Tourism in Greece

Skouries Goldmine workers protest over lost jobs (photos + videos)

150 protestors held banners outside the Energy Ministry in Athens to demonstrate against the 50 dismissals of employees who lost their jobs from the Skouries Mine in Chalkidiki, Northern Greece, on February 27. The employees of Hellas Gold SA were angered by the government's decision to recall the permit for a processing plant at Skouries.

Grow Greek Tourism Campaign expands to include more areas

Google announced it's "Grow Greek TOurism Online" program, a project that aims to provide enterprises in Greek tourism with tools that can help boost their businesses over the summer season and beyond. The initiative has been taken to deal with the 70% increased demand for online vacation searches noted from June to September.

Gulf Air offers passengers the opportunity to travel to Santorini and 13 other destinations for free!

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announced a few days ago a time-limited offer giving passengers travelling to Greece the opportunity to fly onwards from Athens International Airport to 14 Greek destinations - for free.

Torrents of rain cause flooding in Attica (photos + video)

The extreme weather conditions caused problems in Athens. Chaotic images emerged at Mandra, an outer suburb of Athens in West Attica, after Thursday night's heavy rainfall. Streets turned to rivers with people trapped in their flooded homes and stores. In some areas floods reached over a meter. Power was cut.

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