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7 Zakynthos Beaches Awarded with International Blue Flag Award

For another year, the beaches of Zakynthos have been awarded with the famous “Blue Flag” awards, an international distinction for clean waters and well...

Cretan Coast Awarded with 18 Blue Flags

With eighteen "Blue Flags" on its coasts, Rethymnon occupies the 11th position in the list of the awarded counties for the year 2011, from...

Greece awarded 425 Blue Flags for beaches

Greece was awarded 'Blue Flags' for 425 beaches and eight marinas this year, the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature announced on Wednesday. With...

James Joyce Insisted That Cover of “Ulysses” Be the Blue of Greek Flag

Ulysses, the great modernist novel by the brilliant Irish writer James Joyce, was published about a hundred years ago. Joyce, who was a noted...

Greek Beaches Notch Up Nearly 520 Blue-Flag Awards

Greece is the second country worldwide for its number of blue-flag beaches according to the Association for Environmental Education and the Consumer (ADEAC). Almost 520 of...

Blue-Flag Beaches 2010 in Greece

Four hundred and twenty one beaches and 9 marinas were awarded the blue flag this year in Greece [...]

Nashville Parthenon Turns Blue for Greek Independence Day Commemoration

In its fourth annual celebration of Greek Independence Day in Nashville, Tennessee, the US branch of the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy and President...

The Greek Flag Through the Centuries

The Greek flag, much like Greece itself, has transformed substantially throughout the country's long history.

Athens’ Mayor Sparks Controversy Projecting Greek Flag in Pink

The mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, decided to project an artwork of a Greek flag in pink colors on the occasion of International Women's...

The Story Behind the First Greek Flag

The first Greek flag was made on the island of Skiathos at the Holy Monastery of Evangelistria in the year 1807.