From the turquoise waters of Amorgos in The Big Blue to Skopelos in Mamma Mia! and Kefalonia in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, films and television productions have repeatedly linked Greek destinations with images that attract international visitors. Now, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is also putting Greek landscapes back in the international spotlight and raising a broader …
After well over a century in business, the Lambropoulos Brothers department store, later renamed Notos Galleries, lowered its shutters for good on Monday, ending the run of Greece’s oldest department store. Source link
Two major investments linking research, technology and innovation with productive growth are taking shape in Western Macedonia, as the region undergoes Greece’s energy and economic transition. Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence Minister Dimitris Papastergiou and Deputy Development Minister responsible for Research and Innovation Stavros Kalafatis visited Kozani and Ptolemaida to inspect the projects, which aim …
Power utility PPC announced on Tuesday a significant reduction in its fixed-rate (blue) electricity tariff and said it would absorb most of the wholesale price increases in its variable green tariff. Source link
Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas has reignited his long-running war of words with Nick Kyrgios, saying he was not surprised by the Australian’s suspension from tennis following a positive cocaine test. “Pretty much expected, to be honest,” Tsitsipas said after advancing to the second round of the US Open in New York with an upset …
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday voiced support for Germany, hours after Berlin blamed Russia for an attempted drone attack at a German airport last month. Source link
The Cycladic island of Syros has received significant international exposure through extensive features in two of Italy’s most recognised publications, National Geographic Italia and Vogue Italia. The features followed a familiarisation trip (Fam Trip) organised in July as part of the Municipality of Syros-Ermoupoli’s targeted tourism promotion and international outreach efforts aimed at the Italian …
An informative and revealing study on the history of tourism in Greece was published in the Greek and English editions of Kathimerini. Source link
At least eight people have died and 17 remain missing after a passenger ferry capsized and sank off the Turkish occupied north of Cyprus on Sunday, August 30. The ferry was carrying 267 people, including 259 passengers and eight crew members, when it sank approximately 6.5 kilometres off the coast of Cyprus. The vessel had …
The fear of inflation, fueled by the fresh hike in global oil rates, weighed on Greek stocks on Tuesday. Source link