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The Hotel Employees Union of Chania Travels to Scandinavia to Promote Tourism

The Hotel Employees Union of Chania, Crete, is trying to promote tourism in the region; many union representatives will attend three tourism exhibitions in Finland, Norway and Sweden. In particular, the three exhibitions' program will be as follows: MATKA Helsinki...

British Man Strikes Gold Finding Bronze Age Cloak Fastener

A British amateur metal detectorist literally struck gold by making a great archaeological discovery of a gold cloak fastener that dates back to the Bronze Age. The 54-year-old Jonathan Needham found the precious 3,000-year-old artifact on a patch of land...

Commercial Flights Decrease Across EU, Except Greece

Greece was the only Member State defying a pan-European decrease in the volume of commercial flights in July, Eurostat says.

European Union to Open Borders to US, Other Tourists

Ambassadors from the 27 nations of the European Union agreed to allow US residents to travel into their countries for nonessential purposes.

Ryanair Adds 74 New Greek Flights to Summertime Roster

The Irish budget airline Ryanair announced 74 new Greek flights for Summer, making its flight roster the largest ever for Greece.

Purported Celebration of Nazi Battle of Crete Sparks Outcry

The European Paratroopers Association, or EAP, purportedly planned to hold a celebration of the Battle of Crete in Chania in May.

Mystery Surrounds Shooting of Greek Orthodox Priest in France

Police in the French city of Lyon released on Sunday an initial suspect in the shooting of a Nikolaos Kakavelakis, a Greek Orthodox priest, and are now questioning a Greek Orthodox parishioner who was recently caught on video scuffling...

Powerful Earthquake Hits West of Crete

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale occurred under the seabed between the islands of Kythera and Crete, in southern Greece on Wednesday morning. The tremor, which happened at 9:23 a.m. local time, was felt as far as...

Mycenaean Throne Room Recreated at German Museum

The Mycenaean Palace Throne Room has been recreated in Germany at the Badisches Landes Schloss Karlsruhe Museum as part of an exhibit which opened on December 1st. The spectacular exhibit features over four hundred ancient Mycenaean artifacts on loan from Greece and...

Hundreds Stranded on Greek Islands after Danish Carrier Declares Bankruptcy

Primera Air, a Danish leisure airline with flight services from Northern Europe to more than 40 destinations in the Mediterranean, Middle East, and North America, declared bankruptcy on Monday, leaving hundreds of tourists stranded on the Greek islands without...

Pantelis and Alexandros Voulgaris to Open the Greek Filmclub in Düsseldorf with “The Last Note”

By Aspasia Zontanou Director Bernd Desinger, of the Filmmuseum Blackbox, was accompanied by Greek General Consul in Düsseldorf, Maria Papakonstantinou, to welcome the film “The Last Note”. Together with curator Eleni Giannakoudi, responsible for the program and organisation of the...

Pop-Up Food Stall ‘Souvlaki Street’ Serving Londoners a Taste of Greece

Souvlaki Street in London is the place to be for a taste of Greece -- and the lines that span down the roads where it is set up are proof! Started by Evi Peroulaki from Vatolakko who went to the...

British Airways to Introduce Direct Flights From London to Skiathos this Summer

British Airways on Tuesday announced the introduction of direct flights from London City Airport to the Greek island of Skiathos starting this summer. This is the third direct flight to Greece from London City Airport offered by BA, which...

Aegean Airlines Awarded Best Regional Airline

Greece's Aegean Airlines won the Best Regional Airline in Europe Award for the fourth year in a row. The 2014 Skytrax World Airline Awards are based on 18.85 million completed surveys by customers from over 160 countries, who chose Aegean...

Professor Anastasia Ailamaki Thrives Abroad

Anastasia Ailamaki is a Greek professor from Chania, Crete, born in Cyprus. She is one of the many distiguished Greeks abroad, as a Carnegie Mellon University faculty member at the Computer and Communication Science department, where she works as a full time...