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Yannis Rossopoulos boards the last ship leaving Piraeus' Gate E8 for the islands of the Saronic Gulf on the evening of July 6. His destination is Ermioni, a small port town on the Argolida peninsula, where he will spend the entire summer season working as a cook in a five-star hotel. He rolls a cigarette on the small deck, before the ship sets sail.

Investigations have revealed video footage of the cold-blooded assassination of civil engineer Panagiotis Stathis, who was shot Tuesday morning outside his office in the northern Athenian suburb of Neo Psychiko. 

A multimedia maritime exhibition, Crafts of the Sea, will open for the first time in Athens at the Goethe Institute Athens from July 4 to September 21.

The Cyclades dominate the list of the most expensive holiday homes for sale, as the high demand and strong tourism interest of recent years have brought the asking prices to a level that surpasses the majority of parts of Attica.

A bidding competition for the simple use of beachfront and public beaches in Mykonos, Paros, Milos, and Naxos has seen offers soar to nearly 1 million euros

A series of activities combining international sports with tourism will take place in various regions of Greece in June, under the aegis of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO).

The small Aegean island of Antiparos is in a fever of preparations for the summer's tourism miracle. The magnitude and type of construction activity (villas with swimming pools etc) point to a massive accumulation of wealth.

The awe-inspiring Kallimarmaro Stadium in Athens without spectators. "I'm not interested in the picturesque, touristic impression," says landscape and architecture photographer Erieta Attali. In two exhibitions in Paris, she presents unique images from Delos, the archaeological site of Olympia and the Kallimarmaro. "For me, Delos is not only the antiquities.

Demand remains high in the luxury housing market, both from foreign investors and from Greeks.

A 71-year-old woman fell in the sea near Gate E5 in the port of Piraeus on Wednesday and was rescued by port authority officers. 

According to the port authority, the woman, who was a member of an excursion group that was about to board the passenger ferry Nisos Naxos, dropped her suitcase and in her attempt to catch it fell into the sea.