May 11, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) issued an update on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, to the health safety measures for air travel, paving the way for a relaxation of the need to wear medical masks on board a flight, but …
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May 10, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
The European Commission has prepared an emergency plan for the case of an energy blackout. According to Spanish daily El Pais the Commission intends to present the plan on May 18. The plan contains several actions to be taken by EU member states for the worst case scenario in which …
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May 10, 2022
Greece, Politics
The European Union plans to abandon the proposal banning EU-owned ships from carrying Russian oil to third countries. Among the EU member states that pushed for the lifting if the export ban is Greece. According to a report, Bloomberg has learned and with those familiar with the matter, the proposal …
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March 18, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Denmark has infringed European Union law by failing to prevent local companies from making and exporting outside the EU white cheese labelled as “feta”, adviser to EU’s top court Tamara Capeta said on Thursday. “Feta” has been a registered Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) since 2002 and the European Commission …
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March 9, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, outlined a proposal for a six-point plan for dealing with the economic repercussions of soaring energy prices. In his letter Mitsotakis stresses the necessity for immediate and decisive action to avert an additional cost …
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March 1, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on the EU to show the “same sensitivity” for Turkey’s application to join the bloc as it showed for Ukraine’s membership bid, slamming member states for being “not sincere.” “Will you put Turkey on your agenda when someone attacks (us) too?” he said, …
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March 1, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Russia has closed its airspace to airlines from 36 countries, including Greece and all other 26 members of the European Union, in response Ukraine-related sanctions targeting its aviation sector. Some of the banned countries had already been identified, while others were named by the aviation authority Rosaviatsia for the first …
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February 28, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his support to Ukraine’s European prospects on Monday after the appeal of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for immediate European Union membership. “Full solidarity with President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine. We welcome Ukraine’s EU choice; they are one of us,” Mitsotakis said in …
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February 27, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Tourism, Travel
The European Union is shutting down the EU airspace for Russian-owned, Russian registered or Russian-controlled aircraft, Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced on Sunday evening, in a second package of measures against Russia. Russian aircraft “won’t be able to land in, take off or overfly the territory of the …
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February 24, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
The European Central Bank (ECB) should continue its bond-buying stimulus programme at least until the end of the year and keep it open-ended to cushion the fallout from any conflict in Ukraine, ECB policymaker Yannis Stournaras told Reuters. He was the first ECB official to spell out how events in …
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February 22, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
European Union member countries agreed Tuesday that they should further facilitate tourist travel into the 27-nation bloc for people who are vaccinated against the coronavirus or have recovered from Covid-19. The European Council is recommending that EU nations next month lift all testing and quarantine requirements for people who received …
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February 22, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece needed some twelve hours to take official position on the Russia-Ukraine developments and Tuesday morning it announced that it will stand with its allies in the European Union and the NATO. At an emergency meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis early in the morning, the Council of Foreign …
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February 17, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
All the countries at the EU Health Ministers Council meeting said that they aim to lift remaining restrictions to control the transmission of the coronavirus by mid-March, depending on the pressure facing individual countries’ health system,” Greece’s Health Minister Thanos Plevris said on Thursday. Speaking to Skai TV, Plevris said …
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February 14, 2022
environment, FEATURED
Greece will have to pay around 127 million euros to the European Union this year due to its low performance in recycling plastic packaging. The fine is aimed at increasing the recycling of plastics across the EU. According to a study on the role of plastics in the circular economy …
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February 13, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
“Greece’s sovereignty over these islands is unquestionable,” the European Union said on Sunday, a day after also the US State Department expressed the same position following Turkey’s provocations by the Foreign Minister.. “Greece’s sovereignty over these islands is unquestionable. Turkey should respect it, refrain from provocative statements and actions in …
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February 11, 2022
Economy
The European Commission has approved 31.5 million euros in direct grants for the support of specific types of farmers and producers affected by restrictive measures imposed during the continuing coronavirus pandemic. Announced on Wednesday, the state funding budget was approved under the EU’s State Aid Temporary Framework and will be …
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December 29, 2021
Economy
Greece on Wednesday officially filed its first request for the disbursement of 3.56 billion euros in the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0”, following completion of all relative landmarks and goals. The 15 landmarks and goals, agreed with the EU, include among others preparations to extend …
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December 21, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism, Travel
The European Commission on Tuesday adopted rules that will make the European Union Covid-19 certificate valid for travel nine months after the completion of the primary vaccination schedule. The proposal comes as several EU states introduce additional requirements on travellers in a bid to reduce the spread of the Omicron …
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November 25, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Τhe European Union said on Thursday that the EU Covid-Pass for cross-border travel will expire nine months after the last vaccine dose. A booster shot will be required to extend the certificate’s validity. In a travel recommendation unveiled on Thursday afternoon, the European Commission updated the rules of the COVID- …
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November 24, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism, Travel
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis proposed to European Commission that booster shot with vaccines against Covid-19 becomes a “precondition” for a valid EU digital certificate for traveling citizens aged over 60. In a letter sent to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday, Mitsotakis proposed that a third dose …
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