Culture
Mayor: Athens to become attractive for investors
The Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, said at an online conference organized by the Greek Tourism Federation (SETE) and Marketing Greece to make Athens an attractive place for investors, tourists and residents. Speaking of the lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, Bakoyannis affirmed that adaptability is the key to moving forward and mentioned the […]
Read MoreItaly: 2020 box office falls 93%
The sales counter Cinetel said on Wednesday that movie box office revenues in Italy have fallen by 93% since the COVID-19 closure began in March. According to Cinetel it dropped by 460 million. Total revenue this year exceeded 182.5 million euros. About 28 million tickets were sold. A year-on-year decrease of 71.3%. The […]
Read MoreCovid-19: Grave Effects on Tourism Industry in Portugal
Rita Marques, Minister of Tourism of Portugal, told a national newspaper that Portugal’s tourism industry has been regressed for 10 years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. An interview by Expresso showed that Portugal’s tourism industry has lost a huge amount of 7.7 billion euros in revenue. In terms of capital income, the country has […]
Read MorePfizer COVID vaccine arrived in Italy
The new Pfizer COVID vaccine arrived in Italy on Wednesday. Nine DHL aircraft delivered the first 470,000 vaccine doses to Milan Malpensa, Bergamo Orio al Serio, Ancona Falconara, Bologna, Rome Ciampino, Naples, Pisa, Venice and Bari airports . The police will accompany the refrigerated truck to transport the vials to 203 management points […]
Read MorePortugal: 356 homeless people living in Lisbon
According to a note from the parliamentarian’s office in charge of social rights, the latest statistics of Manuel Grilo, an entity involved in the response to the homeless population in the city of Lisbon, show that “there are 356 homeless People (living on the street)”. Most homeless people are men, 309 and 46 are […]
Read MoreMurcia: 2020 may be second hottest year on record
There are still nearly two weeks to 2020, but the national meteorological agency Aemet has predicted that the end of the year will be the second hottest year in Murcia since the first comparable record was compiled 80 years ago. During the year, the average temperature in the area was 17.5 degrees, which was […]
Read MorePortuguese Population Grows 0.19 Percent
According to data from the Regional Statistical Yearbooks, with statistical information on a regional and municipal scale for 2019, of the seven NUTS II (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes), four showed an increase in the respective resident population, namely the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon (+0.59 percent), the Autonomous Region of Madeira (+0.12 […]
Read MoreFrench fashion designer Pierre Cardin passes away
French fashion designer Pierre Cardin is one of the highest fashions of the 20th century. He died on Tuesday at the age of 98. pierrecardin.com Cardin was born near Treviso on July 2, 1922. His name is Pietro Costante Cardin, he is a descendant of a wealthy agricultural family who fell into poverty after […]
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