The danger of Greek hotels passing into foreign hands is very small, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) Andreas Andreadis said in statements to the press.
The 8th TEDxAthens event, which will be held in May 13 at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, invites attendants to explore "the edge”, according to event organizers, with invited speakers asked to share with the public their personal stories in seeking their limits.
Jailed former minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos has managed to raise the 200,000 euros that he needs to post bail and, barring any surprises, will be released from prison on Friday afternoon. Even though Tsohatzopoulos succeeded in raising the amount on Thursday, his release was delayed for bureaucratic reasons and he will be spending one more night in the Korydallos prison hospital wing.
Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday had a meeting with the president of the Parliament Nikos Voutsis.
Greece's foreign ministry, in an announcement on Wednesday, strongly condemned and denounced statements made by Turkish European Affairs Minister Omer Celik regarding the status of the Greek island of Agathonissi in the Aegean.
"I hope the procedures to have been completed before the end of May", said Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem addressing on Thursday the European Parliament during a debate on the Greek programme.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met on Thursday with Liu Qibao, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party, responsible for issues of culture as part of the events to mark the start of the Greece-China Year 2017.
"My presence here demonstrates the support of the European Commission to Greece's efforts to get out of the tunnel of the economic recession and to finally return to growth and economic stability," European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Thursday said at the conference "Policies and Financial Instruments for the Development of SMEs in Greece."
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke about reconciliation and the need to promote Christian unity during his visit to the ecumenical monastic order of Taizé in central France on Tuesday, in a first ever visit by an Ecumenical Patriarch.
The Greek coast guard detained 13 refugees in Mykonos on Wednesday after they were located walking at the area near Merchia, a village at the northeastern part of the island.
The extraordinarymeeting of the government council on defense KYSEA, which was held at the Maximos Mansion under Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' chairmanship, and the participation of, among others, the Ministers of Defense, Panos Kammenos, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, the Chief of armed forces of Greece, Admiiral Apostolakis and others, has concluded.
The Greek programme will be discussed in the plenary session of the European parliament in Brussels on Thursday at 10:30.
The basis of the European law is the social rights and their protection, President of the Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Wednesday said at his meeting with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Pedro Agramunt.
The investigations in the waters off the coast of northern and eastern Lesvos continue by air and sea to track down any survivors from Monday’s shipwreck that cost 16 people, refugees and immigrants, their lives. However, the investigations are still unfruitful.