Greece Travel News

Greece is set to agree the sale of its natural gas grid operator DESFA to Azeri state energy company SOCAR, a senior official directly involved in the talks said yesterday .

The traditional settlement of Fira on the southern Aegean island of Santorini appears to be the most popular tourism destination among Greeks for the June 22-24 bank holiday weekend, according to travel search engine and hotel rate website trivago.gr.

Back in the days before Greek villages were connected to the electricity grid, Constantine Manos captured vivid, unstaged images of proud, well-mannered villagers in the places where they lived and worked.

There is no room for ego trips and personal whims when the country's survival is at stake.

'Oh My CAD' is an architectural installation that is set up in Greece by the creative group 'Beforelight.'

The Extra host has been gallivanting around Mykonos, Greece, with her family, friends and boyfriend Keven Undergaro over the past weekend.

In watching Greece the country where we got the word we use to describe our political make up, democracy.

IF YOUR family needs to count the pennies, or euros, on holiday in Europe this summer, the best place to go is the Costa Blanca coastline of Spain.

MYKONOS, Greece: Mykonos is nobody's secret for almost half a century the Greek island has been honing its cosmopolitan welcome, luring celebrities, tour groups, families and backpackers alike to its warm but refreshingly breezy shores.

Spend some time exploring the historical sites and gorgeous islands of Greece with this travel package to Athens, Mykonos, and Santorini.

The Euro Working Group of eurozone finance ministry officials will on Thursday decide on the disbursement of the next bailout loan tranche to Athens, amounting to 3.3 billion euros, under the cloud of political turmoil created within the Greek government by the decision to shut down and reopen the Greek state broadcaster.

Just a few hundred meters away from the busy and buzzing neighborhood of Thiseio in central Athens, the shade and serenity of the Kerameikos Ancient Cemetery offers much-welcome respite in the summer months.

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras faced a political revolt on Wednesday from partners in his ruling coalition after the government abruptly switched the state broadcaster off the air in the middle of the night.

The setbacks, coupled with the derailing of a troubled privatisation programme, reversed a rise in investor confidence that had prompted Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to say the risk of a "Grexit" from the euro was dead and a "Greekovery" was under way.

WAM Athens, 11th June 2013 - Visiting UAE Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed today with his Greek counterpart Dimitris Avramopoulos ways of enhancing relations and cooperation between the UAE and Greece in various sectors, especially in investment, trade and energy.

Sitting among the signature silk scarves and handmade handbags meticulously placed in the display windows of the Hermes store off Syntagma Square in Athens, Zafeiris Kontopitharos seems perplexed.

Today's recipe comes from the Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens, Greece where exquisite cuisine is showcased in a magical setting.

LuxembourgA's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker begins a two-day official visit in Athens.

A scene in a street of Plaka opposite the Acropolis of Athens and the Tower of the Winds.

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