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

Crete Tops Kayak’s ‘Best Islands of Europe’ List

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Crete is at the top of travel site Kayak’s “Best Islands of Europe” ranking singled out for its affordable prices, fine weather, and sandy beaches followed by Tenerife, Cyprus, Lanzarote, and Gran Canaria. A leading travel search engine, Kayak looked at weather, accessibility, prices, things to do, child-friendliness, Covid-19 safety and sustainability on 70 islands […]

Relief Measures for Greece’s Fire Victims Announced

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Fast-track reparation, payment deferments, tax exemptions and subsidies to go into reconstruction and restoration projects were announced on Tuesday as part of the Greek government’s plan to address the unprecedented aftermath of fires which are still burning countrywide. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented the measures after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

Fire-stricken Evia Island in Greece to Get Extra Tourism Promotion

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Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis (archive photo). A special tourism development and promotional plan is being prepared for the fire-stricken areas in Greece, an announcement by the Greek Tourism Ministry said on Tuesday. The plan, which will be in addition to the relief measures announced by the government, will focus mainly on Northern Evia – […]

Covid-19 Curfew Imposed in Heraklion, Crete

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The General Secretariat for Civil Protection on Tuesday announced that an overnight curfew and a music ban will be imposed in Heraklion, Crete, as extra precautionary measures to curb the further spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Heraklion has been moved to “red” (level 4) status on Greece’s Covid-19 risk-assessment map due to a spike in […]

Greek PM Apologizes for ‘Weaknesses’ in Firefighting Response

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Photo source: Hellenic Fire Service Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday apologized to citizens “for any weaknesses” showed by the state in response to the wildfires that have been raging in the country for a week. “I am the first to apologize for any weaknesses that occurred,” the Greek PM said while addressing the […]

Massive Fires a Blow to Tourism for Greek Island of Evia

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Photo: Satellite view of Greece with highlighted heat spots. Source: Zoom Earth The ongoing fires that have ravaged thousands of hectares of woodland and villages have delivered one more blow to Evia tourism, already weakened by almost two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The [tourism] year is now considered lost,” said Evia Hoteliers Association President […]

Greek Gov’t Approves Luxury ‘Voula Project’ Investment

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Photo source: Hines The Greek government recently gave the green light to a strategic investment worth 135.9 million euros that will take place over the next four years in the affluent residential suburb of Voula, south of Athens’ historical city center. Dubbed the “Voula Project”, the investment includes the development of 250 to 350 luxury […]

EU, World Stand By Greece with Firefighting Aid

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Photo © European Union A dozen countries have extended firefighting support to Greece which is still struggling to put out wildfires across the country in one of the worst summers in its modern history. Besides the EU which has through its Civil Protection Mechanism sent nine planes, almost 1,000 fire fighters and 200 vehicles, firefighting […]

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