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Economy
Greece Proposes Safe Travel Plan for Summer
Greece proposed a safe travel plan for the upcoming summer season at a meeting of the Crisis Management Committee of the World Tourism Organization in Madrid on Tuesday.
Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis presented the detailed proposal for the essential coordination...
Greek News
Pfizer Vaccine Shipments to Europe to Drop by 50%
Pfizer will reduce its vaccine shipments to Europe by up to 50%, according to new information reported by Reuters on Thursday evening.
The troubling situation is due to unexpected cuts in supplies of the vaccine from the US pharmaceuticals industry,...
Greek news
Greece Top European Vacation Spot for Americans After Pandemic
Greece is by far the most preferred European vacation spot for Americans in the roast-pandemic world, according to a recent report tabulating online searches for holiday destinations.
This very welcome news comes after the New York-based online travel company Koala...
Diplomacy
Turkey Warns Greece on Extending Territorial Waters in the Aegean
Turkey warned Greece on Wednesday not to extend its territorial waters in the Aegean out to 12 nautical miles.
Ankara's warning came after the Parliament in Athens voted overwhelmingly to ratify a bill extending Greek territorial waters in the Ionian...
Diaspora
Tokyo Olympics Should be Cancelled, London Organizer Says
The long-awaited Tokyo Olympics, which were supposed to have taken place in the Summer of 2020 but were postponed to July and August of 2021, shouldn't go on this year, according to an official of the London Olympic Games.
Sir...
Diplomacy
Greek President Says US-Greek Relations Will Strengthen in Biden Administration
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou stated on Wednesday that Greek-US cooperation will become even stronger during President Joe Biden's tenure in an event sponsored by the US Embassy on Inauguration Day.
President Sakellaropoulou expressed her certainty that Greek-US relations would strengthen...
Greek News
Covid-19: 516 Cases, 27 Deaths Recorded in Greece Wednesday
A total of 516 Covid-19 cases were diagnosed in Greece on Wednesday, 50 fewer than the 566 cases that were recorded in the country one day earlier, on Tuesday.
Tragically, 27 people with the virus passed away in the country...
Culture
Grand Club of Kavala Reopens After Extensive Renovations
The Grand Club of Kavala, in the historic city located on the Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece, has reopened after extensive renovation and restoration which lasted for a total of nine years. Often called a jewel of neoclassical architecture,...
Greek News
Astypalaia Development Can be “Model” for Sustainability
Astypalaia, soon to be home to a massive investment by Volkswagen, could become a "model island" for sustainable tourism and development, the CEO of Deloitte Greece Dimitris Koutsopoulos stated to AMNA on Wednesday.
Deloitte, a consulting and financial advisory firm,...
Greek news
President Joe Biden Takes Oath of Office in Deeply Divided USA
President Joe Biden took the oath of office in Washington DC on Wednesday, in the middle of a city that was nearly deserted due to pandemic restrictions and crowd-control measures.
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In place of the typical throngs of people who assemble...