Halkidiki

The MITSIS HOTELS Group is expanding with the management of a new luxury 5* hotel resort in Halkidiki, according to the company's announcement.

Specifically, the Group entered into a 20-year Property Management Agreement with Happy Holidays S.A., with a horizon of completion and operation of the unit in 2025.

After initially announcing a weekend ban on takeaway food in Athens and Thessaloniki early on Saturday, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis took it back later in the day. 

"The government assessed that the measure of temporary suspension of takeaway will create more confusion and will cause more problems," he said in a statement.

Short-term property rentals in Greece via leading online platform Airbnb are more or less an exclusively Greek affair these days.

A Romanian man vacationing with his family in Halkidiki, Greece, who got injured by a violent hail storm on Wednesday night will be discharged from hospital today, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said on Friday.

A third Romanian citizen was wounded by the storm that occurred on Wednesday in Halkidiki, Greece, and he was transported to the hospital, informs a press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) sent to AGERPRES.

A 72-year-old motorist lost control of her vehicle on Friday and crashed into the glass facade of a supermarket in the town of Halkidiki, northern Greece, hitting two women, aged 59 and 85, police said.

The elder victim was transferred to a local hospital for treatment for minor injuries, according to police.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras donned a g-suit and flew on an F-16 fighter jet while visiting the 110th combat wing of the Hellenic Air Force in Larisa, central Greece Thursday afternoon.

The flight lasted about an hour and passed over Halkidiki, Mt. Athos, Limnos, Agios Efstratios and Skyros.

The risk of forest fires across the country is very high on Monday, according to the General Secretariat for Civil Protection which highlighted the prefectures of Attica, Evia, Viotia, Fthiotida, Fokida, Larissa, Magnisia, Corinthia, Argolida, Arkadia, Lakonia and Hania as the most vulnerable - at level 4.

We might be in the middle of a cold winter in Greece, with snow, freezing temperatures and rainfalls, but this is the best period for the Brits to book the most affordable summer vacation packages. Travel Weekly site published its 10 top exotic beaches in Greece and Cyprus to help its readers make up their mind.