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Greek-American James A. Koshivos, 21, Killed after Car Plunged into Ocean
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.
NICOSIA – Forced into going along with European Union sanctions that include barring Russia airplanes over the invasion of Ukraine – a major market of tourists on Cyprus – the government will try to lure others from Europe and the Middle East.
That was part of what was called an action plan for replacements although the government said it reserved the right to break with the EU and allow Russian Minister of Transportation, Communications and Works Yiannis Karoussos said the focus has changed to other markets in the meantime, the war and sanctions coming at the worst possible time – Cyprus trying to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic just as the spring season is set to open.
Karoussos said after meeting with European Investment Bank Vice President Lilyana Pavlova that tourists from Russia and Ukraine regularly account for more than 25 percent of arrivals on Cyprus, said Kathimerini in a report.
“This year we were counting on a year with numbers similar to 2019, since the calculations of related businesses had shown that we would have approximately 90 percent of the volume of that year. We would have been very close if it wasn’t for the war,” he said, 2019 being a record year.
“We now know that whatever happens, the Russian and Ukrainian markets are lost for this year,” he noted, adding that the ministry is preparing a plan to promote Cyprus tourism to other markets.
“We are focusing on Europe and the Middle East,” he said, noting the work being done by the Transport and Tourism ministries but with Greece in the same boat and also looking for other markets too.
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.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Step inside the White House during the holidays by walking beneath the branches of a Christmas tree.
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) hosts an in-person screening of Greece’s Oscar entries which compete for nominations in December - Asimina Proedrou’s top Iris Award-winner ‘Behind the Haystacks’ (Πίσω από τις Θημωνιές) and Thanasis Neofotistos’ multiple-award-winning short film ‘Air Hostess – 737’ - on Sunday, December 10, 5:30 PM, at the Gianopulos Family Theater at St.
LOS ANGELES – The Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral community is calling for cookies for the reception following the 24th Annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 3.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Step inside the White House during the holidays by walking beneath the branches of a Christmas tree.
UTTARKASHI, India (AP) — All 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in northern India for more than two weeks were pulled out on Tuesday, bringing an end to a drawn-out rescue mission that had grabbed the country's attention for days.