President wraps up visit to Uruguay
President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has wrapped up her visit to Uruguay with the laying of a wreath at the statue of the country’s national hero, José Artigas.
Unaccompanied minors’ plight better, issues remain
Large numbers of unaccompanied minors continue to arrive in Greece, with one in three from Egypt. According to data up to early April, 2,157 unaccompanied minors have been registered and accommodated this year.
African dust creates otherworldly atmosphere
Athens and southern parts of the country were again enveloped in Saharan dust on Tuesday, with hues of yellow and orange creating an otherworldly atmosphere.
Athens only made 42 cents per visitor last year
I want to start with two revealing, and I would say disturbing – in their combination – set of numbers. The only income that the Municipality of Athens had from tourist activity in 2023 – by all accounts one of the best years for tourism – was just 2,714,664 euros.
Airport passenger traffic up 14.4% in first quarter
Passenger traffic at the country’s 39 airports increased by 14.4% in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the corresponding period in 2023.
Cost of restoring damage from storms Daniel and Elias exceeds €3 bln, Mitsotakis says
The cost of the damage caused by last year’s storms Daniel and Elias will exceed €3 billion, almost half of which is needed to repair road and rail infrastructure and to fix schools, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said.
Banks are investing in bonds
Greek banks made new purchases of bonds and investment assets amounting to 9.3 billion euros in 2023.
67 hooligans charged with 28 offences
A prosecutor has charged 67 Olympiakos club hooligans, arrested on Monday for their involvement in the fatal injury of the riot policeman Giorgos Lygeridis, with 28 charges, including 12 felonies.
Erdogan says he does not believe Hamas will leave Qatar
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has said he does not believe the Palestinian militant group Hamas will leave Qatar, where it is based, adding he had seen no such signs that Doha wished the group to leave, either.
Double standards
New Democracy’s decision to nominate Fredi Beleri, the imprisoned mayor of Himare, as a candidate for the European Parliament aims to highlight Albania’s violation of the rule of law as a European concern. Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis made this clear on Wednesday, while also condemning attempts to monopolize these “progressive” issues. Indeed, the government’s stance…