christmas holidays
Food
Savory Vasilopita Appetizers: A Unique Recipe by Giorgio Pintzas Monzani
You can't deny it, we all have Vasilopita leftovers every year that we don't know how to use, so why not create some savory Vasilopita appetizers? Instead of letting them become dried out, and regretting letting this happen each...
Economy
Greeks Splashed Out On Card Payments Over Holidays
Piraeus Bank has said Greeks’ use of plastic money during the Christmas and New Year holidays rose to new record highs, evidence of a massive turn by consumers towards plastic which began two-and-a-half-years ago, after the imposition of capital...
Greece
Extended Shop Opening Hours for Christmas
The Hellenic Retail Business Association announced on Monday, the opening hours for stores over the Christmas holidays, starting on December 15; and returning to regular working winters hours on January 3.
According to the announcement, the shops will be open...
Greece
Vasilopita: The Roots of Greek New Year's Cake and How to Make it
Vasilopita is a traditional Greek dessert prepared across Greece for New Year's Day with the roots of the tradition stemming from the legend of Saint Basil.
According to legend, St. Basil called on the citizens of Caesarea to raise a...
Greece
Christmas Travelers Choose Greece
Greek and foreign travelers who choose to spend their Christmas holidays in Greece are beginning to face problems finding an unoccupied hotel room in any of the popular winter destinations. Hotel occupancy in destinations like Arachova, Kalavrita, Kaimaktsalan has...
Greece
River in Epirus has Frozen
The temperature in the mountainous region of Epirus, Greece, fell to -7 degrees Celsius during the night.
The river Voidomatis that flows through the traditional villages of Zagori that are famous for its arch bridges froze.
Although the snow has not yet made...
Greece
German Press: Greece Is Facing 'Poor' Christmas Holidays
The German Press stresses that Greeks are facing "poor" Christmas holidays, noting that the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has voted for another round of austerity.
"Tagesspiegel" newspaper states that many Greeks see Tsipras as a traitor since he had...
Ancient Greece
Christmas Holidays at the Acropolis Museum
The Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece , is planning on entertaining its visitors throughout the holiday season with various imaginative workshops for children and many special presentations and surprises.
Visitors will have the chance to see the unique Acropolis model made...
Economy
Economic Recession Hits the Greek Military
As much as we all want to think of Christmas Holidays as a very cheerful time of year, this is not something that jives with reality.
In Greece, where the economic crisis has been going on for some years now,...
Europe
Bulgarians Flock to Greece for Holidays
While many Greeks visit Bulgaria to buy cheaper goods, many Bulgarians are returning the favor and traveling to Greece to spend Christmas and the holidays, Bulgaria media has reported.
BNP Bulgaria radio's correspondent in Greece, Katia Peeva, quoting Greek travel...