From 6am on Wednesday, March 18, Greece will close its borders to non-EU nationals, GTP Headlines reported. The decision was announced by Greek Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos…
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In a joint statement issued on Thursday 12 March, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President Michel condemned the decision by US President Donald Trump to impose a European…
US President Donald Trump has suspended travel from Europe excluding the UK for the next 30 days, in a desperate effort to combat the spread of coronavirus. “We are responding with great…
That latest figures* from Eurostat revealed that one in ten employed persons aged 18 years or over in the EU, were found to be at risk of poverty, with Greece ranking 6th…
After 47 years of membership and more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum, the UK has officially left the European Union. The historic moment happened at…
“We will always love you and never be far. Long live Europe” were the closing remarks by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen as the United Kingdom’s Withdraw…
According to the last figures issued by Eurostat, winter tourism in 25 of the 27 EU Member States with available data, except for Greece and Malta which saw a -8.3% and -3.5%…
Greece’s Shipping Minister, Ioannis Plakiotakis and UK Minister for Maritime Affairs Nusrat Ghani met on Wednesday to discuss key aspects of maritime cooperation between Greece and the United Kingdom, in view of…
The British Council celebrated its 80th anniversary in Greece with a series of activities, as announced in a Wednesday press conference with the British ambassador to Greece, Kate Smith. As the UK’s…
It comes as no surprise that Greece has been included as one of the world’s top 5 summer destinations in 2019 for luxury travellers! Luxury travel network Virtuoso released its Top 10…
Greek Taste Beyond Borders (GTBB) is the first organisation to promote the Greek food industry to the world with official Ambassadors set across the globe, they recently held their 2nd International Business…
Alternate Foreign Minister Sia Anagnostopoulou, declared on Tuesday that Greece was sufficiently prepared for the consequences of a possible disorderly UK Brexit. The minister made the comments at the end of Tuesday’s…
Greece’s Foreign Ministry has launched a new website to provide guidance to UK nationals living in Greece or planning to visit the country, aiming to help them prepare for Brexit, as the…
Greek citizens residing and working in the United Kingdom who wish to vote in the European elections will have to travel to neighbouring European Union countries in order to vote, the Greek…
Greece’s Prime Minister attended the extraordinary European Summit on Brexit, convened in Brussels on Sunday. The summit was held to approve the agreement for the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union…
The Hellenic Medical Society awarded this year’s Papanikolaou Prize to Greek clinical researcher, Myria Galazi who works at St. Bartholomew’s hospital in London. Galazi was awarded the 2018 Papanikolaou Prize in recognition…
The World Bank annual report «Doing Business 2019» gave Greece an overall ranking of 72nd place out of 190 countries, in terms of regulatory improvements and practices that afford businesses an efficient…
A new study conducted by nine European universities in collaboration with the Hellenic Association for the Study of Internet Addiction Disorders (EEMDED) reports Greece ranks second in Europe after the United Kingdom…
Migration should be the main topic on the agenda during the meeting of EU heads of state or government on 18 October, said Minister Juliane Bogner-Strauß, representing the Austrian Presidency of the…
According to a survey by Paypal and Ipsos, approximately 25% of all online purchases in Greece are made through mobile devices such as phones and tablets. Meanwhile leading the charge on online…