Much as we love spit-roasting, it does, admittedly, require a lot of space, a lot of effort and a big group of guests. Roasting, in contrast, is a faster and much easier way to prepare the lamb or goat for your Greek Orthodox Easter feast.
British jazz and minimal trio Mammal Hands will perform at the Gazarte Main Stage (34 Voutadon) the weekend after Easter.
A 69-year-old British man was injured Friday in a motorcycle crash with a car near Bralos overpass in Fthiotida, central Greece.
Police have arrested a man who held eight migrants captive in a house in the rural area of Nea Manolada in the northwestern Peloponnese on Thursday.
A foreign national held in detention at the police precinct of Chania, Crete, was found dead on Friday morning, police said Saturday.
Greece will enjoy mostly clear skies over the Easter weekend, though eastern Macedonia, Thrace and the northeastern Aegean islands may see some clouds, local showers and storms until late Saturday, the national weather service, EMY, said.
The gradual freeing of hotels from the obligation to offer prices no lower than those they have given on online booking platforms such as Booking.com and, above all, the development by hotels of upgraded own online booking websites are leading to a large increase in direct bookings.
Just six weeks after the German federal elections, coalition negotiators have unveiled the agreement set to guide the country’s next government. “Germany is back,” declared Friedrich Merz, chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the presumptive next chancellor.
Some 3,000 to 4,000 businesses in Greece are unable to secure insurance against natural disasters, despite a new law requiring all companies to obtain such coverage by June 1.
It is hard to imagine a more fitting setting for Christos Bokoros’ “Passage into the Light” than the 13th century Basilica of Saint Mark in Iraklio, Crete, which is hosting the exhibition through end-May.