Tag Archives: beach

As if we did not have enough racists at home, now we also import some. A Diaspora Greek from South Africa triggered a huge outrage due to his racist comments. In a video that has gone viral, entrepreneur Adam Catsavelos is heard boasting about being on a Greek beach without …

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Dozens of people are stranded on a rocky beach in Mati. Parents are holding tight their babies, children are crying in their mothers’ arms, elderly are sitting exhausted on the sharp rocks, young couples are hugging each other. Some have covered their heads with wet clothes to reduce exposure to …

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You are at the beach under the boiling sun and not a green leaf around to offer just a bit of a shadow? Or you think the price to rent a set of sun-bed and -umbrella much too high? There are always alternatives… all you need is a practically thinking …

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An organized beach on the island of Lesvos has introduced new practices that stun not only  swimmers but also local media. Tsamakia Beach requests from visitors to show their passport at the entrance if they are from countries outside the Schengen zone. With a notice posted at the entrance, visitors …

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Thousands of Greeks joined the Workers’ May Day and marched through the streets of Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki and other cities and towns across Greece. The workers’ union of communist party KKE, PAME, opened the traditional strike protests with central slogan against imperialism and “Red May Day.” Communists against Imperialism with …

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The Public Assets Department of the Greek Finance Ministry suspended the permission of beach use by famous Nammos restaurant and nightclub on the island of Mykonos. Reason for the suspension was that Nammos owners built a platform and a ramp for a concert in late August thus preventing public access …

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The Greek Cancer Society has called on smokers to refrain from leaving cigarette butts on the country’s beaches, underlining the risks to public health and the environment from an estimated 22 billion cigarette ends discarded on streets and beaches every year. “Dear smokers, if you cannot avoid smoking, at least …

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Are you tired of fighting for a place in the sun? Of struggling for a sun-bed or two under the umbrella? A new application has a solution to your problem: Gain immediate access to sun-beds in more than 20 beautiful beaches in Greece. Make a reservation in advance from the …

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Some people cannot wait for the seashore legislation to pass at the Parliament and deliberately moved to call beaches their own. An owner of a land plot in Chalkidiki claimed a part of the beach Kanapitsa in Paliouri village at Kassandra peninsula. He planted cactus and prickly pears on the …

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That was a real surprise for all those who went to Vouliagmeni beach to enjoy a sea swim on Monday morning. They had to be evacuated when a bather found a military shell from World War II and thus at the bottom of the sea very close to the beach. …

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They say,  the seventh wave is the highest. We sit at the beach and start counting. The highest wave had just crashed at the beach. Foam and splashes. Millions of water drops. The wave is powerful. It wets our feet up to the calves. It soaks the beach towel. Even though …

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This day is dedicated to stun Greeks! Multicoloured sun umbrellas, golden sand and orange comfort chairs turned the Omonoia Square in the middle of Athens into a fancy beach! Moms brought their kids, young pairs slipped into their bathing suits and youngsters started to play beach volley in the decayed downtown …

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