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Covid-19 Costs Greece’s Closed Businesses One-Third of Their Turnover

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Covid 19 Costs Greece’s Closed Businesses One Third Of Their Turnover
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Photo source: Athens Traders Association (ESA) Greek businesses ordered to shut down in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic lost more than one-third of their turnover or a total of 10.8 billion euros, according to recently released data by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Of the 205,984 enterprises in Greece that suspended operations in March […]

SETE Urges Further Financial Aid for Greek Tourism Enterprises

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Sete Urges Further Financial Aid For Greek Tourism Enterprises
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The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) is calling on the government to extend its new (seventh) round of refundable financial assistance also  to tourism businesses. The “repayable advance” measure, known in Greek as “epistreptea prokatavoli”, is tax-free aid in the form of state loans to businesses affected by the outbreak of Covid-19. Half of (50 percent) […]

UK Considers ‘Facilitating’ Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate Requirement 

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Uk Considers ‘facilitating’ Covid 19 Vaccination Certificate Requirement 
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Photo source: Heathrow Airport Despite the fact that EU countries failed to reach an agreement on a singular vaccination certificate which would enable non-essential and requirement-free travel within the Union, the UK said it would consider “facilitating” travelers wishing to obtain such a document. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today program, England’s vaccines minister,

Covid-19: Greece’s Airports Among Hardest Hit in Europe 

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Covid 19: Greece’s Airports Among Hardest Hit In Europe 
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Sitia Airport “Vitsentzos Kornaros”. Photo source: HCAA Airports in Greece were among those hit hardest by Covid-19 restrictions in 2020, according to European industry trade association ACI Europe which found that Europe’s passenger traffic last year was down by 1.72 billion passengers falling back to 1995 levels. More specifically, according to the Airports Council