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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

Heraklion MP Igoumenidis Lambasts Mitsotakis Over Heraklion “Red” Alert

2021-02-20 by Phil Butler

Nikos Igoumenidis

In a just-published press release from Heraklion MP Dr. Nikos E. Igoumenidis, the cardiologist parliamentarian lambasts the Mitsotakis administration over Heraklion, Crete’s current coronavirus “red” status.

Tags: COVID-19 Greece, Crete pandemic, Greece health system, Heraklion MP, Heraklion pandemic, Mitsotakis, Nikos E. Igoumenidis, Nikos Igoumenidis, PAGNI Hospital, Pandemic red zones, red zones, Venizelio Hospital

Israeli & Greek Leaders Sign Tourism Deal

2021-02-10 by Argophilia Travel News

Israel and Greece have reached an agreement to clear the way for vaccinated tourists to travel between their Mediterranean nations.

Tags: COVID-19 economics, Greece tourism, Israel relations, Israeli tourists, Mediterranean islands, Mitsotakis, Netanyahu, pandemic

Sofia Zacharaki Appointed to Deputy Tourism Minister Position

2021-01-06 by Argophilia Travel News

Sofia Zacharaki

Sofia Zacharaki has been appointed Greece’s deputy minister for tourism education and special forms of tourism as part of a government reshuffle announced last week.

Tags: Greece appointments, Greece ministers, Greece officials, Greece tourism, Manos Konsolas, Minister Zacharaki, Mitsotakis, Sofia Zacharaki, Tourism Ministry

Mitsotakis: “ Greece must not become low-cost investment destination”

2020-11-30 by Phil Butler

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister Mitsotakis says “Greece needs to become attractive to investors in five ways, not simply over low labor cost. Now what?

Tags: brain drain, Greece brain drain, Greece sustainability, Greece tourism, Mitsotakis, Pissarides Committee, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Theoharis, tourism industry, Tourism Minister of Greece, Transforming Tourism Initiative, Travel to Greece, V.K. Premium Business Consultants, Visit Greece

Does Greece’s Mitsotakis Have COVID-19 In His Periscope?

2020-10-31 by Phil Butler

Kyriakos Mitsotakis sub

Prime Minister Mitsotakis is to announce today new coronavirus measures. What will those measures be? This is the question for every Greek.

Tags: Alexis Tsipras, COVID lockdowns, COVID projections, Greece lockdown, Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis, IHME, localized lockdown, lockdowns, Mitsotakis, pandemic effects, Tsipras

Greece Reports Yet Another Record Day of New COVID-19 Cases

2020-10-29 by Phil Butler

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The Hellenic National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Wednesday at total of 1,547 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Tags: coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, COVID-19 Greece, Greece outbreak, Greece school, Greek school closings, Greek schools, ICU, Mitsotakis, Niki Kerameus, outbreak, pandemic second wave

PM Mitsotakis Announces New Covid-19 Support Measures

2020-09-14 by Argophilia Travel News

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has now put forward twelve new support measures by his administration in support of businesses and workers affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.

Tags: COVID relief, Greece economy, Greek Prime Minister, Mitsotakis, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, tourism

Greece’s Prime Minister Invites Dozens of StaEllinika Kids to Immersive Greece Experience

2020-06-23 by Argophilia Travel News

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Kyriakos Mitsotakis has invited children from all over the world learning the Greek language to visit the country in the Summer of 2021.

Tags: Greece, Greece learning, Greek culture, Greek language, Mitsotakis, StaEllinika, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Summer 2021

Greece and Israel Aim for Tourism Reboot by August 1st

2020-06-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made his first trip abroad since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Greece tours, Greek Vacation 2020, Israel, Israel tourism, Israel tourists, Israel travel, Mitsotakis, Vacation 2020, Visit Greece

Greece’s Prime Minister Morphs Into a True Leader

2020-05-19 by Phil Butler

PM Mitsotakis

Greece, once called the “punching bag” of Europe, now leads the way progressing into “next”.

Tags: Coronavirus, coronavirus response, Greece economc, Greece government, Greece lockdown, Greece schools, Greece tourism, Greek vacation, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Mitsotakis, Sotiris Tsiodras

Greek Hoteliers Ready to Acclimate to “New Normal” After COVID-19

2020-05-08 by Phil Butler

Georgioupolis Beach

Greece’s major hotel chains are looking at proactive plans for booking rooms in order to create a natural social-distancing atmosphere.

Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, Greece 2020, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greece tourists, Greek travel, hotels, Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis Headed to Crete After Davos

2020-01-21 by Phil Butler

Kastelli International Airport

Before leaving for Davos, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a coming trip to Crete for the start of the Kastelli Airport project.

Tags: Crete airports, Crete flights, Crete projects, Davos, Greece airports, Kasteli International Airport, Kastelli, Mitsotakis, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister Mitsotakis Headed to Crete for Family Holiday

2019-08-07 by Phil Butler

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is headed to his hometown of Chania for an abbreviated family vacation.

Tags: Dekapendavgousto, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Kyriakos Mitsotakis Chania, Kyriakos Mitsotakis Crete, Mitsotakis, Our Lady of Tinos, Prime Minister Mitsotakis, Tinos island

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