Greece and the economic crisis 2020

NEWS ARCHIVE - June 26

June 26, 2020

Earthquake near Crete

Details at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

New support effort for tourism business to come

Mitsotakis mentions a few items to help out tourism as the numbers of visitors slowly begins to expand. One of the main topics in the article (indirectly addressed by PM Mitsotakis) is dealing with the tax issues that weigh so heavily on business operators, and if the new measures are implemented, that could just create an unintentional cycle where money is collected and then returned. Schedule for the expected measures are in the article at iefimerida [Greek]

Nine countries remain blacklisted from travel to Greece

The UK is on that list, but has side-agreements for "air bridges," and the USA is also on the 'block' list. The list of nine isn't official yet, according to the news articles. Pressure for a generally wider opening by July 15 may make this 9-country 'blacklist' obsolete in a couple of weeks. Story at EFSYN [Greek] and at KTG [English]

Airflight violations from Turkey over islands Oinousses and Panagia

Story at Protothema [English]

Turmoil within SYRIZA

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

Pension payments to share identical delivery date

Details at Cyclades 24 [Greek]

Pandemic case count at 3,321

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

A child kidnapping attempt in Pyrgos results in 2 foreign nationals arrested

Story at KTG [English]

Police raids in Exarchia

Story at EFSYN [Greek]

Turkey has attacked the new John Bolton book

The new book from former US national security advisor John Bolton

Story at Yahoo News [English]

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