Many of Greece's most famous tourist attractions have fascinating legends behind them. Click through the gallery to read about some of them.
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How the world sees Greece
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
FIBA Olympic Qualifiers Live: Giannis' Greece faces Dominican Republic
The Balkan squad is led by NBA veteran big man Nikola Vucevic. Live Games: Dominican Republic vs. Greece · Live Boxscore ...
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IHG enters the Greek islands of Crete
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has inaugurated its first property in the Greek islands with the opening of the InterContinental Crete.
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Olympic Food Group buys Greek Grape Company
Dutch fresh produce company Olympic Food Group (OFG) has taken over Greek Grape Company (GGC), one of Greece's largest producers of white and red ...
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Greece Shows Defiant North Macedonia, Albania EU Path
Becoming a member of the 27 state block requires consensus and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis earlier said Greece would veto Albania's EU path for ...
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Greece Introduces Six-Day Working Week Amid Economic Growth Push
Advocates of shorter workweeks argue that reducing hours can enhance productivity and improve employee well-being. Excluded from Greece's extended ...
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InterContinental Opens on Greek Island of Crete
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts proudly presents its inaugural property in the Greek Islands, InterContinental Crete.
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Ergin Ataman, Kostas Sloukas claim Greek League awards
Ergin Ataman and Kostas Sloukas of Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens received awards from the Greek Basket League. Ataman was named the Best Coach of the ...
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Greece enacts six-day working week
Greece enacts six-day working week. Rob Beschizza 8:06 am Wed Jul 3, 2024. Image by Marius GODOI ...
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Energean Applies for Carbon Storage Project Offshore Greece
EnEarth, a subsidiary of Energean Group, has submitted an application for a CO2 Storage License at Prinos, Kavala, NE Greece, to EDEYEP, Hellenic ...
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Some destinations are curbing cruising. Is Greece next?
Massive popularity may be a bit of a double-edged sword, especially for Greece's most-visited islands.
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Firefighters battle blazes on 2 Greek islands
Firefighters battle blazes on 2 Greek islands. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said this year's summer "is predicted to be particularly ...
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Looking back on Greece's shock EURO 2004 win
Former international centre-back Traianos Dellas recalls Greece’s fairy-tale victory at EURO 2004 that took even the winners by surprise.
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Rise sign former Miss Michigan Volleyball, Greek League MVP for 2025 PVF season
Earlier this week, the Grand Rapids Rise announced they had signed outside hitter Carli Snyder and opposite hitter Sherridan Atkinson to the roster for the 2025 season.
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Greek Lawmaker Booted for Airport Incident
Greek lawmaker Lefteris Avgenakis was expelled from his center-right party after allegedly manhandling an airport worker. Avgenakis, who has held sports and agriculture portfolios, denied using physical violence and apologized.
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Greek Couple Return to Roots After Living American Dream
A Greek couple married for seventy years that has lived the American Dream has recently returned to their village near Kozani in northern Greece. This is where they first met and fell in love. Mike Daniel (Michalis Daniil), ninety-five years old, and his wife Eleni Nanopoulou returned to the village of Morphi Voiou, where they […]
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Money blog: Greece introduces six-day working week
Greece has controversially introduced a six-day working week for some sectors. The legislation, which came into force at the beginning of July, aims to boost productivity and employment. Employees of private businesses that provide around-the-clock services will have the option of working an additional two hours per day or an extra eight-hour shift.
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Travel Trends Among Greeks -Within and Outside the Country
Popular travel destinations The post Travel Trends Among Greeks -Within and Outside the Country appeared first on ProtoThema English.
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Greece is bringing in a 6-day work week. Could Canada follow?
1:33 ‘Summer of discontent’: PSAC blasts Trudeau government for change to in-office mandate Workers in Greece are going to have to work a little bit longer starting this week, with the country introducing a six-day work week for some. As part of new ...
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Greece hails rapprochement with Türkiye
Greece has highlighted the tangible positive outcomes of the rapprochement with Türkiye.
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Six Days a Week: The New Schedule Begins for Many Greek Workers
FILE - Members of the communist-backed labor union PAME gather during a rally in Athens, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020. Civil servant union ADEDY and ...
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Greece wildfires: should you cancel your holiday to Kos?
Those extreme temperatures have resulted in wildfires spreading across the islands of Kos, Chios and Crete. Wildfires started on Kos, one of Greece's ...
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Greece introduces a 6-day workweek
Greece has given us some pretty good ideas in the past, like democracy and Euclidean geometry, but we're hoping its latest innovation doesn't ...
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A private Acropolis visit, a helicopter to a Mediterranean island? Upmarket Greek tourism
... US$5400 for up to five people. In a hurry to reach your dream Greek island? A helicopter airline can help.
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Mysterious Greek Inscription on Ancient Sphinx Deciphered
A mysterious inscription on an ancient Sphinx that puzzled scientists for decades has finally been deciphered as Greek writing. For decades, scholars examined the drawing, attempting to decode the inscription. However, they were unsuccessful, perhaps because in an “unusual” break from ancient norms it reads from right to left. Dating to the third century, the […]
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Ancient Statue of the God Apollo Uncovered at Philippi, Greece
Students at the archaeological site of Philippi, northern Greece uncovered a marble head of a statue believed to belong to God Apollo, the Ministry of Culture announced recently. Archaeologists say the statue dates back to the 2nd or early 3rd century AD and it probably adorned an ancient fountain. Apollo is one of the Olympian […]
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Horror as girl, 13, is killed instantly by a lightning bolt yards from her parents on Greek ...
The Greek teen Dorothea had been swimming with her parents at Faros beach, near Poseidi in Halkidiki, a resort area southeast of Thessaloniki ...
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Heavy lightning triggers wildfires on Greek island of Thassos
ATHENS (Reuters) - Heavy lightning triggered two fires on the Greek island of Thassos on Wednesday, the fire brigade said, ...
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Greece starts six-day working week for some industries
Greece has introduced a six-day working week for certain industries in a bid to boost economic growth. New legislation, which came into effect at the start of July, allows emlpoyees to work up to 48 hours in a week as opposed to 40. It only applies to ...
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Greece begins 6-day working week
And they will get 40 percent of their normal day's pay for the extra day. Greece's government said the move was aimed at boosting productivity. Prime ...
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Wildfires in Greece: 240 Foreign Firefighters to Be Deployed
As Greece is battling wildfires it was announced that two hundred and forty firefighters from Bulgaria, Malta, Moldova and Romania will be deployed this summer. Alongside their Greek colleagues, the deployment is part of a program implemented for the third year via the European Civil Protection Mechanism. The European firefighters, with staffed firefighting vehicles, will […]
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Search Called Off for Retired Cop Who Went Missing in Greece
The search for retired police officer Albert Calibet has seemingly come to an end three weeks after he went missing during a heat wave in Greece, ...
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Greece's prime minister pledges to focus on economy, reforms
Protection of citizens' disposable income, reducing unemployment primary goals, says Kyriakos Mitsotakis - Anadolu Ajansı.
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Greek FM hails progress in rapprochement with Türkiye
Greece's top diplomat highlighted that the positive outcome of talks with Türkiye to improve ties is tangible. Speaking at an international forum ...
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Anafi: A Greek Island Off the Beaten Path
Anafi is a small Cycladic island near Santorini that rewards visitors with its natural beauty, serenity and warm hospitality.
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Did Ancient Greek Hero Odysseus Travel to Ireland?
Homer’s Odyssey tells the tale of Odysseus returning to his home after the Trojan War. For a variety of reasons, the trip is not an easy one. It takes him a full ten years to return home. But the journey from Troy to Ithaca, Odysseus’ home island, should not have been too difficult and certainly not […]
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Ancient Athenian Vases Decorating Graves Returned to Greece
Two plundered marble vases that marked ancient Athenian graves more than 2,000 years ago, including one with an emotional family scene, have been returned to Greece from Switzerland. Greece’s Culture Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that the two white marble works, which were decorated with relief sculptures, were brought back following a long legal […]
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Locals dominate active Greek infra market
Locals dominate active Greek infra market. PFI 772 - 03 Jul - 16 Jul. 14 min read. EMEA. You need to be a subscriber to view this content. Sign in ...
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Scots holidaymakers evacuated during Greece wildfires
The Greek prime minister warned tourists further blazes this summer could "be particularly dangerous".
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Greek surveyor killed in Mafia-style execution
Attack by gunman on motorbike in Athens prompts speculation that Panagiotis Stathi was targeted over links to Mykonos property deals
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Greece highlights positive outcome of rapprochement with Türkiye
Greece has highlighted the tangible positive outcomes of the rapprochement with Türkiye. Speaking at an international forum on sustainable peace ...
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Greece: Wildfire On Kos Seen From Hotel Balcony |
Greece - July 2, 2024 Greek firefighters battled a blaze on the island of Kos for a second day on Tuesday, as hundreds of tourists and locals who ...
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Greece wildfires force tourists to be evacuated from hotels
Emergency services are working to keep wildfires under control in Greece. Firefighters have extinguish fires near the Greek capital of Athens, ...
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From Fruit Stand Start, Niko Niko's Greek Food Franchise Grows Big
It's been built on the back of gyros said to be the best in the region as well as other Greek offerings including Niko's Meze Platter, samplings of ...
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Uptown Meridian welcomes new eatery, greek clothier
Shoppers will also have a new place to buy their greek and Historic Black Colleges and Universities clothing and paraphernalia as Uptown Meridian also ...
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How Did the Greeks Settle the Island of Chios Anyway?
The island of Chios has been a Greek island for thousands of years. Even today, it is still a popular destination within the Greek world. That being so, one might wonder how the Greeks settled Chios in the first place. What do we know from historical records and archaeological evidence about how this beautiful Greek […]
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The Other Side of Greece’s Mykonos You Must See
When one hears the island name Mykonos, images of beautiful beaches, vacationing international celebrities, wild VIP parties, and fashionistas walking the narrow streets come to mind. Yet, there is another side of Mykonos most people don’t often hear about. It is one that is often overlooked. That is the island in the 1960s. In the […]
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OroraTech to Use Satellite Tech to Help Greek Wildfire Response
OroraTech's data services will be directly connected to the Greek emergency services and employ the expertise of Greek universities and industry.
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