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Health Minister Adonis Georgiades thanked his colleagues for achieving the goals he had set for the past year, in a post on Twitter.

As he stresses, “while the absorption target set by the Ministry of Finance for our Ministry for 2024 was 234,000,000 €, we finally achieved an absorption of 400,077,000 €, i.e. we exceeded the target by +171%…”

An ALCO poll for Alpha TV released Tuesday reveals widespread dissatisfaction with the Greek government's handling of key issues, including inflation, crime, education, healthcare, transparency and foreign policy.

The scheduled free afternoon surgeries at Papageorgiou Hospital will not take place today, as originally planned by Health Minister Adonis Georgiades, following the tragic accident in Xanthi.

Giannis Antetokounmpo has entered the world of film production with his new company Improbable Media co-producing a film titled "Mykonos," set on the Greek island.

Expanding his business interests beyond energy drinks, vineyards, and wineries, the Greek basketball star has partnered with an international film production studio to co-produce its debut film.

Two key witnesses in the long-running Novartis bribery scandal in Greece, code-named "Ekaterini Kelesi" and "Maximos Sarafis," have lost their protected status after a decision by two Greek prosecutors on Thursday.

Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis, who is now able to take legal action against protected witnesses in a bribery case involving Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, doctors and public officials as a result of a decision Thursday by the Financial Prosecutor's Office to lift the protection status of the witnesses, described the development as "a day of vindication" with a post on X.  

The Financial Prosecutor's Office has decided to lift the protection status of witnesses in a bribery case involving Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, doctors and public officials following requests from political figures whose names were implicated in the case.

On Friday morning, the Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis, revealed the details of a phone call he had with a doctor from the Mytilene Health Center.

The Greek Parliament voted on Thursday to lift the immunity of SYRIZA MP Pavlos Polakis, following a defamation lawsuit filed against him by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis.

Georgiadis sued Polakis for defamation after the latter made comments implying that Georgiadis was involved in the Novartis corruption case during his first tenure as Health Minister between 2013-2014.

The Health Ministry has imposed an €800,000 fine on a doctor for prescribing thousands of medications in a single month using his mother's social security number (AMKA).

The revelation was made on Wednesday by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis during a press conference focused on the issue of overprescribing.