Hotels at various popular destinations around Greece are reporting occupancy rates close to 100 percent for Carnival long weekend (February 25-27), particularly in areas with popular street parades such as Patras and Rethymno.
From the pattern of old tax case closures (“peraiosi”), Greek governments have quickly shifted to debt arrangements.
Nearly two weeks after a massive earthquake leveled tens of thousands of buildings and displaced millions of people in Turkey and Syria, many are still struggling to fulfill their basic needs and some are bedding down in tents, factories, train cars and greenhouses.
Greek and Serbian law enforcement are reportedly tantalizingly close to solving a double murder that occurred in a villa in Halikouna Beach on the island of Corfu in July 2020.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with a bipartisan delegation of the United States Congress on Friday, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), and exchanged views on international and regional issues, with an emphasis on the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The fate of Finland’s bid to join NATO is in “Turkey’s hands,” President Sauli Niinisto said on Friday, after the Finnish parliament agreed it would ratify NATO’s founding treaties on February 28.
Stakeholders in the market and society, coordinated by the government and with the assistance of the European Union, must be mobilized in order to maximize the development of the workforce skills needed in the economy, said Schinas.
Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Friday that 2022 was an excellent year for yachting. He noted that some categories, such as sailing boats and catamarans, reached occupancy rates of 100%.
The new schedule for the Cyprus-Greece ferry link is expected to be announced within the next week, or by early March at the latest.
Luxembourg’s military consists of fewer than 1,000 troops, one cargo plane, two helicopters shared with police forces and fewer than 200 trucks, ranging from Humvees to about 10 state-of-the-art Dingo combat reconnaissance vehicles.