Tourism in Greece
CNN explores the Greek island where people forget to die (watch video)
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.
Galaxy Bar in Athens among World's Top 10 Rooftop Bars
The high-rise Galaxy Bar atop the iconic Athens Hilton was recently included in a list of the World's Top Ten Rooftop Bars by prestigious magazine Premier Traveler.
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.
'About face' ? Turkey scraps notice of ? 10-month military drill between Greek isles!
The Turkish government did an "about face" on Monday from its original plan to reserve a large chuck of the northern Aegean for a military drill - purportedly in regions between Greek islands - and until the end of the year!
Schaeuble urges Greece to implement reforms during extension
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble urged the new Greek government on Sunday to use a four-month extension it obtained for its financial rescue to implement its reform plan if it wanted to secure future help from abroad.
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.
Japanese Anime tonight at Greek Film Archive Museum
Pop anime movies, considered by many as a form of Japanese modern art, has millions of fans around the world. The Anime festival hopes to provide a sample of the style and pop sensation to cinema aficionados in Athens, with six anime movies shown for the first time in Greece.
Greece sued over poor waste water treatment
The European Commission announced on Thursday its decision to take Greece to the EU?s Court of Justice over poor waste water treatment presenting a risk to public health.
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