The head of a local NGO on Wednesday referred to a “mistaken belief” by his group that an islet in the middle of the Evros (Maritsa) River – separating Greece from Turkey in the northeast Thrace province – was territory of the former.
NGO head refers to ‘mistaken belief’ that river islet where 38 asylum seekers sought rescue was Greek territory
Spike in US tourist arrivals to Greece in 2022
The increase in regular flights offered by US airlines to Athens and Thessaloniki has helped to greatly boost tourist flows from the USA, the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) for the region of Greece said in a statement on Friday.
Greek budget revenues significantly exceed targets in August
State budget revenues continued growing further, expanding a much needed fiscal space for the Greek government. More specifically, the finance ministry on Friday released a monthly report on budget execution which showed that budget revenues exceeded targets by 1.4 billion euros, or by 5.6 billion euros in the January-August period.
