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Hotel stays by foreigners in Greece increased almost 90% last year
Hotel arrivals grew 74.4% in 2022 compared with the previous year, while overnight stays rose by 79.7%, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said in a report on Tuesday.
Arrivals and overnight stays by foreign citizens increased 86.9% and 89.3%, respectively, in 2022, while arrivals and overnight stays by Greek citizens were up 47% and 41.7%, respectively.
‘Kleon’ to see temperature highs of 41 degrees Celsius on Saturday
"Kleon," the scorching heatwave currently sweeping across the country, is set to continue on Saturday, with meteorologists predicting highs of 41 degrees Celsius in many areas of the country.
The pick up in the wind, which will reach force 7 in the Aegean from Sunday to Wednesday, will cause temperatures to drop slightly.
For the Citizens of North Macedonia Bulgaria is the Biggest Opponent of their EU Integration
Two-thirds of the citizens in North Macedonia put Bulgaria at the top of a list that includes the biggest opponents of their country's European integration.
Safe Haven Offers Respite to North Macedonia’s Homeless Gay and Trans People
In homophobic North Macedonia, the LGBT Safe House in Skopje provides a vital refuge for some of the country's most marginalised people.
Mitsotakis meets North Macedonia counterpart on sidelines of NATO summit
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with his North Macedonia counterpart Dimitar Kovachevski on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius on Wednesday.
According to government sources, the two leaders discussed regional developments and expressed interest in deepening bilateral relations.
Greece bracing for impact of heatwave Kleon
The state mechanism has been placed on high alert to deal with heatwave Kleon, which will prevail throughout the country in the coming days. The most difficult days will be Friday and Saturday, and according to the latest forecast, the high temperatures will continue into next week.
Macedonian Politician: Bulgaria is the Weakest EU Member and Europe can put Pressure on it
"Bulgaria is the weakest member state of the EU and we (North Macedonia) have problems not with the strongest, but the weakest state in the EU. Bulgaria needs the EU much more than the EU needs Bulgaria. No one can convince me that the biggest EU capitals cannot put pressure on Bulgaria.
Vucic: Important memorandum signed to curb illegal migration
VIENNA- Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday in Vienna Serbia, Austria and Hungary had signed an important trilateral memorandum on further cooperation in curbing illegal migration.
It took 30 years but the ring road around Belgrade is finally open for traffic!
The opening of the section will also be attended by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui.
Borrell: On the EU Side there are No Obstacles to the Accession of North Macedonia
EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, believes that there is no obstacle to North Macedonia's accession to the block.
Unemployment down 7.8% in May
Registered unemployment fell 7.8% in May, totaling 854,181, compared with May 2022 and fell by 7.9% in comparison with April 2023, public employment service DYPA said in a report on Tuesday.
More specifically, 507,209 people, or 59.4% of total unemployed are long-term unemployed, while unemployed men accounted for 292,389 (34.2%) and women 561,792 (65.8%).
In Montenegro, Memories of Pain and Generosity on the Refugee Road
Dejan, then 20, had been nearing the end of his military service in Kosovo, then a southern province of Serbia, when NATO launched air strikes to halt a brutal Serbian counter-insurgency war. At the time, Serbia and Montenegro were all that was left of Yugoslavia, still joined together after the other four republics - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia - had seceded.
Storms cause power cuts, flooding in northern Greece
Storms that hit areas in western Thessaloniki as well as the city center on Saturday caused power cuts and flooding of houses, Central Macedonia Region director of civil protection Charalambos Stergiadis told state-run news agency AMNA.
Tourism is in need of shifts
Greece needs to immediately upgrade its infrastructure, as well as the proper management of individual destinations of Greece, the new president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Giannis Paraschis, said during the presentation of Kathimerini's Reimagine Tourism in Greece initiative on Wednesday.
Germany Recognized the Macedonian Language, Identity and Culture
Last night, the German Bundestag voted on a resolution that unequivocally recognizes the Macedonian language, identity and culture, Thomas Hacker, an MP from the Free Democratic Party, told Deutsche Welle.
The resolution was introduced by the parliamentary groups of the three parties in the governing coalition - the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Liberals.