Floristry

As of Thursday, the click-and-collect (dubbed click away by the government) shopping option will stop, the Secretary General of Commerce and Consumer Protection Panagiotis Stampoulidis said on Wednesday, presenting the changes in every sector of the market.

Turkey exported $107 million worth of flowers to 83 countries in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic.

According to the Ornamental Plants and Products Exporters Union, which embodies the export of cut flowers, indoor and outdoor plants, flower bulbs, and wreaths, the number of branches of flowers sold abroad reached 505 million in 2020, most of them carnations.

Florists across Turkey are gearing up for Valentine's Day just a couple of weeks away. (AA Photo)

A wreath laying ceremony was held in observance of May 9 at the Monument to the WWII Homeland Heroes, near the "Carol I" National Defense University in Bucharest, attended by Defense Minister Gabriel Les and acting Justice Minister Ana Birchall.

The Consul General of Greece in Boston, Stratos Efthymiou, will present the Boston Athletic Association with olive branch wreaths to crown the four first place winners of the 2019 Boston Marathon, during the annual Boston Marathon Wreath Ceremony that it will be held on April 11, according to a press release by the greek Consulate on Thursday.

Armistice Day was marked on Saturday in Serbia with a number of ceremonies, including the laying of wreaths at the New Cemetery in Belgrade.

The central state ceremony was led by Minister of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs Zoran Djordjevic.

The American Women's Organization of Greece (AWOG) is organizing its annual Christmas bazaar on Wednesday, November 30, at the Athens War Museum. Going on sale are handmade ornaments, wreaths, tablecloths and other decorative Christmas items.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Friday laid wreaths at the Commonwealth Cemetery in Belgrade in commemoration of the WWI Armistice Day.

In attendance at the ceremony were members of the Serbian Armed Forces Guard and the Irish Guard.

VIENNA - Charge d'Affairs of the Serbian Embassy to Austria Goran Bradic and Defense Attache Lt. Col. Goran Jeremic laid a wreath at the Soviet War Memorial in Vienna Monday to pay tribute to 17,000 Red Army soldiers fallen to liberate the Austrian capital in World War II 70 years ago.

Wreaths and flowers were laid on Thursday in Belgrade in memory of Zoran Djindic, the Prime Minister who was shot dead 12 years ago.