Greek Tourism to Gain from ‘Ellada 2.0’ Resilience Plan

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Alternate Finance Minister Theodore Skylakakis (center) presents the “Ellada 2.0” scheme. Photo source: @Thodoros Skylakakis The Greek tourism sector stands to gain from a total of 57 billion euros in funding out of the country’s national recovery and resilience plan which includes projects, investments and reforms in four key areas and was presented on Wednesday. […]

Greece Welcomes Extra €2.5bn Under Commission’s SURE Tool

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Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras welcomed the news of the European Commission’s proposal for the approval of 2.5 billion euros in additional financial assistance to mitigate unemployment among others from the EU’s SURE tool. Greece together with Belgium, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, and Malta will be granted 3.7 billion euros in funding out of the 100-billion-euro

Rhodes to Welcome Dutch Tourists First for Travel Trial

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The Greek island of Rhodes is ready to welcome its first tourists on April 12 as part of a test project run by a Dutch tour operator. A total of 187 travelers from the Netherlands will pay 399 euros to participate in Dutch firm Sunweb’s pilot project offering an eight-night stay at Mitsis Grand Hotel, […]

Austria Discuses Digital Green Certificate Details With 12 EU States

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Austrian Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger. Photo source: bmlrt.gv.at © William Tadros As part of efforts to accelerate the rollout of the Digital Green Certificate to be used across Europe for Covid-19 restriction-free travel, Austrian Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger invited 12 of her counterparts to a virtual summit on Monday to discuss common priorities and

Greece Aims for National Recovery with 160 Projects

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Greece is aiming to get on track to recovery with 160 actions worth 60 billion euros to be channeled into digital transformation, boosting employment, enhancing health, education, and social cohesion, the green economy, and attracting investment. On Monday, during a ministerial meeting, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented the National Recovery Plan, which he

Greece Covid-19 Study Reveals Fear, Insecurity, Pessimism

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Photo source: diaNEOsis Fear, insecurity, and pessimism are common among Greeks during the Covid-19 era, according to key findings of a study conducted this month by research and policy institute diaNEOsis in collaboration with Metron Analysis and the National Vaccination Committee. Carried out on a sample of 1,110 people aged over 17, the fifth diaNEOsis […]

Greece Announces New €1bn Covid-19 Relief to Shield Jobs

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Greek ministers of finance, Christos Staikouras, and labor, Kostis Hatzidakis. Photo source: cstaikouras.gr Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras announced a new 1-billion-euro round of Covid-19 support aimed at keeping impacted businesses above water and jobs in place. Aid actions to support companies, employees, and households affected by the coronavirus

Opening Retail Crucial for Greece’s post-Covid Recovery

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Photo source: Athens Traders Association (ESA) Greek authorities are seeking ways to re-open retail in an attempt to get the ailing economy going after all efforts to ease lockdown measures are being pushed back due to increasing Covid-19 infection rates. Greece’s committee of Covid-19 experts will convene on Wednesday instead of Friday to reassess the […]

Covid-19 Health Protocols for Greek Tourism in the Pipeline

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Greece’s Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki said this week that a set of finalized Covid-19 health protocols to be implemented in the tourism sector would be announced in the coming period. Speaking on Alpha 98.9 radio this week, Zacharaki revealed that protocols for businesses and employees in tourism have already been sent to the Covid-19 […]

EU Recovery Fund Approval in Germany Halted

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The German Bundestag. Photo source: bundestag.de Approval of a 750-billion-euro EU Covid-19 recovery fund, part of a 1.8-trillion-euro budget up to 2027 agreed by the EU’s 27 states last year, was temporarily blocked on Friday after German lawmakers had ratified it earlier. Hours after the lower and upper houses of parliament approved the fund, the […]