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Aqua Bridge is reportedly acquiring Avramar Greece, beating out Cooke after a series of back-and-forth bids for the company. Multiple publications in Greece including Kathimerini are reporting banks have decided to transfer ownership of Avramar Greece to United Arab Emirates-based Aqua Bridge, including its loans and the shares of the company held by Amerra. According to multiple publications, Cooke is out of the deal, and creditors are claiming the company has no ownership rights in Avramar Greece. “We are moving forward with the Arabs, we are preparing the papers. It is now a matter of  hours,” Euro2day reported an inside investor said. The news comes on the heels of Cooke acquiring Avramar Seafood, which was the parent company of Avramar Greece before it was separated from the company i...

Home » Greece » Greece Travel News » Greece’s Tourism Diplomacy with Spain and Panama: A Closer Look at How These Partnerships Are Shaping the Future of European and Global Travel Policies Published on February 13, 2026Greece is reinforcing its diplomatic efforts in the tourism sector, particularly at a European and international level. Through recent meetings held by the Greek Tourism Minister, Olga Kefalogianni, with Spain’s Ambassador to Greece, Jorge Domecq, and Panama’s Ambassador to Greece, Julie Lymberopulos Karnakis, the country has signaled its intentions to fortify its tourism diplomacy and actively influence upcoming global tourism policies. These high-level engagements not only focus on building stronger bilateral ties but also aim to shape European Union (EU) tourism strateg...

Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni meets with Spain’s Ambassador to Greece, Jorge Domecq, to discuss coordination ahead of the EU’s upcoming Tourism Strategy and bilateral cooperation initiatives. Greece is stepping up its tourism diplomacy efforts at both European and international level, with Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni holding separate meetings with the ambassadors of Spain and Panama to strengthen cooperation ahead of key policy developments in 2026. During her meeting with Spain’s Ambassador to Greece, Jorge Domecq, discussions focused on coordination within the European Union, particularly in view of the upcoming announcement of the EU’s first unified Tourism Strategy, expected in April 2026. The two sides exchanged views on the priorities that will shape Europe’s effort...

People complain about construction delays, but even the most sluggish modern transit project has nothing on Greece’s Corinth Canal, which didn’t open until 2,500 years after it was announced.Four miles long, with sheer rock walls that rise nearly 260 feet from the waterline, the canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf, theoretically saving mariners a journey of hundreds of nautical miles around the Peloponnesus peninsula. A Corinthian ruler named Periander is said to have first proposed it around 600 B.C. He settled instead for a limestone-paved road with a rudimentary railway, on which small ships could be carted across the isthmus.Julius Caesar and Caligula contemplated reviving the canal scheme, but it was the Roman emperor Nero, in A.D. 67, who broke ground. His thousa...

A collection of historic papers discovered in a Long Island basement has been donated to the Gennadius Library in Athens. Susan Vera, a psychology teacher from New York, uncovered the archival chest in 2023 while going through family belongings. The materials once belonged to her ancestors and had been stored for generations, according to an article by Vicky Katehaki in ekathimerini.com. The archive contains around 550 documents dating from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. At its center is Louis Brest, who was posted on the island of Milos when the Venus de Milo was unearthed in 1820. Brest played a role in helping secure the famed statue for the Louvre Museum in Paris. Historian Mark Mazower, who helped arrange the donation, said the papers shed light on the historical setting sur...

The first inter-parliamentary briefing ever hosted by the Eastern Mediterranean Knesset Caucus – held in collaboration with the Middle East Forum – brought together lawmakers and experts from Israel, Greece, Cyprus, and the United States to assess current strategic realities, emerging risks and challenges, and the significant potential of this quadrilateral partnership. As participants in the event, titled “The 3+1 Framework: Strengthening Eastern Mediterranean Cooperation,” unanimously agreed, with Iran visibly weakened, Turkey has emerged as the primary driver of regional instability in the Eastern Mediterranean-seeking to exploit strategic vacuums and position itself as a security guarantor. Against this backdrop of uncertainty, the 3+1 framework emerged as a democratic, stable and reli...

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The town of Greece says 2025 stands out as one of the lowest crime years in modern history. A newly released four-year overview of crime and enforcement trends shows the total index crime declined sharply in 2025 from previous years for the Greece Police Department. GPD Chief Michael Wood notes a brief regional spike in vehicle theft in 2023, which he says has stabilized since then.   “Over the past few years, our community experienced a sharp but temporary increase in property crime driven almost entirely by a regional spike in stolen vehicles,” said Wood in a statement. “That spike was real and disruptive, but it was not permanent. In 2025, crime in the town of Greece stabilized and returned to levels that align with long-term historical patterns.” Four-Year Overview — 2022–2025: 2022: ...

In July 2024, Greece became the first EU nation to introduce a six-day workweek for certain industries. Credit: AMNA German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has ignited a fierce national debate by challenging Germany’s 46-million-strong workforce to rethink its work ethic. In a striking historical irony, Merz is holding up Greece—once the target of German “lazy South” tropes—as the premier example of how to sustain national prosperity through increased labor volume. The Greek work model: More hours, more days, more pay Merz’s praise for Greece isn’t just about general effort; it is a direct nod to Greece’s aggressive new labor policies designed to combat a shrinking workforce and a “brain drain” of skilled labor. In July 2024, Greece became the first EU nation to introduce a six-day workweek for ...

Indians planning a trip to Greece can restart their visa applications, as Global Visa Center World (GVCW) has reopened all Greece Visa Application Centres across India after a temporary suspension caused by a cyber incident.In an official announcement on Tuesday, GVCW said, “We are pleased to inform you that, effective February 12, 2026, all Visa Application Centers for Greece in India will resume operations.”The reopening restores visa services in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Kochi and Kolkata. Applicants can now book appointments, submit biometric data and lodge documents for short-stay C-type visas.GVCW advised applicants to “book their appointments through the designated appointment booking platform” and to “plan accordingly and ensure that all req...