European Union member countries agreed Tuesday that they should further facilitate tourist travel into the 27-nation bloc for people who are vaccinated against the coronavirus or have recovered from Covid-19.
Greece’s current account balance showed a wider deficit in December last year compared to the same month in 2020 while tourism revenues rose, the Bank of Greece said on Monday.
Nothing is set in stone yet. That was the response of Alternate Finance Minister Thodoros Skylakakis on Open TV on Monday to a question over whether there will be a handout given to the most vulnerable households in Greece before Easter.
Travel receipts amounted to 10.653 billion euros in 2021, according to Bank of Greece data released on Monday, a figure much higher than forecasts the Finance Ministry and major foreign firms had made in the first half of last year.
Greece supports the territorial integrity of all countries as a matter of principle and in accordance with the United Nations Charter and universal values, the country’s Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias, said on Tuesday.
As the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia burned for a fourth day on Monday, 10 people, all thought to be lorry drivers, were still unaccounted for, while Special Disaster Unit (EMAK) rescuers were said to have gained more expanded access inside the 183-meter vessel after bringing the blaze under control.
In an interview with Kathimerini, New Democracy MP and former foreign minister (2006-09) Dora Bakoyannis says that Europe must use the crisis in Ukraine to build a security system that “must take Russia into account.”
Former Chipita owner Spyros Theodoropoulos is building a new food conglomerate, announcing on Friday the acquisition of food companies Edesma and its subsidiary Amvrosia.
Greek health authorities announced 19,623 cases of Covid-19 and 67 virus-related deaths on Tuesday. The daily briefing by the National Organization for Public Health (EODY) also stated that there are currently 455 intubated patients being treated in Intensive Care Units across Greece.