Egypt

On the initiative of the Greek Community in Alexandria and of the vice president Nikos Kopelos, a Museum of Greek Music is expected to be created in Alexandria of Egypt. The Museum will have the name Christos Neamonitis, in honor of...

The second edition of the Egyptian and European Film Festival in Luxor finished after presenting the public with 62 movies from a total of 19 countries. The festival lasted from January 19 to January 25. The award-winning films among others...

Following an invitation by Greece, Interim President of Egypt, Adly Mansour came to Athens for a one-day visit on Monday. The trip is Mansour’s first to an EU country since his appointment as interim Egyptian president six months ago. Mansour...

  For the first time, Greece will be participating in a large tourism exhibition in Turkey, called the East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Exhibition (EMITT). Greece will gather all its regional tourism sectors under one roof to organize extensive...

One hundred and fifty Greeks receiving low pension from the Greek Social Insurance Institute (IKA) remain unpaid. Those are Greeks that live in Cairo, Egypt’s capital. According to the announcement of Cairo’s Greek Community, IKA has halted payments for retirement...

The Sinai Monastery has been led to serious financial problems because of the conflicts in Egypt and the Middle East, which have caused a drastic reduction of pilgrims. According to the announcement of the Exarchate of the Sinai Monastery in...

A grand entrance in the Greek tourism industry has been attempted by two Turkish-interest Russian Tour Operators, Pegas Touristik and TezTours, who have decided to open tourist offices in Crete. These leading tour operators, part of Turkish business groups, had...

Greek Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos and his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy Thursday agreed to create a bilateral committee aimed at delineating the two countries' maritime zones despite possible objections by "third countries" and pointed to the prospect of a...

Greece's Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister/PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos is planning to visit the strife-torn Egypt in September on the invitation of Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy. Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty said the counterparts will “discuss...

Three cruise ships carrying 6,600 tourists arrived at the port of Heraklion, Crete. According to cretalive.gr, among the ships are the giant Noordam of the Holland America Line and the AIDA. In particular, the ships that have arrived at the...