Greece
Culture
Greece’s Traditional Art of Basket Weaving Facing Extinction
Traditional handicrafts of Greece were initially born out of necessity. Still appreciated today is basket weaving.
Festivals
Greece’s Rovies Food Festival Guests Captivated by Sustainable Cuisine
Dozens of local and international visitors traveled to northern Evia, central Greece, to attend the first Rovies Food Festival.
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Why Greek Honey Is the Best in the World: A Beekeeper Explains
For thousands of years, Greek honey has been collected for its delicious, sweet taste and healing, nutritious properties.
Culture
Greek Snacks: Bring a Taste of Greece Home With You
Greece is a million things, and delicious iconic Greek snacks is one of the best things you can bring home as a perfect holiday souvenir
Greece
The Priest Who Lost His Church in the Massive Fire of Evia, Greece
The destruction of an old Greek Orthodox church in Kokkinomilia was one of the many sad losses Evia has suffered after the fires that ravaged the island.
Villages were evacuated and left to the infernos, hundreds of houses were destroyed,...
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Greek Ministry of Interior, Attica Officials Authorize Help for Fire Victims
Five different financial resources will be granted to the fire victims of the Varympompi area after forest fires laid waste to their homes.
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The Dodecanese and the Greek War of Independence
The abandoned places and these traces of lost ways of life of the Dodecanese have been my obsession for several years
Greece
Greek Honey Festival Kicks off in Athens
The tenth annual festival celebrating Greek-made honey and other apiary products opens its doors this Friday, December 7, at 19:00 local time (17:00 GMT) at the Exhibition Hall of the Stadium of Peace and Friendship in Faliro, Athens.
Agriculture and Food...
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Religious Tourism Booms in Greece: The Island of Patmos
Religious tourism is a growing slice of the touristic industry. It’s a kind of tourism that can either strengthen personal faith or help discover new cultures and traditions. Religious tourism creates awareness of the importance of preservation of holy...
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Athens Honey Festival to Draw in the Crowds
The 6th Festival of Greek Honey and Bee Products, set to take place on December 5-7 at the Peace & Friendship Stadium, aims to promote Greek honey and bee products and to inform the public on its potential.
The three-day...
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Royal Jelly and Pollen Made in Greece
In the 5th “Panhellenic Agrotica Conference” Crysoula Tananaki, lecturer at the Department of Agriculture in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Pavlos Bagiatis, chairman of the Beekeeping Association of Thessaloniki, declared that after six years of research the qualitative...
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Life is Sweet for Beekepers in Greece, But for How Long?
The rosemary season has ended, but sage is in full bloom.
In the fragrant hills of the Peloponnese in southern Greece, after a few sharp turns along a path, Nikos Reppas' old car arrives at bee heaven: a field full...
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US Teenagers Discover Greek Nature at The American Farm School’s Cultural Immersion Program
The American Farm School’s renowned cultural immersion program for U.S. teenagers, “Greek Summer,” was based in the beautiful farming village of Nea Gonia, Halkidiki this year.
Each girl or boy lived with a different host family, while as a community...