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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

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

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

Greece’s Mitsotakis Pleads for Citizen Vigilance to Combat COVID-19

2020-09-25 by Phil Butler

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is pleading with Greek citizens to be vigilant and to respect COVID-19 safety measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus.

Tags: COVID-19 economics, Covid-19 pandemic, Greece lockdown, Greece pandemic, lockdown, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

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

TUI Pushing Hard for Early Tourism Invasion of Greece

2020-05-06 by Phil Butler

Mykonos

This week in Greece, citizens are emerging from a weeks long lockdown. Meanwhile, TUI and other big travel businesses push ahead hard.

Tags: Balearic Islands, Coronavirus 2019, coronavirus Greece, COVID-19, crete, Cyprus, Fritz Joussen, Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, portugal, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, TUI, TUI Cruises, TUI profits, TUI stocks

Greece’s March 25th Parades Cancelled Due to COVID-19

2020-03-13 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Greek Independence Day

Greek regional governors and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis have decided to cancel the parades for the March 25 holiday.

Tags: Coronavirus 2019, COVID-19, Greece annoucements, Greece events, Greece festivals, Greece parades, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, March 25 Parade, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis Kicks Off Crete Airport Project

2020-02-09 by Phil Butler

Kastelli International Airport

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended a ceremony for the foundation stone laying at the new airport at Kastelli.

Tags: Ariadne Airport Group, Crete airport, Crete flights, GEK Terna, GMR Airports Limited, Greece investment, Greece projects, Greek privatization, Heraklion Airport, Kastelli Airport, Kastelli project, Prime Minister Kyriakos 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

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