At the top of The Times list of Europe’s 25 secret islands without crowds this year, was Andros. The British daily national newspaper praises the excellent initiative of Andros Routes and the walking…
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Athens’ high-security Korydallos Prison has reported its first case of Covid-19. The inmate, a 33-year-old Greek-Armenian man, was transferred to Sotiria Hospital for treatment. A team of health workers from the National Organization of…
Firefighters are currently battling a fire at the Temploni landfill in Corfu, media outlet Kerkyrasimera reported. The cause of the fire which broke out around 10pm, is still unknown. According to the…
Greece and Israel are close to reaching an agreement on the establishment of an International Flight Training Centre in Kalamata, following a visit by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Jerusalem last week,…
A spike in Covid-19 cases led to the closure of schools in the small town of Paramythia in Thesprotia (Epirus region) on Monday, in a bid to contain the spread of the…
The Foreign Ministers of Cyprus and Egypt, Nikos Christodoulides and Sameh Shoukry, on Sunday held a telephone conversation regarding Eastern Mediterranean developments, according to Cyprus Mail. According to a Foreign Ministry statement,…
“Greece’s experience taught that when the state listened to doctors and took bold steps, it also gained the trust of its citizens,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated during his address at…
A man was seriously injured after a fierce clash took place in the Malakasa migrant camp last night. According to information from Security News, the incident was between men of Afghan origin.…
Greece’s Civil Protection placed the village of Echinos in the region of Xanthi, northern Greece, on a strict lockdown for a week following 73 new coronavirus cases and four deaths over the…
European Best Destinations, a travel website developed to promote culture and tourism in Europe, has listed two Greek destinations among the safest to visit this summer in the midst of the coronavirus…
Greece is one of the five European countries that have reduced the number of road fatalities since 2010. Greece, along with the Baltic states and Portugal, has the best performance in the…
One of Albania’s largest media companies reported that Greece is preparing to liberate Northern Epirus, a region in today’s southern Albania, when photographs of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus flag was…
The successful management of the coronavirus pandemic by the government is rewarded, Ferdinando Giugliano wrote in an article published on Bloomberg entitled: “Greece Looks Like a Safer Destination Now”. Giugliano says that…
With the sand between your toes and the sun soaking through your pores, it’s simple- life is better at a beach in Greece. Last month, Greece was ranked second in the world…
On the same day Greece welcomed the world by reopening for tourism, 13 new coronavirus cases were announced, bringing the total number to 3,134. Of the total, 697 are people who were…
The day finally arrived for many eager travellers. Greece reopened Athens International Airport and Thessaloniki Airport “Makedonia” to more international flights, hoping to kick-start its vital tourism sector after three months in…
Greece has announced zero new fatalities from coronavirus for the fifth consecutive day, the longest such run since mid-March. Thus, fatalities remain at 183, while nine new confirmed cases over the past…
The Athens and Thessaloniki international airports will lift some restrictions for incoming international flights on Monday, with specific health safety protocols in place on the ground. Specifically, as of Monday, Athens International…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) , is urging Greece to investigate multiple reports of pushbacks by Greek authorities at the country’s sea and land borders, possibly returning migrants and asylum…
“The country is carefully continuing its course to the new normality. A month after the lifting of the lockdown, the epidemiological picture remains good,” Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas stated at the daily…