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Airports send Mayday messageThe two companies that manage Greece’s main airports face a threat to their continued operations due to the absence of any passenger traffic. Athens International Airport (AIA) and Fraport Greece (which manages Greece’s 14 main regional airports) have described their cash drought in letters to the ministries of Finance, Infrastructure and Development as well as the state sell-off fund (TAIPED), requesting that they be granted the necessary space to deal with their liquidity problems.In its letter, AIA says passenger traffic at the country’s biggest airport “has completely collapsed, while commercial revenues are now zero,” as a result of the introduction of extraordinary restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19.For its part, Fraport Greece is asking for the suspension of the payment of 44 million euros concerning the concession’s installment for 2019.
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QuoteAirports send Mayday messageThe two companies that manage Greece’s main airports face a threat to their continued operations due to the absence of any passenger traffic. Athens International Airport (AIA) and Fraport Greece (which manages Greece’s 14 main regional airports) have described their cash drought in letters to the ministries of Finance, Infrastructure and Development as well as the state sell-off fund (TAIPED), requesting that they be granted the necessary space to deal with their liquidity problems.In its letter, AIA says passenger traffic at the country’s biggest airport “has completely collapsed, while commercial revenues are now zero,” as a result of the introduction of extraordinary restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19.For its part, Fraport Greece is asking for the suspension of the payment of 44 million euros concerning the concession’s installment for 2019. https://www.ekathimerini.com/251794/article/ekathimerini/business/airports-send-mayday-message
maybe they'll get the great escape......
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New archaeological evidence from Nazareth reveals religious and political environment in era of Jesus Remarkable new archaeological discoveries in Israel are revealing important details about the religious and political environment in which Jesus is said to have grown up, and which are likely to have influenced his own religious and political outlook.Detailed new research suggests that Nazareth, which according to Christian tradition is where Jesus grew up, was substantially bigger than previously thought, religiously very conservative and politically very anti-Roman.The archaeological work, directed by a British archaeologist, Dr Ken Dark of the University of Reading, suggests that there was a very substantial difference between the religious values adhered to by Jews living in Nazareth and those living in a neighbouring town called Sepphoris.
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