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The government announced on Monday the details of its measures regarding the cruise levy, the resilience fee on accommodation and other measures concerning tourism that aim at destination decongestion and state revenue growth, for environmental purposes.

Inspired Education Group, one of the world's largest private education groups, with 115 schools in 24 countries and 90,000 students, has acquired a stake in the Moraitis School, while it is also reportedly in discussions with Geitonas Education schools. 

Cyprus' political leadership is poised to make pivotal energy decisions in a meeting at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday. The gathering is expected to address and resolve several critical issues regarding Cyprus' electrical interconnection with European grids via Greece.

Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni discussed the progress of the ministry's initiatives and highlighted measures for the cruise industry and short-term rentals during the meeting of the board of directors of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE).

Spyros Bibilas announced the sad news a few minutes ago through his personal Facebook profile. He wrote:

NEA SILATA - Six weeks before harvest, there's no water left in the ground for farmer Dimitris Papadakis' olive grove in northern Greece, so he has started a new morning routine.

Joined by his teenage son, he uses a truck to bring water from nearby areas. Using a small generator, he connects the vehicle to irrigation pipes to save what's left of his thirsty crop.

Greece's Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis defended the introduction of the minimum presumptive income for freelance professionals and the self-employed based on which they were taxed for the first time this year, telling Kathimerini it is a "fair measure" toward salaried employees and pensioners who traditionally paid more tax. 

Of the 146 houses that have so far been earmarked for demolition following a large wildfire that swept through northeastern Attica last week, 80% had not cleared their plots of combustible materials, government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said on Wednesday.

In the remaining 20% of the cases the properties were cleaned and the damage was much more limited, he added.

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis called on Sunday for SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis to expel MEP Nikos Pappas from the party after a private Instagram conversation in which Pappas appeared to make offensive remarks against a police officer was leaked online.

Three Taylor Swift concerts scheduled to take place in Vienna this week have been canceled following confirmation from Austrian authorities of a planned terrorist attack on the venue.