Greek City Times has compiled a list of National Public Holidays celebrated in Greece during 2021. Friday 1st January 2021: New Year’s Day (Πρωτοχρονιά) January 1 is one of the most important…
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Visitors arriving at Athens International Airport are greeted by an exhibition of the Museum of Cycladic Art entitled ‘Antiquarianism and Philhellenism. The Thanassis and Marina Martinos Collection.’ The exhibit which is hosted…
The Aggitis cave (also called Maaras Cave), is located in the Drama municipality, close to Prosotani, on the south foot of Falakro Mountain. Aggitis is the largest river cave in the world…
Greece continues to be the only country showing mostly green zones on the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) coronavirus map, indicating a low rate of novel coronavirus infections. The…
Seventy-two players (almost a fifth of those taking part in the Australian Open) are in a strict lockdown over positive tests on three charter flights to Melbourne from Abu Dhabi, Doha and…
Aristotelis “Telly” Savalas was born on January 21, 1922, and died on January 22, 1994, just one day after his 72nd birthday. He was a Greek American actor whose career spanned four decades of television.…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterated his idea for an EU-wide Covid-19 vaccination certificate that will help restore safe travel that has been devastated by the pandemic. Presenting the idea in an…
Greece will play Australia and Spain in the group stage of the ATP Cup in Melbourne next week. Twelve countries including Greece will battle for the trophy on February 1-5 at at…
The Australian Olympic Committee have denied reports that the 2021 Tokyo Olympics are cancelled. The 2020 Olympics was pushed back to 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report in…
The Greek government has increased the duration of the mandatory military service in the Greek Army, the Navy and the Air Force to 12 months, from nine months. The decision which was reached…
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris began their first full day in office attending a virtual Presidential Inaugural Interfaith Prayer Service. The leaders were joined by their spouses, and…
Athens will soon be home to its own Olympic Museum. In the Golden Hall shopping mall in Marousi, visitors will soon be able to visit the museum dedicated to the long history…
A 1,500-year-old Ancient Greek inscription bearing the name “Christ, born of Mary” was unearthed in northern Israel, the Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday. The archaeologists discovered the inscription engraved at the entrance…
According to a Finn Partners Global Travel Practice survey, an overwhelming majority of global travel writers (94%) plan to resume travel this year for first-hand reporting. And on their bucket list of…
Arsenal have agreed to terminate the contract of Greek international defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos. “Working closely with Sokratis and his team, we have decided to cancel his contract by mutual consent,” Arsenal said…
The night curfew in Greece remains in force, despite the easing of covid-19 lockdown restrictions. On Monday, retail shops and hair salons reopened for the first time in more than two months. Furthermore,…
On Wednesday, lawmakers approved legislation to extend Greece’s territorial waters along its western coastline from six to twelve nautical miles. The bill received 284 votes of approval, favoured by ruling party New…
The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou expressed her confidence that Greek-US relations will become even stronger during the Presidency of Joe Biden. Sakellaropoulou and US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt attended a special…
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis today tweeted his congratulations to Joe Biden who was sworn as the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday. “Warmest congratulations to @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris. It…
Mobile phone application Visit Greece, developed by GNTO and Warply with the support of Mastercard and Eurobank, has won numerous accolades at the e-volution Awards 2021. The Visit Greece app won the…