Winter resorts are suffering
Despite the exceptional performance for several hotels in various destinations over Christmas and New Year’s, winter resorts showed in 2021 the worst figures among all hotel categories.
EastMed diplomacy: “It’s not the pipeline, stupid”
Endy Zemenides, the Executive Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, joins The Greek Current to discuss his latest piece in Kathimerini, titled “It’s not the pipeline, stupid”, which breaks down the latest controversy over the US “non-paper” on the EastMed gas pipeline.
Gang turf war seen behind southern Athens shootout
Five men involved in a fight and shootout last Saturday in the southern Athens suburb of Voula have criminal histories and affiliations that point to the incident being part of a turf war between drug and extortion gangs.
Business jet lands at Iraklio airport with damaged front wheels
A business jet landed safely without front wheels early Thursday morning at Iraklio’s airport, Crete, after what appeared as a malfunction in the landing gear, state-run news agency AMNA reported.
Israel, Cyprus, Greece electricity cable link gets EU money
The European Union has earmarked 657 million euros ($736 million) for the construction of a a 2,000-megawatt undersea electricity cable that will link the power grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece, Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides said Thursday.
Opposition tables censure motion against gov’t over snowstorm mishandling
Leftist main opposition SYRIZA submitted on Thursday a censure motion against the government over its mishandling of the snowstorm that swept through Greece since Monday.
Government considering extending validity of vaccination certificates
The Greek government is considering extending the validity of the vaccination certificates of those who have not received the third dose of a jab against Covid-19 by a few days.
Government defense council replaces Fire Service chief
Greece’s Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) replaced Lieutenant General Stefanos Kolokouris, the head of the Fire Service, following a session on Thursday.
A nonpartisan approach to natural disasters
Everyone is talking about how poorly Monday’s snowstorm was handled and responsibility for this is widespread: private and public (state and regional level), individual and collective.
Israeli envoy on Holocaust Day: ‘Eight decades ago our civilization went bankrupt’
Israel’s Ambassador to Greece, Yossi Amrani, commemorated the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, noting that the Holocaust marks the time in European history when “our civilization went bankrupt.” “It was here, on this ground of Europe that the worst of evils happened, by human beings to other humans. It was just eight decades ago,…