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Greek actor Stathis Psaltis has died at the age of 66 after battling with cancer for a many months. The actor, who was being treated at the intensive care unit of the Saint Savvas hospital in Athens died at 2.25pm, Friday, after the cancer had metastasised from his lungs to other vital organs and doctors were unable to stop its spread.

The Athens State Orchestra will be performing works by Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler in the gardens of the Athens Concert Hall on Friday, September 23. Soprano Maira Milolidaki, vocalist Thodoris Voutsikakis and pianist Titos Gouvelis will accompany the ensemble, which is led by Stathis Soulis. The concert starts at 8.30 p.m.

When sexy Cretan beekeper Stathis Stivaktakis shot to the public limelight at a farmers protest outside Greek Parliament house, the international media took notice. His rugged good looks, quaint traditional style of dress and deep blue eyes were matched by a humility that the public loved… and then, the inevitable happened! He got himself a manager to handle the media.

Days after Stathis Stivaktakis, a Cretan beekeeper, took to the streets of Athens to complain about the new farm regulations that will crush Greece’s rural sector and social media is still abuzz. The beekeeper’s good looks caught the attention of the ladies and even drew the attention of the BBC and Reuters.

Now, social media has turned its attention to Stathis’ supposed sister:

Social media caught fire when beekeeper Stathis Stivaktakis was immortalized at a farmers’ protest at Syntagma Square. The local female population swooned, but Reuters and the BBC also took notice catapulting the young Cretan to fame.

Farmers demonstrated at Syntagma Square against tax hikes and cuts to agricultural tax exemptions. Photos of one Cretan farmer went viral as the female population went wild. The man – Stathis Stivaktakis – was catapulted to national fame with a hashtags attached to his pics, such as #liveyourmythingreece.

Plucked from obscurity, he is now the stuff of female dreams and memes:

By Stathis Kousounis

Online rates for Athens hotels have shown a 30.2 percent annual increase this month, according to a survey comparing double rooms across Europe by online booking service Trivago.

The average price per night amounts to 155 euros, against 119 euros last June, ranking just above the European average.

By Stathis Kousounis

Greece?s hotel sector is presently witnessing plenty of action in terms of new acquisitions and the opening of luxury units, with the involvement of domestic firms as well as companies from the US, Russia, Germany and Cyprus.

By Stathis Kousounis

The number of international tourists visiting Athens will continue to grow in 2015 provided that stability and a sense of security in Greece can be maintained, Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis told a press conference marking the opening of the third annual Travel Trade Athens on Monday.

By Stathis Kousounis

Greek tourism finds itself in a difficult period due to the country?s economic instability, the immigration issue, the resumption of street riots in Athens, and the turbulence in Greek-US relations due to a new Greek bill that would pave the way for the release of a convicted terrorist.