Geography of Greece

Athanassios Molassiotis, Assistant Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, points to an increase in production volumes of Greek cherries as a result of increased plantings in many parts of Northern Greece as well as the delay in the harvest season.

Kerry Needham, the tragic mother of Ben Needham - who went missing from the island of Kos on July 24, 1991 – has not lost hope that she would someday see her son again.

Student elections in Greece, circa 2015, witnessed the burning of one ballot box in Athens and two injured people at the University of Thessaloniki following a raid by a group of masked hooligans.

The Athens Concert Hall has planned a free tour, for the 16th and 17th of May, between 12:00 and 18:00. This action is titled “Open House Athens 2015″ and is undertaken by the Open House Greece NGO.

A rescue operation was underway in Crete on Wednesday morning after 60 hikers were trapped in the 16-kilometer long Samaria Gorge overnight.

The hikers were hampered in their efforts by heavy rain and had to spend the night at the Samaria settlement. All the hikers were reported to be safe and well.

The beaches of southeast coastal Athens are expected to become a holiday favorite once more.

The Vouliagmeni resorts will keep its ticket prices the same for the fifth concurrent year (see recession etc).

Other beaches include:

Schinias

The Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) has seized more than 16,000 liters of bootleg alcohol that was destined for manufacturing knockoff drinks to be sold at bars and nightclubs.

The illegal alcohol was found at a warehouse on the country road between Megara and Alepohori, west of Athens, on Saturday.

Marketing Greece’s campaign for the Tourism Organization of Halkidiki, northern Greece, kicked off with the logo “Mirage in the Med”. The new campaign hopes to showcase the lush green beauty and azure seas of the region as something of an exotic getaway with out-of-the-world scenery.

Victoria’s Secret angels spent a week in Mykonos for the fashion show that took place at Nammos, Psarrou beach. Gorgeous women like Sara Sampaio, Bar Refaeli (Leonardo di Caprio’s ex) and many more beautiful women headed to the island of winds for Replay.

Around 400 people from across the world attended the event and partied until the earlier hours of the morning.

Forget “all-inclusive” resorts, or worse, the dreaded “tourist traps”. The prestigious Conde Nast Travel travel website posted an extensive travelogue of the southern Peloponnese recently, with a particular emphasis on southern-most Laconia prefecture.