News archive of May 2020

Sixty out of the current 93 hospitality openings created in hotels for asylum seekers on the mainland will be closed in 2020 and the residents will be transferred to other facilities or will be included in the the UN Refugee Agency's ESTIA integration program, Migration and Asylum Policy Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Thursday.

Greece on Wednesday welcomed a plan proposed by the European Commission to disburse 750 billion euros in grants and loans to European Union countries to help them recover from the economic impact of the coronavirus.

Under the proposal, Greece is expected to receive 32 billion euros from the new recovery fund over three years - 22.5 billion in grants and 9.4 billion in loans.

As Finnair prepares to ramp ups it operations, with focus on continuing to connect Europe and Asia, the airline asked its customers how they feel about traveling by air again.

Workers in the catering and tourism industry clashed briefly with riot police in central Athens on Thursday during a demonstration to protest the effects of the pandemic on their jobs and the sectors.

The rally was called by the Communist Party-affiliated PAME union.

The parade is organized on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War.
"President Vucic has an invitation and based on that invitation, he will visit Moscow on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Victory Day," Botsan-Kharchenko confirmed.

The active summer tourist season will start on July 1, Bulgaria's Minister of Tourism Nikolina Angelkova told BNT's current affairs show "More from the Day" on May 27.

With the lifting of the ban on regional travel, there were, as expected, tailbacks at toll stations in Athens and Thessaloniki last weekend, which were, however, exacerbated by the fact that a growing number of drivers paid using cards rather than cash, and because many made excessive use of disinfectants during transactions.

The world's two biggest economies are on a collision course that many describe as a new cold war, triggered by a multifaceted antagonism and rivalry.

Germany will lift a travel ban for fellow European Union countries from June 15 and is considering removing the curbs for third nations, including Turkey, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said.

The signing of the sale contracts for 350 million euros of Forthnet's loans from the creditor banks to United Group appears to be just a matter of days, banking sources tell Kathimerini.
This is also confirmed by sources at British equity fund BC Partners, which is United's parent group.