One of the most challenging rallies on the World Rally Championship calendar begins tomorrow at the courtyard of Zappeion Hall. The dusty, rough and rocky mountain roads around Athens during the Greek hot summer period are once again promising motorsport fans a unique spectacle of 55 competing crews from 32 countries. After the Qualifying Stage of a 6.2km course [...]
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More Airlines Stop Direct Flights to Greece
One by one, foreign airlines are ceasing their direct flights to Greece and vice versa, realizing these itineraries are unprofitable. Athens has, during the past two years, lost many of its tourists. International media shows a country with financial problems and possible riots at any time and many visitors are changing their plans and travel to other places, mostly neighboring, [...]
European Parliament President Visits Greece
European Parliament President Martin Schulz visited Athens to meet with political figures of the country. Schulz planned to visit the Greek capital May 13-14 but cancelled it. Later, he stated he just postponed the visit but did not make clear the reason for the change. Schulz has already visited the President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias, [...]
Samaras Makes Last Pitch to Voters
The head of Greece’s conservatives said Thursday his party aimed to win enough votes in Sunday’s election to govern alone with a “strong mandate,” despite opinion polls suggesting this will be a tall order. “I want to govern along with a strong mandate in the name of political stability,” New Democrats leader Antonis Samaras told [...]
Sounion, Athens: Panoramic Photograph Shot All Throughout the Day and Night
Greek photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos had a brilliant idea. For us, it takes only about 30 seconds to have a look at the picture and admire it. But Kotsiopoulos needed a little more time; 30 hours of continuing snapping in Cape Sounion, Greece. He began early in the morning and stopped the next day, when he was sure [...]
Train Hits Car Trapped on Lines, 4 Dead
Greek authorities say a train has smashed into a car trapped on rails near Athens, killing two elderly motorists and two men who were trying to get them off the lines. No injuries have been reported on the train, which did not derail. A fire brigade statement says Friday’s accident occurred at Kryoneri, on the [...]
IMF Spokesman Offers Condolences Over Greek Pharmacist’s Suicide
The IMF has sent its official condolences over the suicide of the 77-year-old retired pharmacist on Wednesday in Athens. The tragic loss of the desperate man has caused public outburst and has hit a nerve in the crisis-hit Greek society. Many ordinary people protested today over the cruel fate of the man, while others have [...]
Downtown Athens Historic Shops Shut Down One After the Other
Shops in downtown Athens that have been open for many decades are now kneeling under the burden of the economic crisis. More and more historic shops and restaurants that managed to survive the junta regime are now shutting down because of the economic hardships and recession. According to “Typos tis Kyriakis” daily newspaper, the once glamorous [...]
Unprecedented Security for Independence Day Military Parade in Athens
Thousands of police cordoned off streets across central Athens on Sunday as a military parade to mark Independence Day was held under unprecedented security measures for fear of anti-austerity protests. For the first time, the public was banned from a large part of the route, including the area in front of Parliament from where politicians [...]
Dozens Line Up Every Week in Athens to Apply for Asylum
Every week more than 100 people, including a few women and children, wait for hours overnight outside a police building in Athens, hoping to apply for asylum. The moment they have been waiting for comes at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, when staff at the Aliens Police Directorate in the Greek capital’s Petrou Ralli Street allow [...]
Greek Oil Tanker Sinks Off Piraeus; Captain Dead
A tanker sank en route from Piraeus to Eleusina on Monday around 10.30 a.m. The captain was found dead by rescuers 3 hours later . Officials said the “Alpha 1”, which is belongs to the Greek company Viamar, was carrying 1,800 tonnes of crude oil and 235 tonnes of diesel when it foundered. Eleven crew members were [...]
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05 / 24 EU Leaders Tell Greek Voters to Make “The Right Choice”
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05 / 23 A Crisis of Democracy: Greece
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05 / 23 Fearing Eurozone Exit, More Greeks Stop Paying Taxes
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05 / 23 Market Watch: ‘If Greece Exits Eurozone, Replace It With Turkey’
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05 / 23 Pilot Program Allows Immediate Visa for Turkish Tourists on Arrival to Greek Islands
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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Despite London-like Rain, Athens Hands Olympic Flame Over to UK
Despite the rainy weather, thousands of Athens’ residents gathered at Panathenaiko Stadium on May 18 to celebrate the handing over of the Olympic flame to London. The flame, symbolizing purity because it comes directly from the sun, has been carried across Greece, from Southern Crete to the Northern city of Alexandroupolis. Almost a week ago, actress [...]