Israeli hotel group expanding presence in Cyprus
New major investment plans in Cyprus are under way by Fattal Hotel Group, the largest hospitality organization in Israel and one of the fastest-growing hotel groups.
Rama’s intransigence and the next election
The first round in the case of Fredi Beleri, the imprisoned ethnic-Greek mayor-elect of Himare, ended with him remaining in custody, despite Greece’s mobilization at the international level, and with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama sticking to his intransigent attitude.
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West Ham sign Greece defender Mavropanos
West Ham United have signed Greece defender Konstantinos Mavropanos from VfB Stuttgart on a five-year contract, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
The message from Athens
Monday’s meeting in Athens between the leaders of the Western Balkans, EU officials and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shows that Greece is once again able to exercise an energetic foreign policy, actively assuming the role of a pillar of stability in Southeast Europe. The benefits are not only symbolic. Greece is expanding its network of…
Fire reaches foot of Parnitha mountain
Flames burn a forest during a wildfire on Parnitha mountain near Hasia suburb, northwestern Athens, Tuesday.
Some subsidies to continue as handout expectations are dampened
Government plans call for a gradual withdrawal of income support measures, as the country must once again produce significant primary budget surpluses.
Record tourism revenue in year’s first half
First-half revenue from tourism broke new records, making it likelier that the figure for the whole year will exceed €20 billion, eclipsing the record revenue of €18.17 billion reached in 2019, the last year before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Albania fights wildfire, arrests arson suspect
Albania is fighting a large wildfire near the western town of Lac, the army and firefighters trying to keep away the flames threatening houses, the interior minister said on Tuesday.
Conspiracies and ‘rigged’ ID cards
I’m reading that dozens of Greeks have been lining up at police stations in some parts of the country, wanting to renew their identification cards before the new, more advanced ones are launched on September 1. These people are being lured by conspiracy theorists on social media who claim that the microchip embedded in the…