Dance Festival | Hania
Dance Days (dancedays.gr) is back with an international lineup of dance companies, workshops and parallel events, unfolding across different parts of the beautiful Cretan city.
Huge increase in tourism arrivals and overnight stays in 2021
Greece saw a 78.3% increase in arrivals and a 92% jump in overnight stays at hotels, campsites and short-stay accommodation in 2021, compared to the Covid-stricken previous year, data from the Hellentic Statistical Authority on Friday showed.
More hot days lie ahead
The meteorological service at the National Observatory of Athens, Meteo.gr, expects temperatures to rise above usual levels for a sustained period of time.
Time ripe for 60-year-olds to get Covid booster
The right time for people over 60 years old and younger people with serious health problems to get a second booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine is now, according to Greek and European health authorities.
Tax Freedom Day came earlier
Households have this year covered their tax and social security obligations through their work by July 1, which is their Tax Freedom Day for 2022, according to the annual survey by the Center for Liberal Studies (KEFiM).
Police bust drug ring near Turkish border
Police in the northeastern border town of Orestiada arrested five people, two Greeks and three foreigners and charged them with forming a gang, transporting drugs and, in one case, illegal entry into the country.
Apple agrees to $50 million settlement over MacBook keyboard complaints
Apple agreed Monday to pay a $50 million settlement on a class-action lawsuit over so-called butterfly keyboards, a component of some MacBook laptops that left many users fuming in key-smashing frustration over typing failures.
Cavusoglu: Ankara to continue violations, overflights
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu indicated on Thursday that even if the United States sets conditions for Turkey’s acquisition of F-16 fighter jets, Ankara will continue to violate Greece’s airspace with overflights
New drilling at Aphrodite field in 2023
Cypriot Energy Minister Natasa Pilides announced on Thursday that the development of the Aphrodite field in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone will continue with additional offshore drilling in the first quarter of 2023.
Migrant trafficking gang dismantled
An international criminal organization trafficking undocumented migrants was dismantled by the Financial Police Directorate.