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Seaplanes for more than 30 destinations

Seaplanes are throttling to take off in 2022 starting from the Ionian. Three new waterways have been put on the map in the last week. Crete officially acquires its first waterway, with the granting of an establishment permit to the Rethymnon Municipal Port Fund. The issuance of the permit for the Volos waterway had preceded, while the controls for the establishment of a waterway in Ios, the first in the Cyclades, were successfully completed. This lays the foundations for the creation of an extensive network of about 150 waterways in the country over a 5-year horizon, which will be the largest network in Europe, contributing to the Greek economy with more than 1 billion euros.

May 25, 2021
Written by E.Tsiliopoulos

Regling: The Greek economy will recover at a rapid and high pace

The recovery of the Greek economy with rapid and high rates is foreseen by the head of ESM Klaus Regling, in an interview given to “Vima tis Kyriakis” during his visit to Athens on the occasion of the Delphi Economic Forum.

May 24, 2021
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Belarus force-lands Athens-Vilnius flight

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis harshly criticized Belarus' move to force a plane that took off from Athens and was bound for Lithuania in order to arrest a journalist.

May 24, 2021
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Fire destroys over 4,000 acres of forest and houses in Corinth - Attica

In an emergency briefing, the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias, presented the latest data from the front.

May 21, 2021
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Fraport announced the earlier -than scheduled – renovation of 14 regional airports it manages in Greece

Fraport Greece this week will unveil the 14 renovated airports around Greece that the German-Greek consortium manages, one of the more successful privatizations recorded in the country over the past decade of economic turmoil.
According to the Athens-based consortium, led by German multinational Fraport, the works at the regional airports – located in the country’s premier holiday destinations – were completed three months before schedule.

May 21, 2021
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Electric interconnections of the Aegean islands bring 2.5 billion of investments in RES

The road for the utilization of the rich solar and wind potential of the Aegean islands for the production of "green" electricity is generated by the electrical interconnections launched by the Independent Electricity Transmission Operator.

May 21, 2021
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Pfizer: Over 100 million investment in the second hub in Thessaloniki

The investment of the pharmaceutical industry Pfizer in the second hub in Thessaloniki amounts to more than 100 million euros, as the head of the second hub of the company in the city, Antonis Hatzimanolakis, said today. He added, among other things, that the American giant is always “looking” towards Greece and “if the appropriate incentives are found, it will proceed to other investments”.

Mr. Hatzimanolakis, head of the Business Operations and Services Center of Pfizer in Thessaloniki, which will be integrate seamlessly with the digital hub, the creation of which had preceded, referred to the new investment, on the occasion of the visit of the Minister of Development, Adonis Georgiadis, in the new venue, which will house both hubs.

May 20, 2021
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Fire in Schinos, Corinth: Huge disasters in Mavrolimni - Houses burned

Disasters were caused by the fire that started last night from Schinos, Corinth and reached the settlements of Alepochori.

May 20, 2021
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AHEPA Calls for President Biden to Recognize the Greek Genocide

May 19, 2021
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Dior celebrates Greek independence through a constellation of fashion events in Athens

Under the general title "Dior celebrates Greece", the Dior House has proposed to the Greek Ministry of Tourism a set of celebrations which will be dedicated to the independence of Greece and the creation of the Greek state as a fundamental event for Europe and the collective memory of europe. At the same time, this initiative aims to highlight and promote to the world, the cultural, diplomatic and artistic ties of Greecewith France over the centuries.

May 19, 2021
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Offers for the Costamare's 100 million euro bond begin today

Shipping company Costamare is issuing a five-year bond with a nominal value of 100 million euros, through a subsidiary.

May 19, 2021
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Expatriate vote: Expatriates complain about obstacles to their right to vote - "We are always Greeks"

"We are always Greeks. Whether we live in Greece or abroad. Whenever the homeland is needed, we stand by it. 7.5 million Greeks of the Diaspora make up one more Greece. Always, whenever the homeland is needed, we are by its side. The absurdity is that in Greece we are foreigners, second-class citizens and abroad we are Greeks ". This was the unanimous complaint of the Greeks of the Greek Diaspora expressed through their representatives, at the joint meeting of the Committee on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice and the Standing Committee on Hellenism in the Diaspora.

May 19, 2021
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Long-standing social ills undermine economic prospects

Everyone in the government's financial staff is touting their belief in a rebound after ten years of memoranda and the subsequent pummeling brought on by the pandemic. The recent oversubscribed exit to markets and the upgrade of the country's ratings by agencies has bolstered this optimism. But since the Greek people have undergone a host of trials and tribulations one has every right to feel apprehensive about any “good news” being peddled by politicians.

May 18, 2021
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Kick-off for Greece-Egypt electricity interconnection

Technical discussions for the electricity interconnection of Greece with Egypt, were begun between the Operators of the Electricity Transmission Systems of the two countries.

May 18, 2021
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