Tourism in Greece

What can visitors expect when they head to Elefsina on Saturday and Sunday (February 4 and 5) to attend the festivities for the West Attica town's inauguration as a European Capital of Culture? Filmmaker Filippos Koutsaftis plans to be among them and is looking forward to the rich two-day program of exhibitions, concerts, DJ parties and parallel events.

Luxury hotel Rodos Park, in the medieval part of Rhodes Town, announced this week it has obtained a new identity and website (rodospark.gr) with "Philoxenia at Heart" as its central motto.

It intends to highlight the high-standard experience offered combined with a love for arts and culture at the historic five-star hotel. 

Firefighters and police in Crete have retrieved the body of an unidentified man from Aradena gorge, after the remains were spotted by a hiker as he was crossing a metal bridge over the ravine.

According to information from the Hania bureau of state broadcaster ERT, the body is that of a middle-aged American citizen, whose car has already been found.

The stadium of Ancient Nemea will reopen on Wednesday to visitors, local MP and Alternate Development and Investments Minister Christos Dimas said on Tuesday.

The 4th-century BC stadium in Corinthia had shut down over a lack of security.

A sample from a Byzantine-era wall found at Thessaloniki's under-construction Venizelos metro station sits under the microscope at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki's Laboratory of Building Materials.

A pair of Turkish F-16 fighter jets flew over three Greek islands, including Chios, after they violated Greek airspace and entered the Athens Flight Information Region without submitting a flight plan on Monday afternoon.

When breaking down the story of Greek and global shipping, two islands stand out today - Chios and Oinousses. Steven Tagle joins Thanos Davelis to discuss his latest in-depth report from both islands that breaks down how they came to lead the world's shipping industry and how sea trade became Greece's version of the American dream.

In the leadup to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) has said that the responsibility to pass on the memory of the Holocaust "is a sacred mission."

In a statement, the KIS noted that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Jews from the German and Bulgarian occupation zones of Greece.

Two brothers have died in a house fire on the island of Zakynthos.

Firefighters found the remains of the two men, aged 43 and 54, during an operation to extinguish a fire in a detached house in Zakynthos town.

Investigators are examining the cause of the fatal blaze.

Public broadcaster ERT has said initial indications attribute the blaze to a short circuit.

The world's first factory to produce the new third-generation photovoltaics, which can deliver electricity from almost anywhere the sun shines, will be created in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, as part of a major European project.