Greece

This year's International Classical Music Festival of the Cyclades began in Hermoupolis, on Syros Island on August 10 and will continue through August 17. Hermoupolis is the capital city of the Cyclades island archipelago. For more than 15 years now every...

The beautiful Aegean island of Syros is ready to be swept away by tango music and dancing between June 14 and 17, as world-renowned international performers and artists are set to participate in the fifth annual Syros Tango Festival. The...

Syros, the capital of the Cyclades islands archipelago, is focusing on the tourist industry and is taking positive action to increase visitation to the islands ahead of the imminent tourist season. Speaking to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency earlier in April,...

Greece has a long and chequered history of being ‘under siege’. In the previous millennium alone, Byzantine, Ottoman, Frankish, Venetian and German occupation have all left their mark, not to mention the ongoing ‘economic siege’ currently taking it’s painful...

Eye’s Walk Digital Festival will be held in Ermoupolis, Syros island, on July 27-29. It is an innovative festival that connects the unique architectural legacy of Syros with public space and the community of the island, through the most modern...

The procession of the Epitaph is one of the main features of the island of Syros, an island with both Orthodox and Catholic believers. All Epitaphs on Holy Friday leave from every Catholic or Orthodox Church in Ermoupolis (the capital...

Art meets food on the Greek island of Syros, where artists are going to create works of art using Greek loukoumi (Turkish delight), while their beautiful mosaics will be smelling of rose, mastic and bergamot. Approximately ten thousand red (rose),...

The annual International Animation Festival and Forum αniμasyro is held for the fourth time on the island of Syros, at the Apollo Theatre, the Cultural Centre and the 1st High School of Hermoupolis. The 3-day event includes a competition section, a...

Epiphany, also known as Theophania in Greek, one of the most important feasts of the Greek Orthodox Church, was celebrated across Greece on Saturday with a message of love and hope. President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou visited Rethymnon,...

Winter in Greece can be magical! Although Greece is most often thought of as a summer travel destination, the country is incredibly beautiful during the winter, and very few tourists know of its winter charms. The weather Greece enjoys up to...

By Andrew Tzembelicos The Greek government’s recent announcement of a cash infusion and modernization of the KTEL regional bus system should be welcomed by all riders. It was an announcement that could not have come soon enough. In the Athens area,...

  As the last week of August has already begun and September is on its way, many of us have started wondering about our next holiday destination. Whether it's going to be a winter break somewhere idyllic or a more...

A magnitude 4.9 eqrthquake on the Richter scale, occured in the sea surrounding the islands of Santorini, Milos and Amorgos on 18.53 on Wednesday. The quake's epicenter was recorded 36 kilometres east of the Adamantas and Milos islands and 100...

On the basis of a new pilot plan on shopping hours, a new law will be applied in seven touristic Greek areas. The new law stipulates that stores in the specified areas will open on Sundays to give a...

A 37-year-old driver, instead of complying with what the traffic policeman asked him to do and stop his car, sped up more and fell on to the traffic policeman and seriously injured him. What's more, he didn't get out of his...