“Our two main targets, extending the tourism season and attracting travelers that spend a lot of money on their holidays, are being met,” stated Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias in an interview with Euronews on Wednesday.
Nearly 100 years after a Black couple’s beachfront property was taken away by a Southern California city, Los Angeles County voted unanimously on Tuesday to return the land to the family in what officials described as an effort to “right the wrongs of the past.”
Cyprus reportedly has concerns over a US request to ban vessels transporting Russian oil, with the island feeling the pressure as Washington leads a G7 effort to sharply reduce Russian oil revenue.
Bulgaria’s Socialists, allies in the outgoing coalition government of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, said on Wednesday they would not back a new Petkov-led Cabinet, angry with the expulsion of 70 Russian diplomats.
Greece is getting its first fully robotic store, as on Thursday afternoon the i-mall Micro Market will be inaugurated at Nea Smyrni, southern Athens.
US President Joe Biden discussed “the importance of maintaining stability in the Aegean” with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to a White House statement issued after the meeting of the two leaders on the margins of the NATO summit in Madrid.
The improvement of daily turnover on the Athens Exchange on Wednesday did not come with any growth in stock prices, as once again the closing auctions denied the benchmark a positive finish.
The port of Fiskardo on Cephalonia, and the settlements of Perdika, at Igoumenitsa, and of Arnaia, near Thessaloniki, are Greece’s three entries in this year’s Best Tourism Villages competition, organized annually by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a ban on the sale of flavored heated tobacco products as part of its plan to fight cancer.
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday praised his Turkish counterpart for his efforts in agreeing to Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO during an Alliance summit in Madrid.