Lauda Air, a subsidiary of Austrian Airlines, inaugurated yesterday a seasonal direct airlink connecting Vienna with Corfu airport, with two flights weekly. The air link will run through to the 24th of September. Three other flights are scheduled that will link Corfu with Salzburg, Linz and Graz. According to the airline’s summer programme, flights will [...]
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Ten Beautiful and Secluded Beaches in Greece
If you’re tired of glamorous and overcrowded seaside resorts , here is[...]
Easter ‘Exodus’ Climaxes Despite Economic Crisis
Greeks are leaving their cities behind and traveling to villages to celebrate Easter. The ‘exodus’ from urban centers for the Easter holiday is expected to climax on Thursday and Friday. Traffic police throughout the country are on standby, while extra measures have been taken to facilitate excursionists. The Easter exodus is expected to be bigger [...]
Aegean to launch Paris and six seasonal Greek flights
AEGEAN Airlines yesterday announced the launch of new routes between Larnaca, Paris and six Greek destinations this summer. The new Paris route will run three times a week, on Monday, Thursday and Saturday from June 9 and establish Larnaca airport as a base for three of Aegean’s A320s. The aircraft will depart from Larnaca at [...]
2011 Domestic Tourism Expected to Fall 20%
Domestic tourism in Greece is expected to fall by 20% this year, compared with 2010, Andreas Andreadis, president of the Panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers said on Wednesday, as ANA reports. Andreadis said although this trend was not expected to significantly affect total tourism figures, it raised doubts over the viability of mostly medium-sized hotels which [...]
Olympic Air Halts Routes to Vienna
Greece’s Olympic Air announced its decision to cut routes to Vienna. As expected, Greek expatriates and travel agencies were displeased. Such a decision will lead to higher prices in air tickets of Austrian Airlines, since it is the only company left, monopolizing Greek air travel from and to Austria. Moreover, Olympic Air have already announced [...]
Railways Plan 7 Day Strike
Rail services will come to a standstill for roughly seven days in Greece. This is a result of the four 24-hour rolling strikes called by the Hellenic Railways employees on Oct. 25th, 26th, 27th and 29th and the cancellation of ten scheduled train routes on Oct. 24th, 28th and 30th. OSE and the Athenian Proastiakos suburban railway [...]
Cultural Sites Inagurated on Nisyros Island
A new archaeological museum as well as the ancient citadel of[...]
Vacationing Greeks Peak in August
As Greece and its people have been suffering from the intense financial turmoil which pushed the country close to bankruptcy this year, many Greeks took summer holidays just days ahead of the new austerity progresses expected next month. Many citizens including Prime Minister George Papandreou and almost all the members of the Greek Parliament have been vacationing on [...]
Tourism in Greece in Better Shape than Many Believed
During a visit to two of the most popular Greek islands in the Aegean; we realized that tourism in Greece may not have been in such bad shape after all. Recent terrorist attacks and violent incidents in Athens put Greece on the forefront of the largest news headlines around the globe generating heaps of bad [...]
Greek scientists, artists embark on green trip to South Africa
A group of 25 adventurous Greek scientists and artists will leave Athens on Wednesday for a 50-day trip to Cape Town in South Africa by environmental-friendly cars and public transport to awake environmental consciousness across Europe and Africa. “We bet that we can cover 14,000 kilometers, taking one of the most challenging routes worldwide giving [...]
Dominican Church in Irakleio holds Great Vespers after four centuries
After four centuries of silence, Great Vespers services were held [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Thessaloniki: 50 Year Anniversary Commemorated of Seferis Literature Nobel Prize May 23, 2012
- ‘Doctors of the World’ International Conference to be Held in Greece May 22, 2012
- Crete is a Mediterranean ‘Treasure’ of Aromatic Plants and Herbs May 22, 2012
- Crete to Export Products to Australia May 21, 2012
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