Workers at trolley buses in Athens will hold a work stoppage on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Τhe work stoppage will take place from noon Thursday and will last until 04:00 p.m. The work stoppage aims to facilitate employees at trollry buses to attend the general assembly of their union at …

The platform for submitting applications for the “social tourism program,” which concerns 300,000 beneficiaries, opens on Wednesday, June 15, at 13:00 and will “run” for the period from 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2023. Its budget is 35 million euros, an amount increased by 5 million euros compared to …

Greece will gradually open its gates to tourists from Italy starting on Monday, June 15, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias announced on Tuesday, during a joint presser with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio. “Greece will lift any restrictions as from next Monday and gradually until the end of the month,” …

Greece announced early afternoon Friday, May 29, the list of 29 countries from which it will accept tourists as of June 15, 2020, when it opens its borders again. According to a statement by the Greek Tourism Ministry, borders will be “open” from June 15, with flights permitted to land …

Aegean Airlines announced to resume direct flights from the city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, to six destinations abroad as of June 15. Following a partial lifting on flight restrictions from Thessaloniki’s ‘Makedonia’ airport depending on the epidemiological profile of the destination countries, Aegean announced the resumption of direct flights to …

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that the United States is set to be left off the list of countries allowed to resume direct flights to Greece on June 15 and July 1, but it could be added later in the summer. The exclusion has to do with the …

Greece opens again its gates to foreign tourists without tests and quarantine on June 15, 2020. However, citizens from some 20 countries will be initially allowed. Restrictions for exempted countris will be lifted on July 15 and thus based on epidemiological data. Foreign tourists will not undergo tests and will …

The tourism season in Greece begins on June 15, with the opening of seasonal hotels, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday afternoon. There will be no COVID-19 test before arrival in the country and no 14-day quarantine. These will be random test sampling, when in the country, the prime …

Emphasis on COVID-19 tests, full airplanes and no 14-day quarantine for those returning from Greece are among the proposals Athens submitted to the European Commission, ahead of the free movement plan “Europe needs a rest” Brussels is expected to publish on Wednesday, May 13. In a 3-page non-paper, Greece is …

The European Commission has proposed to Schengen countries and Associate countries on Friday to extend a restriction on nonessential travel, i.e. travel ban on non-EU nationals for another 30 days, until June 15, 2020. Although several countries are slowly starting to ease restrictions, the situation remains “fragile” across the globe …

Golden Star Ferries will launch a direct route from Thessaloniki to Sporades islands as of June 15th 2018. This was announced on Friday by Greece’s Shipping Ministry. The ferries will depart from Thessaloniki daily at 10:00 a.m. and return at 07:15 p.m. Ticket fare is at 60 euros. With return …

Two days sunshine and high temperatures, then clouds and rain. Summer weather does not manage to settle in. Greece’s National Meteorology Service warns of strong rainfalls and storms, locally hail, strong winds. Forecast Thursday Jun 15 2017 Affected are Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, West and central Sterea. The weather will temporary …

uPDATE 06/14: Air traffic controllers cancelled their strike for June 15, 2011. All flights from/to Greece will operate as usual!  The union of seamen also declared to participate on the general strike. No ferries or other ships will sail from major Greek ports. Check with your travel agent for updates!

June solstice on 21. June 2018. The longest day of the year with 15 hours sunlight.The June solstice is the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. A solstice happens when the sun’s zenith is at its furthest point from the equator. On …

The European initiative, DiscoverEU, is offering 15,000 European 18-year-olds, including 315 Greeks, tickets to travel to up to four European countries of their choice this summer. Applications can be submitted from Tuesday, June 12 (12:00 CET) until June 26 (12:00 CET). Young people born between 2 July 1999 and 1 …

The summer solstice, the longest day of the year is happening today Sunday.  It is the day when there are the most hours of sunlight.  The name “Solistice” comes from the Latin and means ‘sun stands still’. It happens because the sun heading north, stops at the Tropic of Cancer before …

Remember when you were a kid with not much money? Remember what did you do,  when you and the other kids on the block wanted to pay for ice cream or movies for all? Each kid would empty its pockets and do its share throwing some coins to the common …

Mercury started an upward course again on Tuesday, July 9, and it forecast to reach 40 degrees Celsius. A heatwave again expected to last several days. High temperatures will be recorded mainly in the western mainland and Thessaly, while winds in the Aegean will reach 7 Beaufort. According to director …

The General Secretariat of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection issued a warning of Very High Fire Risk (Category 4) for tomorrow, Sunday, June 30, 2024. Strong northern winds will prevail also on Sunday increasing the fire risk in forest and other areas where it …

A meeting right from the Hollywood playbook: Top mafia ‘executives’ from several Russian-speaking countries held their annual “convention” in Athens on Tuesday, June 26, 2024. Too bad that somebody gave a tip to Greek police a few days earlier, and the 15 participants were detained in downtown Athens late on …