greek islands

Oh hell no, I ain't paying that!! My girlfriend wanted me to take her to Santorini for a week for our anniversary and until I heard the 300 euros ($455) per night cost of a simple room, I was...

The Turkish alcohol company Mey İçki is pushing to double its sales of raki in Greece, reaching the amount of 60,000 liters in competition with Greek brands of the famous fiery liquor. Galip Yorgancıoglu, the CEO of Mey İçki, in an...

Pushed hard by international lenders to speed the pace of privatizations and selling off state lands, the Greek government has instead submitted to Parliament an amendment that would allow investors to lease islands instead of purchasing them. The proposal also...

The small ships cruise company Variety Cruises has announced the addition of the new project Rainbow Spirit Cruises for summer 2013 addressing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender travelers interested in sailing the Greek islands. The cruise project includes two sailings...

A strong earthquake, has struck central and eastern Greece, with its epicenter located south of the island of Limnos in the Aegean Sea. The Athens Geodynamic Institute put the magnitude at 5.9 and said the quake occurred between the Greek...

In a Christmas Eve report, Turkish journal Today’s Zaman claims that Greece snatched 16 Aegean and Mediterranean islands from Turkey because of what it called the Turkish government's negligence. Here is the whole article of Today's Zaman.

Panathinaikos, one of the oldest and most successful Greek football clubs, have fallen behind on payments for their electricity bills at the Olympic stadium which the club rents from the state. In an open letter to the Greek Super League,...

A group of 120 migrants were found early Sunday near the island of Kythera in southern Greece after calling for help when their boat took on water, a spokeswoman for the Greek coastguard said. "A sailboat was located at (the...

Eurogroup President Jean-Claude Juncker took aim at Austria, Germany and the southern German state of Bavaria on Saturday for suggesting that a Greek exit from the euro zone was looming. "Threats in the Austrian, German or Bavarian language that Greece...

Greece make its pitch at the annual World Travel Market in London trying to show it is developing new ways to lure tourists in the highly-competitive field. The event was held from Nov. 5-7 and featured representatives from the...