A Greece-United States Action Plan for culture was signed on Tuesday by Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and visiting US State Department Secretary Antony Blinken, prior to the latter's departure from Athens.
On Friday, Greece’s Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias said that Greece will experience a 20 percent increase in tourism this year. He also predicted a lengthening of the season this summer.
Domestic wine consumption in Greece increased by 41.3% in the 2021-2022 wine season compared to the 2020-21 season, approaching the high levels of 2013, 2014, according to a sectoral study on wine=making, prepared by the company Stochasis Management Consultancy.
Greece has climbed nine places in the “Democracy Index” ranking for 2022 according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) published on Wednesday. Greece’s overall score rose to 7.97 in 2022, up from 7.56 in 2021 lifting the country from 34th place to 25th.
A recent law provided that three state MPs will be elected by the Greek diaspora on the state ballot
At the meeting it was decided to implement the EU recommendations and travelers from China will be required to have a negative 48-hour test (molecular or rapid) before departure
