Geography of Greece

Trivago noted a drop in numbers of German tourists wanting to visit Greece for Easter, while Turkey and Egypt seem to be gaining ground. At the same time, the most popular Greek destinations for Easter holidays are Athens and Crete’s Chania.

The list of the 18 new measures sent to the Brussels Group in order to find common ground between the partners and the Greek government included a measure which indicates a VAT raise in Aegean isles.

Despite the obvious obstacles that may arise, the widely-accepted fact is that the Public Sector may end up receiving 300 million euros per annum extra from it alone.

Unlicensed settlements created without the required paperwork from the town planning departments are commonplace in Greece and a gordian knot for the state to handle. Urban planning is has been chaotic as unlicensed buildings spurt over the countryside without even a proper unified land registry.

The new tourist season kicked off on Zakynthos with the first flight from Great Britain made at 11.30 a.m. on Sunday. EasyJet's flight carried the first 171 British passengers to the island.

RyanAir has a flight scheduled on April 3 from Belgium.

Choreographers Sophie Bulbuyan and Apostolia Papadamaki join a global dance team to create an underwater dance-visual performance titled "Drops of Breath". The 14 performers from France, Greece and Cyprus will present their underwater choreography at Cape Sounion beach, the sea region at the foot of the cliff where the Greek temple of Poseidon is located.

Fields in Serres, northern Greece, have been flooded after the Strymonas River burst its banks on Sunday.

Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, mockingly nicknamed Greece's 'champagne socialist', photoshoot showing of his luxury Athens home and decision to put his villa in Aegina up for sale is seen as hypocrisy at a time when 20% of Greeks are living under the poverty line.

The Greek version of Broadway musical “Annie” currently in Thessaloniki for limited performances starting end of May

After a great success in Athens now the Music Hall of Thessaloniki welcomes the 15 little girls aged 6-12 years in a family musical about the value of love and hope.

The Vitsentzos Kornaros passenger ferry, which had run aground near the port of Kasos last Wednesday, left the southeastern Aegean island?s port in the early hours of Saturday after another vessel helped to free it late on Friday.

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook a sea area between the islands of Crete and Kasos in the southern Aegean Sea early on Saturday.

According to the Geodynamic Institute in Athens the tremor took place at 1.34 a.m. and its epicenter was located 67 kilometers west of Kasos.