Cyprus to set up tourism police
Cyprus’ Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Friday the ministry intends to launch a tourism police unit.
New Greek tourism campaign based on true story
The Greek National Tourism Organization’s (GNTO) new campaign is based on the true story of an Austrian man named Otto, who visited Greece many years ago but decided to stay in the country permanently, the organization said.
The Orthodox leader and ‘the altar boy’
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios has wrapped up his successful week-long visit to northern Greece that was crowned with a visit to Mount Athos, home to the oldest surviving monastic community in the world, where he marked the 30th anniversary of his election to the Ecumenical Throne.
Two killed as Greek police chase stolen car carrying migrants
Two people, one believed to be a migrant and the other the alleged trafficker, died Saturday in northern Greece while trying to evade a police checkpoint, police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki said.
State secrets
Since when did informing Greek citizens become a bargaining chip between the state and private companies?
The law at night
A decision by the Municipality of Alimos, a seaside suburb in southern Athens, to halt the nuisance of noise from the local nightclubs by applying restrictions on loud music after 11 p.m. exposes the central administration, which shows suspicious indifference toward impunity.
Wildfire rages in southern Athens, damages homes
A wildfire raged out of control on the outskirts of Athens on Saturday, damaging houses and cars, the Fire Department said.
A warm embrace for Ukraine’s children
Just before midnight on Good Friday, Heracles Moskof, Greece’s special secretary for the protection of unaccompanied minors, called Sofia Kouvelaki, CEO of The HOME Project, an organization that supports unaccompanied child refugees, to announce the news: “The children have just crossed the border at Promachonas [in northern Greece],” he told her with great relief.
Cigarettes After Sex | Athens | June 6 & 7
Hailed by Vogue as one of the hottest and sexiest bands around right now, Texas-based dream-pop band Cigarettes After Sex is playing at Athens’ Technopolis cultural complex.
Wildfire rages in southern Athens, cars burned, homes threatened
A wildfire raged on the outskirts of Athens on Saturday, burning cars, threatening homes and power lines, a fire brigade official said.