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The Minister of Tourism Haris Theocharis met with senior executives of "American Airlines" and "United Airlines" and discussed the opening of Greek tourism for the 2021 season, in the context of his contacts during his trip to the USA.

Turkey has marked International Workers' Day, also known as May Day, under the full nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Due to the full lockdown implemented across Turkey, rallies were not held, but May Day was celebrated "symbolically" in various cities.

The amendment by the Government of the labour legislation by eliminating the obligation of micro-enterprises to draw up in writing the job description for employees changes the status of millions of citizens from employees to slaves, it is mentioned in a release issued on Thursday by the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS).

It has been announced together with the expected opening of border crossings with Northern Macedonia, the recognition of antigen tests for children older than 10, as well as the introduction of so-called "fast line" checkpoints for vaccinated citizens.

Flag carrier Turkish Airlines will resume flights from the U.K. and Denmark, the company's CEO said on April 22. 

"Based on the decision taken by our authorities, the passengers from the U.K. and Denmark will be allowed to arrive in Turkey on condition of performing negative PCR test that was done in the last 72 hours," Bilal Ekşi said on Twitter.

Paris – Slovenia has lost four spots to rank 36th among 180 countries in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), with the report warning of the “dangerous path for press freedom” in Slovenia.

Squadron leader Andrei Criste, who managed to eject himself on Tuesday from a crashing plane in Mures County, is in stable condition, and in the evening he will be flown by an Air Force aircraft to the Bucharest Central Military Hospital for specialist treatment and recovery.

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Reporters Without Borders, RSF, released its annual Press Freedom Index report on Tuesday with a warning that media freedom has deteriorated across the world during the coronavirus pandemic, with governments using the crisis to assert more control over the press.

Six European countries in the top 20 destinations

The year 2021 for sure has not been the best in terms of traveling, however the ranking of world's most powerful passports was published again, it is the original, authoritative ranking of all the world's passports according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa.