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The Greek supply chain sector showed a significant rise in the relative ranking of the World Bank for 2023.

"Slow design" was all the rage at this year's Milan Furniture Fair, featuring sustainable creations made with carefully selected and hand-crafted natural materials in sharp contrast to industrial manufacturing.

Hospitality enterprises' turnover jumped 27%, or by 19.2 million euros in February, totaling €90.46 million, from €71.21 million in the same month last year, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) said on Monday.

A private jet landed or took off from the largest Greek airports every 20 minutes in the summer of 2022, according to estimates, as Civil Aviation Authority data show that such flights totaled almost 16,500 last year.

Meanwhile, for this year a 50% increase in this kind of air traffic is expected.

With the risk that the statute of limitations will expire for a number of offenses related to the criminal case of troubled jewelry maker Folli Follie looming, the trial is expected to finally take place in June as the Athens Bar Association is poised to grant permission for lawyers to attend the proceedings.

Supermarket turnover grew 8.2% in the first quarter of 2023 compared with the same period in 2022, NielsenIQ said in a report released on Friday. 

The report attributed this positive development to an 8.1% rise in fresh food and an 8.2% increase in packaged food and beverage. The personal care category recorded a 7.6% increase in turnover while house products grew 12.1%. 

One of Greece's most famous plus-size models, 26-year-old Alexia Kouvela, has founded the country's first agency exclusively for the least represented models on the world's runways. "The trendy stores didn't carry sizes for girls with extra pounds, so I often ended up dressing in men's clothes.

"Bizerba brought joy to us in Serbia and we are infinitely grateful," said Vui.
He reminded that the foundation stone for the factory was laid a little more than a year ago.

Tour of the factory

Grain producers and other agricultural producers once again organized a protest near the "Danube Bridge" checkpoint near Ruse and blocked the traffic in the area of the border crossing with agricultural machines, reports BTA.

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport has said that it would stop night flights and bar private jets in a bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions and noise pollution.

Aircraft will be banned from taking off between midnight and 6 a.m. and will not be allowed to land before 5 a.m., Royal Schiphol Group chief executive Ruud Sondag said in a statement.