Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have ordered the temporary closure of mountain gorges popular with hikers after an earthquake triggered a rockslide and seriously injured a Spanish tourist.
The European Central Bank’s latest Economic Bulletin, published Thursday, begins thus: “Inflation continues to decline but is still expected to remain too high for too long.”
Greece’s Coast Guard rescued 22 migrants (12 men, four women, three boys and a girl) from a sailboat that was sailing off the coast of Rhodes, in the eastern Aegean, late on Sunday, authorities said.
Despite projections for record revenue, there are signs visitor satisfaction is ebbing, especially in the saturated and overworked island destinations of Mykonos and Santorini.
The foreign ministers of Greece and Croatia, George Gerapetritis and Gordan Grlic Radman, respectively, spoke on the phone on Sunday following the jailing on remand of dozens of Croatian football fans arrested for the violence in the Athens district of Nea Philadelphia.
When the illustrated travel guide “Mykonos-Delos” from the series “Discover Greece,” published by M. Pechlivanidis & Co, was launched in 1958, “tourism, Greek and international, was starting to explore the Cyclades,” as highlighted by the observations of author-journalist Vassilis Kazatzis during that era.
Four of the eight suspects in an illegal adoptions and baby trafficking case were remanded in custody early on Monday after testifying before two examining magistrates who are handling the case in Chania, Crete. The marathon session before the magistrates had started at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday morning and ended at 3:00 a.m. in the…
The government plans to gradually pay all welfare benefits by prepaid card and oblige recipients to spend at least half the amount through electronic transactions.
The procedural framework that will lead to the preparation of the important Greek-Turkish contacts at the summit level in September, as well as the substantive discussion that could lead to The Hague, will be sought in a meeting planned between the two respective foreign ministers.
The government is reportedly intent on moving forward with institutional changes and replacing individuals within the Greek police (ELAS) after the latest debacle last Monday night and the force’s failure to deal with a moderate-risk operation, like the interception of 100-120 Croatian hooligans. The fiasco has been attributed to structural shortcomings and rivalries among senior…