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In an effort to promote European tourism on a global scale, the EU’s portal called “europeanbestdestinations.com” is running its competition for users to have their say on what the best European destination is for 2018. Athens is among the 20 preselected destinations. It is time to go to the site and vote for Athens.

At a time when the mainstream narrative is all about how Greece’s ‘best and brightest’ minds have been fleeing the country in drones, many of them coming to Australia, it is a rare exception to see someone make the opposite journey, from Melbourne to Athens, a sign of eccentricity even. But Ben - 'Bjenny" - Montero was never afraid to stand out.

The President of the Earthquake Planning & Protection Organisation, Efthymios Lekkas told radio “Athina984FM” that he estimated more tremors would follow after the 4.4R magnitude quake that rocked Athens, late Monday night. “I believe that the activity (seismic) will continue given the fact that there are small faults in the region”, he said.