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PM Mitsotakis Revisits “Astypalea: Smart & Sustainable Island” Project

2022-06-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Astypalaia

The “Astypalea: Smart & Sustainable Island” project is moving forward as an experiment on how to shift Greece into a more circular economy. 

Tags: Astypalea, Islands, Mitsotakis, Rhodes, sustainable islands, TUI, TUI Care Foundation, TUI Rhodes, Volkswagen Group

Visit Greece – The Nation That Put the Elderly Last In A Crisis

2021-12-16 by Phil Butler

One more ice cream season

The Greek leadership marginalized the at risk early on in the COVID pandemic in favor of restarting tourism. Now, feeble and afraid, the elderly are forced to get shots.

Tags: AARP, COVID booster, COVID shots, COVID vaccine, Crete COVID, Crete vaccines, Greece tourism, Mitsotakis, Operation Blue Freedom, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, retired people

Greece’s Mitsotakis Apologizes For “Somebody” Letting His Country Burn

2021-08-10 by Phil Butler

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

As Greece wildfires destroy his country, Greece’s Prime Minister apologizes for governmental failures. Meanwhile, firefighters battle the blazes.

Tags: climate change, Elia Island, global warming, Greece wildfires, Mitsotakis, Nikos Hardalias, UN, wildfires

Greece COVID Cases Rise Again With 2,972 in 24 Hours

2021-07-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greece officials confirmed 2,972 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours in the country, with 19 of these identified at entry points.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Europe tourism, Greece lockdowns, Greece pandemic, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Mitsotakis, vaccine schedule

News Flash: Healthy Romanians to Visit Sick Greeks for Easter

2021-03-22 by Phil Butler

Theoharis in Bucharest

Romania and Greece are keen to set up a travel arrangement for vaccinated travelers using their own vaccine certificates. What can go wrong?

Tags: Greece, Greece coronavirus, Greece vaccine, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism report, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Mitsotakis, Romania coronavirus, Romania vaccine, Theoharis, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

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