December 29, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The European Union is assessing Beijing’s rollback of its strict anti-infection controls but refrained Thursday from immediately following EU member Italy in requiring coronavirus tests for airline passengers coming from China. Health officials from the 27-member bloc promised to continue talks on seeking a common approach to travel rules. However, …
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November 10, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A German and a Polish nationals wanted by Interpol were arrested in Greece and Italy. The two men were involved in serious fraud with a “pyramid scheme” that bought them profit over 28 million euros. A 60-year-old German man and a 49-year-old Polish man for whom Interpol had issued ‘red …
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January 9, 2022
Greece, Politics
With a non-paper the US State Department has ‘ended” the EastMed project, Greek media have been reporting in the last two days. With a length of 1,900 km and a cost of some 6 billion euros, the Eastern Mediterranean pipeline (Eastmed) was planned to transfer natural gas from the Levantine …
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December 29, 2021
Society, Very Mix
Greek divers have discovered the wreckage of an Italian submarine 80 years after it was sunk by the Allied Forces in the Aegean Sea during World War Two. The Jantina, which had sailed from the Greek island of Leros with 48 sailors on board, sank on July 5, 1941, after …
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November 8, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greece and Italy completed on Monday the approval of a maritime borders agreement delimiting an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between the two countries. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio met in Rome on Monday to exchange the so-called “instruments of ratification’, a procedure whereby …
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May 7, 2021
FEATURED, Tourism
Britain’s first “green list for safe travel” does not include Greece, France and Spain, meaning that holiday makers will have to quarantine 10 days upon their return to UK.. Britain announced a “first tentative step” Friday toward resuming international travel, saying U.K. citizens will be able to travel to countries …
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October 20, 2020
Greece, Politics
Greece has called on Germany, Italy and Spain to impose an arms embargo on Turkey, citing Ankara’s recent provocative actions. Citing diplomatic sources, state-run news agency amna reports that Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has sent letters to his counterparts in Germany, Heiko Maas, in Spain, Arancha Gonzalez-Laya, and in Italy, …
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September 23, 2020
FEATURED, Politics, Refugees
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proudly announced on Wednesday the Migration Pact, the EU’s proposal for Migration and Asylum. “The Pact offers a fresh start,” von der Leyen said adding that “the old system to deal with migration in the bloc no longer works.” She stressed that the …
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August 28, 2020
Very Mix
A sniffer dog in Greece led coast guard officers to more than 100 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a truck bound for Italy, officials said Friday. It is the largest drugs quantity confiscated by the Coast Guard at a Greek port, media report. The coast guard said the discovery was …
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August 27, 2020
Greece, Politics
The Greek Parliament ratified the Greece-Egypt agreement on the Exclusive Economic Zone between the two countries was with a majority of 178 MPs from New Democracy and Movement for Change (KINAL) on Thursday evening. 26 MPs from the Greek Communist Party, the Greek Solution and MeRA25 voted down the agreement, …
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August 20, 2020
Greece, Politics
Τhe Greek Parliament debate on the ratification of the agreements with Egypt and Italy on the demarcation of the sea boundaries will start on Monday, August 24, government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced on Thursday. The texts of the two agreements were submitted to the Parliament earlier today. The relevant vote …
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August 19, 2020
Tourism
Finland said it will tighten travel restrictions and reintroduce and step up border checks for arrivals from 10 countries starting Monday due to the worsening pandemic situation in Europe and elsewhere. The Finnish government says border checks will apply for passengers to and from Nordic neighbors Denmark, Iceland and Norway …
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August 13, 2020
Tourism
Italy ruled on Wednesday that people travelling from Croatia, Greece, Malta and Spain must be tested for the coronavirus on arrival, as new infections increase in the four countries which are popular holiday destinations for Italians. “We have to continue with a prudent approach to defend the results we’ve achieved …
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June 27, 2020
FEATURED, Tourism
Greece ranks as one of the top three destinations in the Mediterranean Sea tourists would choose for their summer vacations in 2020, a survey conducted in June has shown. With 15.01 % Greece follows Spain with 22.05 and Italy 15.7. Among the possible vacation locations in Greece, Halkidiki received the …
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June 11, 2020
Politics, Turkey-GR
“Turkey is not concerned about the maritime boundaries deal between Greece and Italy as it does not involve the Eastern Mediterranean or the Aegean Seas, where Turkey has shores,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday. “Their deal has proven the validity of Turkey’s argument on such maritime deals,” …
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June 9, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
Greece will gradually open its gates to tourists from Italy starting on Monday, June 15, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias announced on Tuesday, during a joint presser with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio. “Greece will lift any restrictions as from next Monday and gradually until the end of the month,” …
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June 9, 2020
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece and Italy signed an agreement on the delimitation of maritime zones between the two countries on Tuesday. Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his ITalian counterpart Luigi DiMaio put their signatures on the historic agreement for the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). TI si the first EEZ …
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April 3, 2020
Greece
In a symbolic move of solidarity with the Italian people hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, the Greek Foreign Ministry raised the Italian flag at the central building in Athens. Present at the ceremony on Friday morning was Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, Italian Ambassador to Greece Efisio Luigi Marras and …
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March 30, 2020
Economy
“The cowardice and lack of vision displayed by northern EU countries, such as Germany and the Netherlands, were grist to the mill of the eurosceptics,” Greek Environment and Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Monday about the resistance of some EU countries to the issuance a Eurobond, or so-called Coronabond, …
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March 15, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Very Mix
Greece is deepening the lockdown to contain spread of coronavirus and decided to halt air- and sea traffic to European countries with high number of infections like Italy and Spain. The country also closes its borders to its northern neighbors Albania and North Macedonia, after these two countries closed their …
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