2019

The Federation of Hellenic Associations of Travel & Tourism Agencies revealed on Friday that thus far, an increase of approximately fifteen percent has been recorded in bookings by Greeks for Easter vacations in Greece or abroad. The booking figures seen...

The Civil Aviation Authority of Greece released the latest data on Thursday measuring passenger traffic through Greek airports for the months of January and February, 2019. According to the data, total passenger traffic through Greek airports grew by an impressive...

Another major distinction for the Greek tourism industry came recently from London, where the country won a ''Wave Award'' for being the world's best cruise destination for 2019 in a ceremony last week. The Wave Awards are considered ''the Oscars of Cruising''...

According to data released by Eurostat on Friday, Cyprus has recorded the largest annual decrease of unemployment anywhere in the EU -- and Greece came in second in that regard. Unemployment in Cyprus fell further in January, 2019, to 7.4...

Aegean Airlines will begin service to seven new international destinations from its hub in Athens in 2019, it announced in a statement on Wednesday. According to the company, Athens will be directly connected to Marrakesh, Casablanca, Ibiza, Valencia, Sarajevo, Tunis...

A large number of tourists from Israel are expected to visit Greece in 2019, as the two countries have formed a new, strategic relationship with cooperation in various fields. The Greek Ministry of Tourism has already outlined its strategy to...

Greek film director Marianna Economou will participate in this year’s Culinary Cinema of Berlinale, part of the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. This special division of the Festival focuses on films which are ''food for thought''. Her film is titled...

The European Commission is nearing an agreement with the Greek government to approve Greece's draft budget for 2019, European sources said on state-run A.M.N.A. on Monday. The draft budget review is a process to which all Euro-zone countries must submit. In...

In an interview with Greece's Alpha TV, the country's Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, said that the proposed agreement between the government and the Church of Greece will free up to 10,000 positions in the public sector that the government...

Meeting visiting European journalists at the government's headquarters at Maximos Mansion on Tuesday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras played down the significance of New Democracy's lead in opinion polls and ruled out early elections. According to sources, the prime minister...