CORFU, Greece – The cruise ship “MSC Opera” of MSC CRUISES is to inaugurate the new tourist season on the island of Corfu on Thursday, starting the 2020 cruise season for the island two weeks early.
The vessel set sail for its 11-day cruise from Genoa, Italy, with 1,572 passengers from many different countries on board, and has already docked at the ports of Katakolo, Heraklion, Rhodes and Piraeus.
Corfu port authorities, in an announcement on Wednesday, noted that “there is no suspected incident of coronavirus among the passengers as a thorough examination has been conducted by health authorities and the owner company”.
“In any case, and regardless of the measures already assumed by cruise ship companies, the port authority of Corfu is in constant contact with the responsible health authorities, the Ionian islands regional authority and the municipality of Corfu to strictly implement the directions of the National Public Health Organisation.”
It is also worth mentioning that, at every port, the cruise ship’s health authority issues health certifications for all passengers.
ATHENS - With Greece eager to attract more cruise ships to bring in even more tourists, government officials met with Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) representatives on a plan to manage arrivals and see more destinations.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Rosalynn Carter received her final farewells Wednesday in the same tiny town where she and Jimmy Carter were born, forever their home base as they climbed to the White House and traveled the world for humanitarian causes.
LONDON (AP) — Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed at the last minute Thursday to extend their cease-fire in Gaza by another day.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world just took a big step toward compensating countries hit by deadly floods, heat and droughts.
Hanukkah — also spelled Chanukah or other transliterations from Hebrew — is Judaism’s “festival of lights.
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