PM heading to Russia: Transport, natural gas, East Med on the agenda
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ first trip to Russia on Wednesday will not, as many believe, be a mere PR exercise, government sources in Athens say.
Destination management organizations planned to tackle overtourism
Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias is about to bring to Parliament a proposal for a destination management and promotion organization, in a bill aimed at tackling the challenges of securing a sustainable tourism product.
FM updates Parliament Committee on foreign affairs
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias gave a full briefing to the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs on Monday, updating them on all current issues including Turkey and its longstanding ‘casus belli’, Cyprus, the Balkans, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the United Nations. He also called on the Committee to show unity in these critical…
The EFKAesque bureaucracy
There are some 6.5 million people insured with EFKA and the vast majority will have run into delays, problems and confusion in dealing with an entity that has only been around for five years yet is notorious for its poor operation.
Turkish fighter jets fly over Panayia
A pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets flew over Panayia at an altitude of 27,000 feet on Monday at 3.33 p.m.
Renewing driving licences to go online
Greece is forging ahead with the digitization of processes for renewing driving licences and issuing replacement copies of vehicle registration papers, through two new applications presented by the Digital Governance Ministry on Monday.
Greece records 116 deaths and 4,943 new cases, 714 intubations
Greece recorded 116 deaths on Monday, the highest daily death toll since May 2020. The briefing by the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also announced 4,943 new coronavirus cases and revealed that there are currently 714 intubated patients in the country’s ICUs.
The life of the disabled
“Yiannis is severely autistic, does not talk and can’t remain alone, not even for five minutes,” his mother, Ada Stamatatou, told Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a podcast on the occasion of the International Day of Disabled Persons.
Scholarships to Greek students for studies in Israel
The foreign ministry of Israel and the country’s embassy in Athens are offering scholarships to Greek citizens aged up to 35 years old to study in Israel for the academic year 2022-2023.
Greece registers spike in vaccination appointments
Around 557,000 people booked an appointment for a booster jab against Covid-19 between Friday and Sunday after the public were urged to have the shot following the emergence of the Omicron variant, Digital Governance Kyriakos Pierrakakis said on Monday.