DEPA SA pays GAZPROM for natural gas supplies
Athens: Greece’s natural gas company DEPA SA on Monday announced it completed the payment to Gazprom for natural gas supplies in April, said Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA). According to sources, the transaction was made in line with the guidelines of the European Commission given on May 19, fully ensuring that the international framework of sanctions […]
PETER HITCHENS: Can anyone explain to me why this was called evacuation and not surrender?
By PETER HITCHENS FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY I laughed out loud in Marks & Spencer when I found that they are now selling something called ‘Chicken Kyiv’. This is apparently just like their old ‘Chicken Kiev’, only with added propaganda. I am told that there is now also a ‘No Chicken Kyiv’ for vegans, without any actual chicken […]
Seamen’s union federation PNO moves its 24-hour strike to June 10
Athens: The Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) has moved the date of its 24-hour strike for all ship categories to Thursday, June 10, between 00:01 until 24:00 on that day, instead of Thursday this week, so that it will coincide with a nationwide general strike called by the General Confederation of Employees of Greece (GSEE), Greece’s […]
Grece: ranks first, with 14 awards in olive oil
An unprecedented distinction for a Greek Single Estate olive producer of very high prestige, with first place and 14 awards, was noted in Italy, for Sakellaropoulos Organic Farms (www.bioarmonia.gr), in the prestigious international olive oil competition EVO International Olive Oil Competition 2021.The sixth edition of the competition took place in Palmi, Calabria, Italy, from May […]
EU approves 800 mln euros program for the support of Greek tourism sector
Athens: The European Commission on Tuesday approved, under EU State aid rules, an 800 million euros Greek scheme to support companies active in tourism affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid temporary framework. Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: “This 800 million euros Greek scheme […]
Digital Governance Minister Pierrakakis presents EU Digital Covid Certificate
Athens: The EU Digital Covid Certificate was on Friday presented by the Minister of Digital Governance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, European Council President Charles Michel and the Vice President of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas. Pierrakakis explained exactly how the digital certificate works through gov.gr. He clarified that there […]
Greek, Saudi Tourism Mins agree to boost tourism flows and investments, at Riyadh meeting
Athens: The Tourism Ministers of Greece and Saudi Arabia agreed to the mutual recognition of national vaccination certificates on Thursday, in the context of the “Tourism Recovery Summit” held in Riyadh since Wednesday. Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis and his Saudi counterpart Ahmed Al Khateeb also signed an agreement for closer collaborations and for promoting joint […]
Tourist industry sees arrivals to Greece picking up from late June, early July
Athens: Tourist industry officials and organisation are predicted that tourist flows to Greece from abroad will start to pick up significantly from late June or early July onward, the deputy president of the Greek hoteliers union Christina Tetradi told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency. She reported a “nonexistent” May and very few bookings in June, with […]
Greece reports 907 new cases (58 Crete), 30 deaths from Covid in the last 24 hours
Athens: There were 907 laboratory-confirmed new cases of Covid-19 in Greece in the last 24 hours, of which five were detected in people entering the country, the National Organisation for Public Health (NOPH) announced on Sunday. The number of Covid patients in ICUs during the same period was 497 and the number of Covid-related deaths […]
Civil Aviation Authority extends Covid notam for air travel until June 7
Athens: Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced the extension of an emergency notam on air travel restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19 until 6:00 on Monday, June 7. This forbids the entry into Greece of third-country nationals arriving by air but not EU and Schengen area nationals, their spouses or civil partners and […]