Greek Health Minister Thanos Plevris on Wednesday rejected concerns that the government rushed to suspend Covid-related restrictions in time for the tourist season, arguing that the recent jump in new infections was “fully under control.”
Extended drought conditions in several Mediterranean countries, a heat wave last week that reached northern Germany and high fuel costs for aircraft needed to fight wildfires have heightened concerns across Europe this summer. And it’s only June.
A strict reference to Turkey is included in the draft conclusions of the European Summit which will take place on Thursday and Friday in Brussels.
Eight men arrested in Crete as suspected members of an extortion and loansharking racket were charged with forming and joining a criminal organization by a prosecutor on Wednesday.
The annual Make Music Day or World Music Day was celebrated at Syntagma metro station on Tuesday.
Banks are increasing their fixed interest rates in new mortgages by up to half a percentage point, incorporating in their rate lists the upward trend of the cost of money in view of the increase in the European Central Bank key interest rates.
Indications are growing that this year Greek tourism will come close to matching the travel receipts of the record year 2019.
The journalists thought they were safe. Several blocks away, a gunfight between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian men had just stopped.
The European Commission has approved a 20-million-euro Cypriot value-added tax deferral scheme to support businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictive measures put in place to limit the spread of the virus.
The United Arab Emirates Ambassador Sulaiman Al Mazroul spoke of an “excellent momentum of the strategic relations between the UAE and Greece” and that this strategic cooperation is expected to be further strengthened.