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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-09-14Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Alt.Tourism Minister Kountoura invites Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in Greek tourismAlternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura sent an open invitation to Chinese entrepreneurs to visit Greece and invest in the tourism sector, in her address at an Athens Chamber of Tradesmen event on the Alibaba open market platform.Greece, said Kountoura, is the ideal destination for tourists from China and at the same time offers the opportunity to entrepreneurs to operate in Greece. Towards this direction Alibaba web platform will also give the opportunity to Greek tourism businessmen for cooperation with China. Kountoura said that her ministry puts emphasis on the opening of new markets. The opening and approach to China's market that started in 2015 is already bearing fruit, said Kountoura adding that a substantial increase in tourists from China was recorded in 2016. [02] Cooperation of Greek enterprises with Alibaba will boost exports to Chinese markets, Dep.FM Mardas saysThe cooperation of Greek enterprises with Alibaba as well as other similar open market platforms will contribute significantly to the increase of exports to the Chinese market and will boost the Greek tourism sector, Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas said in statements to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency."Following the recent visit of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in China in July, and his meeting with the president of the Chinese online sales group Alibaba, Jack Ma, we met yesterday at the Foreign Ministry with executives of the Chinese Alibaba group and discussed the opportunities and prospects for cooperation. "During the meeting," he added, "we expressed our interest in promoting Greek agricultural products through Alibaba platform, as well as the promotion of Greece as a travel destination for Chinese tourists. We believe that the cooperation of the Greek business with Alibaba, as with other similar electronic platforms, will contribute significantly to increasing our exports to the Chinese market and strengthen the tourist flow to Greece." [03] 54 migrants and refugees arrived on Greek islands in the last 24h54 migrants and refugees arrived on the northern Aegean islands in the last 24 hours, a number significantly lower than the previous days.No arrivals were reported on Lesvos, 2 persons arrived on Chios while 48 migrants and refugees arrived on Samos. According to police, the number of refugees and migrants that sought asylum in Greek and are currently trapped on the Greek island reached 9,973. [04] Sea Shepherd's expedition to clean Lesvos' seabed and shores"Sea Shepherd" marine wildlife conservation organisation widely known for its dynamic expeditions on whale protection is currently at Lesvos island with its catamaran vessel "Brigitte Bardot" aiming at cleaning the island's shores and seabed that has been severely disturbed by the huge refugee and migrants flows arriving on the island over the last year.Seven divers from France along with a speedboat and an organisation's caravan arrived on the island to assist in the cleaning of the seabed. The organisation submitted a request to Mytilene port authority to be allowed to proceed in environmental activities for two weeks. Australia-flagged Brigitte Bardot catamaran has taken part in a number of dangerous operations that has declared war to the Japanese 'murderous fleets' who are responsible for the massacre of whales in the Antartic Ocean. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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