Kathimerini

Still room for all-inclusive resorts in Greece, hotel executive says

There is still room for more all-inclusive luxury resorts in Greece and other Mediterranean destinations, Javier Coll, group president at Hyatt Hotels Inclusive Collection, tells Kathimerini.

Hyatt recently announced the opening of its sixth hotel in Greece, an all-inclusive resort at Sani, in Halkidiki Peninsula.

Zoëtry Halkidiki is expected to open in 2024.

Arrested Croats deny hooligan tag

The dozens of young Croatians detained for their roles in the violent clashes on August 7 which led to the death of 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris deny they are members of the so-called Dinamo Zagreb ultras Bad Blue Boys (BBB), notorious for hooliganism, according to their testimonies to Greek judicial authorities, seen by Kathimerini.

Climate change: Saving Athens from itself

Public water reservoirs and drinking fountains, splash pads and fountains, pocket parks, green parking lots, trees and bushes in public spaces, sustainable mobility and reused buildings, starting with the public ones, are just some of the measures architect Petros Babasikas and his team recommend for Athens in the age of climate change.

Kotsovolos woos power firms

When in mid-June British group Currys, the owner of electrical and electronic goods chain Kotsovolos, announced that it was looking for a buyer for its subsidiary in Greece and Cyprus, no one could have imagined that the historic commercial chain of electrical appliances would become the object of a claim by large energy groups of Greece.

Questions loom over air base’s security

The 111th Combat Wing at Nea Anchialos, near the city of Volos in central Greece, is considered one of the Hellenic Air Force's jewels in the crown. The wing's base is home to nearly half of Greece's F-16 fighters, specifically 70 out of 154. It is multi-mission, with squadrons specializing in interception, suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), attack and advanced training.

Helping kids to cultivate a head for business at school

A distinction at the recent pan-European Junior Achievement (JA) competition for young entrepreneurship by a team calling itself Isometricks that developed a fun and education brain game, has shone a spotlight on the work of the University of Macedonia's Experimental Junior High School in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.

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