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.

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.

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.

An amazing event is taking place this summer on 14 June 2014. The Tinos Running Experience, event is coming.