.

An Iraqi national who stabbed a 22-year-old woman in broad daylight on Friday on Ermou Street, a popular shopping spot in central Athens, has been given until Tuesday to prepare his defense. 

The woman, who remained in intensive care on Saturday at the capital's Evangelismos Hospital after undergoing surgery, was stabbed in the back in what appears to have been an unprovoked attack.

A worker has been reported killed at a construction site in the US Embassy in Athens, after being crushed by a wall on Wednesday morning.

According to TV broadcaster Skai, the man was rushed to the capital's Evangelismos Hospital where his death was confirmed.

The circumstances that led to the accident are being investigated.

Focusing on the First Pathology Clinic of Evangelismos Hospital, the National Theater presents "Evangelismos, the Musical," in which death is suppressed in order to glorify love, confirming that the circle of life is wisely made, having a beginning, middle and end.

An off-duty police officer shot and injured a man who had allegedly robbed a bank in downtown Athens on Tuesday morning, after the suspect reportedly attacked him with a knife.

A 50-year-old man was killed in central Athens early Thursday morning when he was hit by a car while trying to cross a busy avenue.

The man was jaywalking across the southbound lane of Alexandras Avenue at around 1 a.m. when he was struck by a car driven by a 44-year-old woman.

Retirements of qualified personnel, lack of sufficient hirings to replace them and the migration of mostly young doctors, combined with the exodus of other personnel well ahead of retirement, are threatening the quality of care at state hospitals, health workers say.

The Fire Service has launched an investigation into the causes of a fire that destroyed a restaurant in the Nea Smyrni district of Athens on Friday.

Fire Service sources told Kathimerini that although some eyewitnesses claim the fire resulted from arson, they are keeping an open mind as to what could have caused the blaze.

The Fire Service has launched an investigation into the causes of a fire that destroyed a restaurant in the Nea Smyrni district of Athens.

Firefighter sources told Kathimerini that although some eyewitnesses claim the fire resulted from arson, they are keeping an open mind about what could have caused the blaze.

Yanis Varoufakis, leader of the small party MeRA25, said on Tuesday he had decided to accept the police protection provided by the Citizen Protection Ministry, after he was viciously attacked outside a restaurant in central Athens on Friday night.