Study: Visitors to Crete Satisfied with Covid-19 Safety

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Chania, Crete Eight in 10 foreign travelers to Western Crete said they feel safe on the island with regard to Covid-19 and expressed their satisfaction with overall adherence to measures and health protocols at hotels and restaurants, found a study released this week by the Western Crete Tourism Observatory. According to initial findings of the […]

Challenges and Chances Ahead for Greece’s Coastal Shipping

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Greece’s coastal shipping sector suffered a blow in the last year due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic with the renewal of its fleet being an urgent priority, said the 2021 Greek shipping report released this week by XRTC Business Consultants. According to the report’s findings, fleet renewal will cost shipping companies nearly 3 billion euros in the next

EU Releases €4bn for Greece to Finance Investments, Reforms

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Photo source: @PrimeMinisterGR The European Commission announced on Monday that it had released 4 billion euros in pre-financing to Greece as part of the EU’s post-Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The amount is 13 percent of the total Greece is entitled to

Flight Activity at Athens Airport Picks Up Pace

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Photo source: HRADF Athens International Airport (AIA) has recovered 77 percent of total 2019 traffic so far and is up by 74 percent or 273 flights against last year, according to the latest briefing released by the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol). According to the Eurocontrol report, which examines the impact […]

Greece Expects €4bn of EU Recovery Aid by August

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Photo: GTP Greece expects by the end of the month to have access to approximately 4 billion euros in support from the European Union’s Recovery Fund, said Finance Minister Christos Staikouras this week. Staikouras was in Brussels on Tuesday participating in a meeting of EU finance ministers who approved the recovery plans of 12 member […]

Bloomberg: Greece in Top 20 Best Places to Be During Covid-19

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Greece has made “reopening progress”, according to Bloomberg, moving up the resilience ranking this month from 33rd spot in May to 19th in June making it into the Top 20 best places to be in during Covid-19. According to Bloomberg analysts, the best and worst places to be in the Covid-19 era are now defined […]

EU Commissioner: ‘We Can’t Go Back to Tourism As We Knew It’

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Photo source: @Thierry Breton Three challenges must be addressed before the EU could call it summer in the aftermath of Covid-19, said Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton in a post on the European Commission’s blog on Tuesday. Under the title “Sea, Vax & Sun – Let’s Get Set for Summer”, Breton lists three […]

Difficult Year Ahead for Greek Tourism, Says Minister

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Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis Signs are positive for the year ahead, said Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis, adding that more than 9,000 travelers from the UK visited Greece last week despite the Covid-19 restrictions and the outbreak of the Indian variant in their homeland. In an interview to public broadcaster ERT on Wednesday, Theoharis […]

Experts Fear Travel May Bring New Covid-19 Variants to Greece

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Photo: Shutterstock Greek health experts are expressing concern that the Covid-19 pandemic may potentially enter a fourth wave in the coming months due to a slowing vaccination rollout and new variants entering the country through travel and tourism. Epidemiologists are pointing to the emergence in Greece of new strains brought over by foreign tourists as […]

European Commissioner Praises Greece for Vaccination Rollout

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European Commissioner for Food Safety Stella Kyriakides (center) with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (right) and Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias (left). Photo source: @PrimeMinisterGR The progress of Greece’s Covid-19 vaccination drive, the effectiveness of vaccines, and the need to reopen Europe to travelers topped the agenda of talks on Tuesday between European