Greece
Animals
Takis Shelter: The Greek Man Who Devotes His Life to Stray Animals
Takis Proestakis, a former Greek businessman in the town of Ierapetra, Crete, gave up his comfortable life to devote himself to caring for abandoned dogs and cats at his shelter.
April 4th is World Stray Animals Day, a day dedicated...
Europe
Greece Nominated for Best European Film Location Award: How to Vote
Chiliadou Beach, on the Aegean side of the Greek island of Evia, has been nominated for this year's renowned Best European Film Location Award.
The award is presented by the European Network of Film Commission (EUFCN). The beach was proposed...
Greece
Greece Voted Best Tourism Destination by Global Traveler Readers
Voters selected Greece as the "Best Tourism Destination" of 2022 in the magazine Global Traveler. It was the second consecutive year that Greece won the accolade in the prestigious American publication for business and luxury tourism.
Tourism is a major...
Animals
The Anglo-Danish Couple Who Devote their Lives to Saving Greek Cats
Richard and Joan Bowell left everything they had ever known to establish a cat sanctuary on the Greek island of Syros.
Greece
Greek Pilot Voted NATO’s Best Warrior for 2020
A Greek pilot from Crete has been recognized as NATO's Best Warrior for 2020, bringing the prestigious award to the Greek Army for the second year.
Greece
Greek Man Devotes Life to Feeding the Hungry
Konstantinos Polychronopoulos, founder of charity "The Other Human," works tirelessly feeding the hungry in Greece in the wake of disasters.
Animals
The Anglo-Danish Couple Who Devote their Lives to Saving Greek Cats
Richard and Joan Bowell, who left everything they had ever known, put a hold on their careers and sold their home in Denmark in order to establish a cat sanctuary on the Greek island of Syros, see their mission...
Energy
Massive Volkswagen Investment Seen as Vote of Confidence in Greece
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis hailed on Wednesday the ambitious investment by German automaker to the island of Astypalaia a "vote of confidence in Greece."
Volkswagen, in cooperation with Greece, announced it will launch an innovative project to bring climate-neutral mobility...
Greece
Greek Man Devotes Life to Feeding the Hungry
Konstantinos Polychronopoulos, founder of charity "The Other Human," works tirelessly feeding the hungry in Greece in the wake of disasters.
Greece
Greece's Paros Voted Best Island in Europe
The best island in Europe for 2020 is Paros, according to the many readers of the leading American travel magazine Travel + Leisure (T+L), who participated in the voting for the World's Best Awards 2020.
True to form, Greece holds...
Diplomacy
Greece Votes on Bill to Protect the Rights of British Citizens After Brexit
A bill that protects the residence status and rights of current and future British citizens residing in Greece, regardless of whether a Brexit agreement is reached with the EU or not, was brought up for discussion in Parliament on...
Greece
E-Platform for Greek Diaspora Voter Registration Planned for 2020
Greek citizens who live abroad will be able to register for national elections on an e-platform that will go live in Spring 2020, Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos said on Thursday.
The minister told the press that Greeks who wish to...
Greece
Greek Parliament Approves Diaspora Vote Bill by Overwhelming Majority
The Greek Parliament approved late on Wednesday the bill granting Greeks who live abroad the right to vote in the country's national elections by an overwhelming majority.
The groundbreaking bill will for the first time allow expatriate Greek citizens the...
Greece
Greece Voted Best Beach Holiday Destination for 2019 by Russian National Geographic Traveler Magazine
Greece came first recently on the list of the best beach holiday destinations for 2019 in a vote of Russia's National Geographic Traveler magazine and website.
According to the announcement made by the Greek National Tourism Organization, the nations of...
Greece
Will Diaspora Vote Constitutional Amendment Garner Unanimous Parliamentary Support?
The final version of the ruling New Democracy's (ND) proposed constitutional amendment concerning the voting rights of Greeks abroad was submitted to the Parliament plenary on Friday, by ND general rapporteur Kostas Tzavaras.
The ND proposals outline the main directions...