Brown Hotels Acquires Three Properties in Loutraki Area

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Brown Hotels, an international design hotel collection, has acquired three properties in the municipality of Loutraki – Perachora – Agioi Theodoroi in the Peloponnese. Located near Athens and Corinth, the municipality consists of three seaside towns that every summer attract domestic and international travelers, as well as many Athenians who own or rent a holiday […]

EBD Includes 5 Greek Destinations Among Best for Vaccinated Travelers

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Photo source: EBD The European Best Destinations (EBD) organization has included five popular Greek destinations among the world’s best for Covid-19 vaccinated travelers. As the European Commission is working to establish an EU-wide digital “green pass” for travel, the idea of a Covid-19 certificate is already being promoted by authorities in Greece, Madeira, The Azores,

Greece to Cover Covid-19 Tests for Company Staff

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Photo source: Ministry of Labor In efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 at the workplace, Greek authorities announced this week that companies with more than 20 people will be eligible for free rapid testing. More specifically, the government will cover the cost of rapid tests for enterprises with more than 20 employees. Under the […]

US Embassy Launches Video to Celebrate the Greek Revolution Bicentennial

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Photo source: US Embassy in Athens The US Embassy in Athens has launched the first video of the “US-Greece: Celebrating 200 years of Friendship” campaign, which aims to commemorate the bicentennial since the Greek War of Independence in 1821. In the video, posted on social media, US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt highlights the historic […]

New Covid-19 Support for 500,000 Greek Businesses

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday a new round of Covid-19 support measures for some 500,000 businesses and millions of employees raising the total to 36.5 billion euros for the 2020-2021 period. The fresh round of actions, which also provide backing to the country’s self-employed, include: – the launch in April of the […]

Greek, Italian Tourism Ministers Commit to post-Covid Cooperation

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Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis briefed his Italian counterpart Massimo Garavaglia during a teleconference on actions taken in Greece to restore travel and reopen to visitors this summer in the aftermath of Covid-19. Theoharis referred to the importance of vaccination and speedy Covid-19 testing, adding that last year’s experience can be used to improve tourism

EU and WHO Aiming for Universal Recognition of Health Certificates

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Photo source: @European Commission The EU and the World Health Organization (WHO) are working to achieve the universal recognition of the so-called digital green certificates, which will enable restriction-free travel between member states, the European Commission announced on twitter. The Commission said it is aiming to launch the certificates by summer, adding that it

Survey: Half of Brits in Favor of Covid-19 Vaccination Passport

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Photo source: YouGov Half of the British public – 54 percent – would be in favor of the introduction of Covid-19 vaccination passports for global travel, according to a recent survey conducted by YouGov, an international research data and analytics group. The vaccination passport or health pass is a digitally enabled solution confirming that a […]

France’s ‘Version Femina’ Magazine Explores the Creative Side of Athens

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A feature published in the latest edition of “Version Femina”, a weekly French magazine for women, explores the modern creative side of Athens. In the four-page article, the magazine’s journalist Laurence Ogiela and photographer Sandrine Renaud present the dynamic “face” of the Greek capital, its emerging neighborhoods, street art, new museums and places of culture, […]

Greece Eager to Open Retail, Get the Economy Going

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Photo source: Athens Traders Association The constantly changing conditions created by the number of Covid-19 cases and pressure on the national health system are pushing back the re-opening of retail in Greece. Initially, before this week’s surge in Covid-19 cases, the government was planning to reopen shops on March 22. In view of last night’s […]