Two new reception and identification centers in northern and southern Greece will be designated by the Migration Ministry in the coming days to record the biometric data of all foreign nationals in mainland areas who were not registered at existing centers on the islands and the Evros border outpost.
International rating agencies are sending clear messages to the European Central Bank about the risk to Greece’s cost of borrowing unless Frankfurt continues to purchase Greek bonds after the completion of the extraordinary program of quantitative easing (PEPP).
Last-minute cancellations of bookings for holidays in Greece are on the rise after the latest surge in the pandemic, plunging Greek tourism back into a state of uncertainty.
More than 1,100 plastic bottles and cups, 500 aluminum cans, 150 glass bottles and even a tractor wheel and a toilet bowl were collected in just a few hours by volunteer divers last weekend from a small part of the port of the popular Aegean island of Naxos.
In response to the emergence of the new Covid variant Omicron variant that carries an “extremely high number” of mutations, the Greek Health Ministry on Friday announced a new series of restrictions regarding travel originating from countries in southern Africa where it was first detected.
“A comprehensive plan for Athens is not something that can be done overnight. It’s a long-haul proposition that demands prioritized and orchestrated urban interventions, which then need time to mature.
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras reiterated on Friday that the government will not impose a new lockdown and that the country’s cash reserves are secure and sufficient to meet any possible crises.
The European Central Bank is likely to stop further bond purchases under its pandemic-era support scheme from early next year but will still have other purchasing programs in its toolkit, President Christine Lagarde was quoted as saying by a German daily.
State asset utilization fund TAIPED said on Thursday it has asked two bidders to raise their financial offers for a sprawling former US military base on Crete.
The great challenge for Western Macedonia is its conversion to an economy of the future with the creation of new jobs, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday in a meeting with Kozani entrepreneurs.