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Athens Mayor: People-centered Policies Needed to Address Climate Change

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Athens Mayor: People Centered Policies Needed To Address Climate Change
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In efforts to improve the standard of living in the Greek capital and address climate change, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis said this week that he was considering reinstating the “daktylios” odd/even traffic regulation system. Dubbing the decades-old system the “Green Daktylios”, the mayor announced the idea during the “Citizen Sustain: Building a Better Urban

Greece to Allow Cruise Ships from Turkish Ports, Indoor Hotel Pools to Operate

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Greece To Allow Cruise Ships From Turkish Ports, Indoor Hotel Pools To Operate
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Greece’s committee of Covid-19 experts have given their approval for the country to allow the arrival of cruise ships from Turkey, the operation of indoor swimming pools in hotels and of conferences in closed spaces, said Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias on Thursday. Speaking to SKAI radio, Kikilias said the committee was open to allowing cruise […]

Greece Prepares Two New Campaigns to Win Over Tourists in Winter, Spring

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Greece Prepares Two New Campaigns To Win Over Tourists In Winter, Spring
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Photo source: @Visit Greece The Greek Τourism Μinistry and the Greek National Tourism Organization will be launching two campaigns to promote Greece as a winter and spring destination, the country’s tourism minister Vassilis Kikilias announced this week. In an interview to Open television, Kikilias said the first campaign is scheduled to run in November, December […]

Greek Hoteliers Call for Revised Covid-19 Health Protocols Due to Changing Weather

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Greek Hoteliers Call For Revised Covid 19 Health Protocols Due To Changing Weather
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In view of autumn and of the changing weather conditions, Greece’s hoteliers are calling on the tourism ministry to update Covid-19 health protocols and designate quarantine hotels to meet the demands of incoming tourists over the upcoming period. In a letter to Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias, the Hellenic Federation of Hoteliers (POX) and its president, Grigoris

Commission: Greek Economy Recovering ‘Earlier Than Expected’

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Commission: Greek Economy Recovering ‘earlier Than Expected’
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Syntagma Square, Athens. Photo © GNTO/Y Skoulas The European Commission (EC) praised Greece for advancing reforms and meeting commitments agreed to as part of its post-bailout program despite the challenging circumstances caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and noted that the economy was demonstrating an “earlier-than-expected recovery”. In its 11th enhanced surveillance

Covid-19: Greece Benefits from Announcing Travel Opening Early

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Covid 19: Greece Benefits From Announcing Travel Opening Early
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Photo source: ForwardKeys Announcing its opening to travelers and setting out clear Covid-19 guidelines has given Greece a head start in tourism recovery, according to the latest data released by travel analytics firm ForwardKeys. More specifically, the study’s analysts found that Greece was “best in class” this summer because it communicated its reopening early benefiting

Greek PM: Investor Interest, FDI Lead Way for Dynamic Growth

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Greek Pm: Investor Interest, Fdi Lead Way For Dynamic Growth
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presents the country’s National Strategic Extroversion Plan. Photo source: @PrimeMinisterGR Greece’s attractiveness as an investor destination and stronger export activity are two crucial indicators of a robust economy as well as priority targets under the country’s National Strategic Extroversion Plan, presented on Tuesday by Prime