Geography of Greece

Akanthous Summer

The famous spot by the beach for dining, drinking and dancing opens up on April 30. Wooden tables by the sand for diners, while others may prefer to drink a cocktail on the sunbeds under a moonlit starry night.

Poseidonos Avenue, Kalamaki, Tel. 210 9680800.

Acrotiri - Dream City

By Stathis Kousounis

Sports events in Greek tourism hotspots are increasing, with the Spetsathlon 2015 taking place on Spetses this weekend (April 24-26) including swimming, cycling and running.

Next month Deskati, near Grevena, will hold a paragliding event, on May 1-3, and Lesvos will host the 1st Molyvos Bike Tour on May 24.

Funds are to be released for repair work on a desalination plant on Kastellorizo, putting an end to the expensive practice of carrying water to the small island.

A 21-year-old Afghan migrant crawled under an Italy-bound bus in an attempt to smuggle himself out of the country, but was killed when his body was caught in the axle of the vehicle.

The incident occurred shortly after midnight on Tuesday at Greece?s northwestern port of Igoumenitsa.

Borajet, a Turkish-based airline, will launch three weekly direct flights from Istanbul to Rhodes and Mykonos that kick off on June 18 and plan to run through to September.

Representatives are also investigating the addition of more flights to Kos and Santorini in 2016.

The City of Athens and Organization of Culture, Sports and Youth are celebrating World Earth Day (April 22) with the 22nd Bicycle Run of Athens on Sunday, April 26. The race is set to start at 11 a.m. at Zappeion Hall, near the National Gardens. There are 2.7 km and 8.5 km races being organized with both starting and ending at Zappeion.

By Stathis Kousounis

Santorini has been voted by TripAdvisor users as the best island in Europe and the fourth in the world, according to the results of poll published by the biggest international travel website.

Crete ranked third in Europe, with Zakynthos fourth.

A venue that recently made it onto the World's 10 Best Bars list, the Athens Hilton's penthouse Galaxy Bar will host the latest InterNations event on Wednesday for expatriate members and guests.

Three immigrants died on Monday after the smuggling boat they were in crashed on to rocks off the coast of Rhodes in the southeastern Aegean even as hundreds of migrants remained unaccounted for off Italy following similar tragedies.

The vehicle of an employee working at the Skouries gold mine in Halkidiki, northern Greece, was completely destroyed in an arson attack in the area of Nea Roda on Monday.

The employee had recently appeared on Skai TV speaking in favor of the contested mining project.

Following his television appearance, the man alleged that he had received threats.