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A Students View of Life on the Greek Islands

Alice Copperwheat, A former Diss High School student is praising her experience on her placement year in Greece while completing her degree in zoology. The young woman is currently studying at the University of Manchester. She is on placement, since the beginning...

Greek Businessman Promotes Patent for Monitor Recycling

An international patent for recycling electrical appliances, is promoted by a businessman from Samos, Manolis Volakakis, who is the president of the consortium RAEcycle spa operating in Italy. The novelty of this patent is that it recycles old appliances,...

Papandreou Unwanted On Samos

Former Greek premier George Papandreou's stay on the island of Samos hasn't been a welcome one for him with residents angrily demanding he leave, unhappy that he had put big pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions on the...

Samos, the Island of Hera and Pythagoras

The beautiful Greek island of Samos lies in the heart of the Central Aegean, 1,200 meters from the shore of Asia Minor. With its diversity, green, rocky mountains and fertile plains, Samos is ready to offer some pretty unforgettable...

No Ships For Northern Aegean Islands This Summer

The Northeastern Aegean islands have received a crucial economic and social blow with the beginning of the summer, as the last 20 days Lesvos has been totally cut off from ship routing with Southern Greece (Lemnos-Kavala-Thessaloniki) as well as...

Aida Aurora Arrives in Thessaloniki

The cruise ship, Aida Aurora, tied last night in the port of Thessaloniki, as it will be doing hereafter every two weeks, with its last arrival scheduled for August 21. Aida Aurora arrived in Thessaloniki from Odessa and departed on...

All Nissos Mykonos Passengers Safe in Samos

Τhe adventure the 174 passengers of  the ship Nissos Mykonos had on board came to an end as they have all safely been transferred to Karlovasi,  a town on the island of Samos, North Aegean. The ship traveling to...

Fire Breaks Out on Greek Ferry Boat With 250 People on Board

Greek authorities say a fire has broken out on a ferry boat carrying about 250 people in the eastern Aegean Sea. No injuries have been immediately reported, and it is not yet clear how extensive the fire is. A Merchant Marine...

21 Regional Airports to be Developed

Twenty-one regional airports in Greece will be split into two groups to be conceded to private investors for a period of about 30-35 years, the government announced on March 7, without saying how much the project was expected to...

Turkish Investors Eye Greek Ferry Companies

Just as Greek seamen were ordered back to work after a six-day strike and the government is reconfiguring how many workers are needed on ships, Turkish investors are reportedly interested in Greek ferry companies and launching new routes from...