Overnight stays in short-term lease properties in Greece exceeded 9.3 million in the first half of the year, according to figures announced on Monday by Eurostat, and compiled from data by AirBnb, Booking, Expedia Group and Tripadvisor.
Births in Greece fell by 10.3 percent in 2022 compared to 2021, 76,541 to 85,346, respectively, according to figures announced on Monday by the country’s statistics authority (EL.STAT). The figure does not include stillborn births.
In the shadow of storms Daniel and Elias and the devastating fires that devastated Greece, the draft budget was submitted to Parliament.
The draft state budget for 2024 will be tabled in the Greek Parliament on Monday, with a forecast for a 2.1% primary surplus on GDP for 2024 and a possible primary surplus of 0.7% for 2023, despite the natural catastrophes the country faced.
Measures to support flood-stricken areas in Greece, fight food price inflation, provide new flu vaccines for free, and restore safety at the OAKA stadium were some of the issues highlighted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in his weekly review posted on the social media on Sunday.
The government, New Democracy as well as Kyriakos Mitsotakis personally, are moving at the pace of local government elections, in view of the first round of elections in regions and municipalities next Sunday. The blue faction aims for 13+3, given the official declaration of support for persons in all regions of the country with party choices everywhere, except for Crete where the current strong player, Stavros Arnaoutakis from PASOK, is supported, as well as in the municipalities of Athens ( Kostas Bakoyannis), of Thessaloniki (Konstantinos Zervas) and of Piraeus (Yannis Moralis).
The dead body of a man was recovered on Friday from the fuselage of the private helicopter, which had crashed into the sea off the coast of North Evia on Thursday morning.
Olive oil stocks are almost depleted in Europe, which is bracing for new shortages due to extreme weather events that have adversely affected harvests for the second consecutive year.
It was another difficult night for Volos after the city and wider area were hit by the second catastrophic natural disaster in 20 days, adding to accumulated problems from floods, mud, damaged infrastructure and the despair of thousands of people in the city and its suburbs.
National Economy and Finance Ministser Kostis Hatzidakis referred to the six axes of the economic policy the government intends to implement over its four-years term, speaking on Friday at 'The Third Thessaloniki Metropolitan Summit'. He pointed out that "the wager is to accelerate the pace and essentially converge with the EU average in terms of income."
Greek-Saudi cooperation in the all-important energy sector, especially in light of the recently announced and highly ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC) project, will focus on hydrogen as a fuel source, renewable energy sources and electricity infrastructure, according to results of a bilateral meeting in Athens on Wednesday.
Images of great destruction confront the crews of the municipalities of Magnesia and the region with the first light of day, in the Elias region of Volos, which has been tested by the bad weather, but also in the entire prefecture.
The speech of the prime minister and president of the ND, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the meeting of the New Democracy Parliamentary Group has been completed.
The helicopter that fell on Thursday morning in North Evia, which is currently in the grip of Storm Elias, was a private flight with two people on board, according to sources. The helicopter disappeared from the Civil Aviation Authority's radar while flying over the island at Achladi Beach, near the seaside village of Agia Anna.