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Europe
The Guardian: Greek Sporades Islands and Evia an Ideal Holiday
The British newspaper, The Guardian, has published a series of articles promoting the Greek Islands. This week's article is about the Greek Islands of Sporades and Evia.
The Guardian refers to these Greek islands as ideal holiday destinations, offering advice...
Greece
The Epitaph: Greek Orthodox Good Friday Traditions
Good Friday is an eminently mournful day that commemorates the Passion of Christ in all of Greece.
Even the most remote churches honor the tradition of the epitaph filling the atmosphere with piety and devoutness.
In every Greek city, village or...
Greece
Russians Buy Houses in Pelion
A particular interest in investments for the region of Thessaly, Greece, and mainly for Pelion and the Sporades islands is expressed by foreigners, potential buyers.
As far as Pelion is concerned, the interest comes from the part of Cyprus, Israel,...
Greece
Heart Patient Saved After Dying 7 Times
Α group of four people, a doctor, a nurse , a technologist-radiologist and the driver of the ambulance managed to save a 54-year-old patient in the health center of Skiathos, after he had died seven times.
The coming-back-to-life case resulted...
Economy
Greece To Close 14 Island Tax Offices
At the same time it's trying to step up the fight against tax evasion, Greece will close 14 tax offices on islands to save money as directed by its international lenders which wants 290 tax departments across the country...
Greece
Barroso Will Holiday on Skiathos
The Portuguese José Manuel Barroso, current President of the European Commission, will spend his holidays on the Greek island of Skiathos from August 21, according to the online version of the newspaper To Vima. During his short vacation, Barroso...
Greece
Designer Hilfiger Holidays In Greece
Joining a long line of celebrities picking Greece for a summer vacation during a record-breaking tourist season, noted clothing designer Tommy Hilfiger is taking his holiday on the island of Skiathos.
He arrived at the island in the Sporades with...
Greece
Queues for Weddings on Skiathos
Couples planning to get married from every corner of the world, are waiting to exchange vows of eternal love in the picturesque Mpourtzi of Skiathos.
Hundreds of couples in love from Great Britain, Qatar, Norway, Sweden and other Scandinavian countries...
Economy
Skiathos Island Attracts Russian Investors
The Greek island of Skiathos, located in the northwest Aegean Sea, attracts Russian investors. According to sources, investors from Russia visited Skiathos in May, discreetly seeking vast tracts of land.
The investors in question visited Skiathos on a private jet...
Europe
Tribute to the Sporades Islands
The beauties of the Sporades Islands in Greece, “the greenest landscape Greece has to offer”, as pointed out in a full-page tribute accompanied with photos, by the Austrian newspaper Die Presse.
Vast pine forests, huge olive groves and long cypresses...