Joint training of units from Greece, Egypt, France, the UAE, and Cyprus took place in a sea area north of Alexandria. The PASSEX (passing exercise) took place in the context of the preparation of the bilateral interdisciplinary exercise Greece-Egypt "Medusa 10".
Joe Biden's White House Communication Team will be made up of women. The new US president has chosen Kate Bedingfield as White House communications director, with Jen Psaki taking over as secretary. Psaki, of Greek, Irish and Polish descent, will take over from Kylie McEnani after Joe Biden is sworn in on January 20th.
One of the most mountainous settlements in the prefecture of Fthiotida is perched on the green slopes of the mythical mountain Oiti, at an altitude of 1,040 meters , the beautiful village of Pavliani. It is an affordable destination, as the distances from the major urban centers of the country are relatively short, not exceeding about three hours. Our friend Marinos Charalampopoulos takes us on a tour of beautiful Pavliani.
Greece is placed at the top of the world travel elite, after the awarding of the Ministry of Tourism and NGTO (EOT) as "Top Tourism Agency in the World".
Refugee and migration flows to Greece dropped 74 pct in the first ten months of 2020, compared to flows registered in the same period in 2019, says a report released on Thursday by Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.
The secretary of MERA25 (Diem25), Giannis Varoufakis, calls for a one-day boycott of Amazon on Black Friday with his internet message.
Varoufakis decries Amazon's influence and its handling of workers through a video he uploaded to youtube.com, in which he calls for the one-day boycott. Although it's hard to see how this will affect Amazon, Mr Varoufakis insists that Amazon boss billionaire Jeff Bezos will get the message.
But whether you agree with Mr. Varoufakis, or not, he does not, however, explain why Amazon is one of the main distributors of his books. Mr Varoufakis does not boycott Amazon by refusing to have his books bring retailed by the corporation he is attacking.
Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) President Angela Gerekou, in an address late on Thursday to the 100th general assembly of the European Travel Commission held via teleconference, said that in order to go forward it was necessary to first take a step back and assess what has happened in the last decade. Afterward, she added, there must be an analysis of the current conditions and the planning and implementation of policies for "the kind of tourism we want to have in the coming years."
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday contacted Patras Mayor Kostas Peletidis and the regional governor of Western Greece, Nektarios Farmakis, on the phone, to discuss how local government can assist in the observance of health measures during the feast day of St. Andrew (Aghios Andreas), the patron saint of Patras, next Monday.
Turkey today rejected a European Parliament resolution imposing sanctions on Ankara following a recent visit by Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to the occupied northern part of Cyprus, calling it "out of touch with reality" and "blackmail". On Thursday, the European Parliament passed a non-binding resolution calling on EU leaders to "take action and impose severe sanctions" on Turkey, a move that is likely to boost support for France's bid to impose sanctions on Turkey at next month's EU summit.
The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) hosted Greece’s Minister of National Defense Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos for a virtual speakers forum in honor of Hellenic Armed Forces Day, November 18, 2020. Minister Panagiotopoulos presented a defense policy briefing to the audience.
Greece is among the countries of the world with the greatest soft power according to the British magazine Monocle in its print edition for December 2020 and January 2021 that is circulating.
The "Development Plan for the Greek Economy," drafted by a committee chaired by Nobel prize winner in economics Christopher Pissarides, was posted for public consultation in its entirety on Tuesday.
An incident between young people playing in a stadium and police officers who went to check on them took place shortly after 17:00, in the area of Evangelistria in Thessaloniki.
A dramatic phenomenon is developing recently in Albania to the detriment of Greece, but to the benefit of Turkey. At the moment when Albanians are entering Greece using fake tests for Covid-19, Turkey is receiving many millions of euros from rich Albanians with coronavirus who are hospitalized in Turkish hospitals!