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  • Tsipras reminded of shipping’s importance at UGS centenary bash

    Tsipras reminded of shipping’s importance at UGS centenary bash

    UGS president Theodore Veniamis, used the occasion to remind the top politicians attending that the government must work to make shipping competitive on home soil. It comes as a cabinet reshuffle last Sunday saw a new shipping minister appointed. Veniamis said UGS “prompts politicians to develop a strategic approach” since shipping is the only sector…

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  • Egypt Tourism ‘Will Recover,’ Return to Pre-2011 Levels Next Year: World Travel Council Official

    Egypt Tourism ‘Will Recover,’ Return to Pre-2011 Levels Next Year: World Travel Council Official

    According to privately-owned El-Watan newspaper, Scowsill praised the newly imposed security measures at Egypt’s airports and said he would report what he has witnessed in that regard to British travel agencies. The chairman also said he will visit the Red Sea resort town of Sharm El Sheikh soon to encourage the resumption of flights. Earlier…

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  • Stavros Niarchos Foundation: 20 years of grantmaking activity

    Stavros Niarchos Foundation: 20 years of grantmaking activity

    The SNF’s philanthropic activity, to date, has spread across 111 countries, with particular emphasis on Greece which—among other grants and programs—is where some of the most important initiatives of the Foundation are being developed, such as the development of the SNFCC, alongside Initiatives Against the Greek Crisis and for Recharging the Youth. Since the commencement…

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  • Two new pharaonic cemeteries discovered in Aswan

    Two new pharaonic cemeteries discovered in Aswan

    Nasr Salama, head of the ministry’s department for Aswan and Nubia antiquities, said the two cemeteries were badly preserved, with no inscriptions were found on the walls. However, the remains of tombs and mummies were found inside. Salama said that stairs were discovered that lead to a small, square burial chamber. The discovery was made…

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