Athens: Metropolitan tourism center
The plan for turning Athens into a metropolitan tourism center, was announced today by Tourism minister Olga Kefalogianni, which aims at mobilizing all relevant state and private sectors.
New Democracy chooses European election candidates
The New Democracy European parliamentary candidates list contains mostly party members and a few former Euro-parliamentarians, but it too carries the occasional celebrity. The list was announced today by the PM, uncharacteristically in show bizz tones at a central Athens hotel.
New rules for open air markets
A new day is dawning for Greece's traditional open air markets, known as laikes agores, as their operational regulations are changing after the decision by the development ministry to enforce OECD rules to enhance competition and transparency.
Adventure in Greece to be filmed on Kos and Nisyros Islands
The two lovely Dodecanese islands, cosmopolitan and famous Kos and the less knownNisyros, a mystery-laden and particularly charming place on account of its volcano have been selected for the two-month shooting of the Greek-Finnish film Adventure in Greece. It is now in the pre-production stage and filming will begin in April and end in late May 2014.