Kikilias: Tourism will spearhead growth
“Tourism will once again spearhead the country’s growth in 2022. Not only summer tourism, but tourism throughout the year,” Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said in an interview with Skai TV on Friday.
Omicron forces airlines to trim flights
The wave of air seat booking cancellations that the Omicron variant has generated is forcing carriers to alter their flights schedules.
State website on research and innovation projects
The General Secretariat of Research and Innovation said on Thursday it has set up a new web page at gsri.gov.gr, as part of user-friendlier services to the public and researchers.
Fitch revises Greece’s credit outlook to positive
Credit ratings company Fitch has revised Greece’s outlook to positive from stable, although it kept the country’s rating at BB, two levels below investment grade.
W Costa Navarino to open this summer
W Hotels Worldwide is entering the Greek market with the first W hotel being created at the Costa Navarino complex, according to a joint announcement by Marriott International Inc and TEMES SA.
Cypriot battle with money laundering
Cyprus has made some progress in combating money laundering and terrorist financing by partially complying with recommendations set out by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), according to a report by the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL).
A helping hand for the homeless
Members of the Greek Red Cross hand out food and blankets to homeless people in Piraeus, south of the capital, amid a cold snap, Thursday.
False prophets
A week has passed since pupils returned to classes but the noisy scaremongering against the decision to open schools following the winter break has yet to dissipate.
Mild quake rattles Lakonia and Messinia
A mild tremor shook areas of Lakonia and Messinia in the Peloponnese in southern Greece on Friday at 7.40 p.m.
Future global center of Pontian Hellenism unveiled
A global center for Pontian Hellenism, to be built on the site of the former airport at Elliniko, southern Athens, was unveiled this week at an event in the Greek capital held at the Mikis Theodorakis Cultural and Conference Center.