The UK government has imposed a temporary ban on a wide range of food products being brought into the UK by travellers from the EU, due to a growing number of countries in the EU reporting cases of foot-and-mouth disease. The restrictions apply regardless of whether the products are professionally packaged or not, and include […]
The Spanish government has fined the short-term property rental giant Airbnb €64m (£56m) for advertising and renting out unlicensed apartments. It was also confirmed that some of the properties advertised within Spain were prohibited from being rented. The fine cannot be appealed and means Airbnb has to pay the penalty, as well as removing all […]
The Copernicus Observatory, the Earth observation component of the European Union’s Space programme, is expected to report that 2025 will be the second-warmest year on record globally. The observatory also notes that November 2025 was “the third warmest globally” on record. 2025 presents a temperature level identical to that of 2023, pending the statistics for […]
The widespread culling of sheep and goats in Greece due to the increasing number of cases of the highly contagious sheep and goat pox has raised fears that it will have a knock-on effect regarding the production of Feta cheese, one of the country’s famous culinary exports. Small Greek Feta manufacturers say they are already […]
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Ryanair, the European low-cost airline, has moved to 100% Digital Boarding Passes (DBP) and will no longer accept printed boarding passes. This means all passengers will receive a DBP via the Ryanair App on their mobile device when they check in online*. Online check-in can be completed on Ryanair.com or on the Ryanair App. All […]
The Secretary General of the Greek National Tourism Organisation, Andreas Fiorentinos, announced that from 2027, the British low-cost airline Jet2 will be adding flights from the UK to Kavala International Airport (“Alexander the Great”), which also serves the island of Thassos. This development came about after coordinated actions by the Greek National Tourism Organisation, the […]
The short-term property rental market in Greece, represented by companies such as Airbnb and Booking.com, is entering a new era, as, from Wednesday, October 1, a new law came into force which establishes strict terms and conditions for property owners who rent in this way. The new law provides for compliance checks by the Ministry […]
Plans to extend the tourist season in Greece until November are being set in motion by TUI, the world’s largest travel company, with the Group’s CEO, Sebastian Ebel, expressing confidence that both climatic conditions and global demand favour keeping the flow of visitors beyond the traditional summer season. Mr Ebel confirmed that the Group is […]
A study by the National Bank of Greece has concluded that if the Greek islands are to maintain their attractiveness to international tourists, investment estimated at 35 billion euros is needed over the next decade, to facilitate the upgrading of critical infrastructure such as transport, energy, water and waste management. The Greek islands welcome almost […]
