Kos
Business
Three Greek Islands On EU Cheap List
Tourists are returning to Greece, according to the German newspaper Tagesspiegel, which notes that the country’s image has now improved from last year's images of constant protests, strikes and riots against austerity measures, while the travel website Trivago classifies...
Greece
Greek Islands Among Europe's Cheapest Destinations
According to the American website Price of Travel, three Greek islands were included on the list of the fourteen cheapest beach destinations in Europe.
The Greek island of Kos ranked fifth, as according to the website, “The hotels in Kos...
Culture
The Village of Christians and Muslims
Platani is a beautiful village on the Greek island of Kos in the Dodecanese complex, where two religions coexist in harmony. The village has remained untouched through the years and continues to attract visitors with its diversity.
A Jewish cemetery...
Europe
Ben Needham’s Mom’s Book Hope
Ben Needham’s mother has written a book in which she narrates her ordeal. Her son Ben was only 21 months old when he disappeared on the Greek island of Kos in 1991. The book is going to be published...
Economy
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...
Greece
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...
Europe
Transavia Offers Cheap Flights to Kos
Transavia.com airlines is planning to launch budget price flights to Kos, Kythira, Kalamata and Rhodes islands, during the summer period of 2013. The airline already connects Holland with Kithira island and will reconnects Holland with Rhodes after a three...
Greece
Holocaust Memorial Defaced in Rhodes
A Holocaust memorial in Rhodes was defaced by unknown vandals.
The Holocaust Memorial to the Jews of Rhodes was spray painted with swastikas on all six sides of the memorial. The initials AME also were spray painted on the monument,...
Greece
Missing UK Toddler Search on Kos Suspended
British police have ended their latest search for Ben Needham, a toddler who disappeared on the Greek Island of Kos 21 years ago.
A fresh hunt was launched by South Yorkshire Police along with Greek officers on Oct. 19 after...
Greece
No Trace of Missing UK Toddler on Kos
The grandfather of the Ben Needham, a toddler when he went missing on the Greek island of Kos two decades, has come to the island to help British and Greek police with their search for his missing grandson.
Investigators are...