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Europe
Visiting Europe Will Come With a Fee in 2023
All non-citizens of the European Union will be required to pay a small fee of €7 ($7.35) to visit the continent starting in 2023.
This is due to the implementation of the long-expected ETIAS (European Travel Information and Authorization System).
Although...
Europe
Mastercard and VISA Suspend Operations in Russia
Mastercard and VISA will stop operations in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, effective immediately. Card payments are no longer supported by the Visa and Mastercard networks within Russian territory.
Cards issued by Russian banks will no longer be supported...
Australia
Australia Cancels Novak Djokovic’s Visa for Second Time
Australia canceled Novak Djokovic's visa for a second time on Friday, just days before the start of the Australian Open on Monday.
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke used his personal powers to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa, as the tennis player's lawyers...
Australia
Tsitsipas Takes Swipe at Djokovic Over Australian Open Vaccination
Greek tennis champion Stefanos Tsitsipas took a swipe against world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic on Wednesday over the Serb's stance on vaccination.
"It seems that not everyone is playing by the rules," Tsitsipas said speaking to interviewers from...
Australia
Novak Djokovic Wins Appeal Against Deportation from Australia
Novak Djokovic won his appeal against Australia's decision to cancel his visa on Monday, with a judge reinstating his visa and ordering that he be released from hotel quarantine immediately.
Djokovic had spent four nights in an immigration detention hotel...
Australia
Treat Djokovic with “Humanity” Greek-Australian Tennis Star Kyrgios Says
Greek-Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios called on Australia on Sunday to “do better” in its handling of Novak Djokovic who is confined to a temporary detention facility in Melbourne as he mounts a legal challenge against the cancellation of...
Greece
US Embassy Urges Americans in Greece to Request Extension of Visa-Free Status
The consular section of the US Embassy in Greece issued a statement on Friday urging American citizens who are currently in Greece to apply for an extension if they cannot leave the country due to the ban on certain...
Economy
Greece Enables Non-EU Entrepreneurs to Come and Do Business in the Country
An amendment facilitating the entrance of foreign, non-EU nationals who are entrepreneurs to Greece was brought before the Greek Parliament on Tuesday.
The amendment, which is attached to the Foreign Ministry's draft legislation entitled "Regulations for the United Kingdom's withdrawal...
Australia
Youth Mobility Program Between Greece and Australia Comes into Effect
A new visa agreement for the Greek and Australian youth has came into effect as of July 1st.
The program is based on the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of Greece and Australia on a ''Work and Holiday'' Visa...
Diplomacy
Russia Refutes Claims Moscow Hacked Greek Foreign Ministry
The Russian Embassy in Athens posted three tweets on its Twitter account on Monday regarding a statement made recently by Greece's former Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias.
Kotzias suggested several days ago that the documents presented to the Greek Parliament by...