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Mykonos Prepares to Welcome Tourists Again
Cosmopolitan Mykonos Island is in a race against time to be ready to open up to tourists after more than two months of strict coronavirus lockdown. As restaurants and bars are due to reopen on May 25,...
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Two Greek Cities Earn European Award for Safe Walking and Cycling Paths
The Greek cities of Karditsa and Rethymnno, situated in central Greece and on Crete, respectively, have won first and second place in competitions for actions they have taken to promote safe walking...
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Turkish Coast Guard Harasses Greek Fishermen in New Video
Two Turkish Coast Guard vessels harassed a Greek fishing boat off the island of Oinousses, near Chios in the eastern Aegean in the most recent incident of its kind, apparently occurring on Thursday...
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Greek Beaches Second in the World, Racking Up 500 Blue Flag Awards
Greece is the number two country worldwide for the number of its Blue Flag beaches, according to the environmental group The Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature. Almost 500 of the country’s...
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Greece, Israel Mark 30 Years of Relations; Pledge to Open Up Tourism
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated 30 years of diplomatic ties between the countries in a Thursday video call. The two leaders referred to the...
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Giannis Antetokounmpo on the Eternal Dilemma: Mykonos or Santorini?
The Greek Freak at a charity event on Mykonos in 2019 Giannis Antetokounmpo delved into the dilemma many visitors to Greece have when he compared two of the most glamorous Aegean islands Mykonos and...
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Greek Bone Marrow Donor Saves Life of Turkish Boy
The bone marrow of a young Greek individual has become a source of hope for a Turkish boy suffering from leukemia who on Thursday underwent a transplant operation in the Mediterranean province of...
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Why We Moved to Greece
Source: Ввласенко/Wikimedia commons By Stephanie Trott* Part of me wishes I was Greek. Nothing excites me more, than the thought that one day I’ll be able to speak the language fluently and make myself...
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Athens Plays Down Turkish Incursion on Greek Territory at Evros
Athens has lodged a demarche with Ankara on Friday over the incursion of Turkish forces into a piece of Greek territory at the border on Evros river. Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said that Greece has...
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Athens Dismisses Reports that Turkey Occupies Greek Land
The Greek Foreign Ministry on Saturday dismissed as “fake news” reports that Turkish soldiers have “invaded and occupied” a patch of Greek land in the northeastern Evros border area. “There is no...
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Greece Issues Detailed Directions for Hotels Ahead of June Reopening
Wikimedia commons The Greek Ministry of Tourism released comprehensive and detailed guidelines that hotels, camping sites, travel agents and transport companies must observe during the reopening of the...
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Afghan Woman Stabbed to Death in Greece’s Moria Migrant Camp
An Afghan woman died at the Moria migrant camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Saturday, after reportedly being stabbed by another woman. According to the Athens-Macedonia News Agency, the...
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Turkey Provokes Tension by Disputing Land Border with Greece
Turkey on Saturday disputed the exact boundary of the Evros River that divides the two countries and said it would not allow any “fait accompli” on its border. “In spite of our warnings and proposals...
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Travel Ban for All Greek Islands Lifted
The reopening of traveling to and from all Greek islands is taking place on Monday, as citizens had so far only been able to travel to Crete, due to the coronavirus travel bans. Speaking to...
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Greek Cafes, Restaurants Reopen After Lockdown
View from roof garden cafe of the Grande Bretagne Hotel in Athens Photo: Creative Commons / Maria Vazoura Greece’s cafes and restaurants are reopening for business on Monday after a long hiatus, as...
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Lockdown Helps Remarkable Recovery of Fish Stocks in Greek Seas
Fishing boat off the coast of Naxos. Source: Kritzolina/Wikimedia commons Greek scientists say that the fish population in the Aegean and Ionian Seas has shown a remarkable recovery perhaps not seen...
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Anna Bulgari, Heiress of the Iconic Luxury Brand, Dies at 93
Anna Bulgari Calissoni, heiress to the Italian jewelry dynasty Bvlgari, the iconic luxury brand, has passed away at the age of 93. The heiress died on Friday, however a spokesman of the family...
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Greece Takes a Step Closer to Normalcy as Cafes, Restaurants Reopen
Head waitress Marialena Nikolaidis awaits the first customers at “Adrianou 33” in Athens on Monday. Photo: Apostolos Makris/Greek Reporter After more than two months of coronavirus lockdown, cafes and...
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German Bookings on the Rise as Greece Opens Up
Picturesque old fishing boat on a house roof, Fira, Santorini. Photo Source: Norbert Nagel/Wikimedia commons A significant increase in bookings for Greece, the Balearic Islands and Portugal has been...
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Number of New Coronavirus Cases in Greece Drops to Single Figures
Greece’s health authorities announced a total of four new confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday and one new death in the last 24 hours. Since the outbreak of the pandemic in Greece, the total number of...
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