November 20, 2024
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Greece’s Monks’ Republic known imply as Mount Athos has welcomed a new investment move with the operation of a supermarket, a hotel with spa and restaurant in its capital Karyes. The new hotel, named “Samaradiko”, was the former cell of Agios Nikolaos, which belongs to the Holy Monastery of Megisti …
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October 28, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Fourteen hotel guests were admitted to hospital early on Sunday, after a gas leak in the facility they were staying over the long weekend in Limnochori, in Florina, northern Greece. Among those in hospital is a 48-year-old man hospitalized in ICU in very critical condition, with doctors fearing irreparable damage …
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September 13, 2024
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The Council of State, Greece’s top administrative court, has once again rejected an appeal by the Coco-Mat hotel in the Makrygianni neighborhood of central Athens over its height. The supreme annulment court dismissed an appeal by Blue Cedar Investments, which sought to overturn a decision by the Culture Ministry to …
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April 4, 2024
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
Greece’s Tourism Ministry sealed the last two floors and the roof-bar on the top of the Coco-Mat hotel in central Athens last Friday. The sealing comes in implementation of the ruling of the Council of State that was issued in 2019 and implemented end of March 2024, after the Court …
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October 18, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
The ‘epidemic” of bedbugs have arrived in Greece too and forced the closure of a wing in a seaside hotel in capital Athens. The bedbugs were recently discovered by hotel cleaners. The news was revealed by Giorgos Hotzoglou, the president of the food and tourism workers on Wednesday. Speaking to …
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August 4, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
A hotel security guard on the island of Crete beat a man for trying to cross a beach where the hotel had filled with sunbeds and umbrellas and considered it as a “private beach.” Under Greek law beaches are considered public property. It is worth noting that the incident takes …
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July 13, 2023
Society, Very Mix
The Tourism Ministry has announced the cease of operations for the Coco-Mat Hotel in Koukaki district of Athens as the owner has not complied with the state decisions to bring down the two upper floors for they hide view to the Acropolis. The building’s permit has been partially revoked as …
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July 9, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
An underage child was found unconscious in a hotel swimming pool on the island of Rhodes on Sunday. Police arrested the hotel owner because there was no lifeguard. The boy of Polish nationality was found in the pool by other tourists of the hotel, panic prevailed, they started screaming for …
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June 18, 2023
Society, Very Mix
The body of the 27-year-old missing Anastasia Rubinska, a hotel worker from Poland was found in Alykes area on the island of Kos on Sunday afternoon.The young woman was missing since last Monday, June 15. Her body was found in reeds in an area with salt marshes. The area is …
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January 23, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Incredible images: A balcony in a hotel in central Athens has been detached and hanging in the air for third consecutive day. The detached balcony was noted by residents in the area on Friday night, January 20. One Twitter user took a picture of the unbelievable incident and uploaded the …
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October 5, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A young couple made a shocking discovery in their hotel room in Halkidiki: a hidden camera was installed in one of the plugs in the room recording private moments. The couple was not the only victim. Ten more couples who spent time in the room have been recorded, media reported. …
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July 23, 2022
environment
LESVOS FIRE VATERA: A hotel facility was evacuated as the flames were nearing and the preventive evacuation of Vatera village was ordered Saturday noon as the big fire that broke in the morning in the area of Rogada Polichnitos was out of control. Two houses have been burned down. One …
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July 11, 2022
Society, Very Mix
Strong forces of the Fire Department rushed to a multi-storey resort hotel in Kokkini Hani area of Hersonissos Municipality on the island of Crete on Monday afternoon. It was short after 5 o’ clock when the Fire Service was alerted. Thick smoke rose from the hotel and was seen in …
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July 7, 2022
environment
Two men were arrested in connection with the wildfire in Kranidi that damaged also the luxury hotel Amanzoe, police announced on Tuesdays. Τhe two suspects, a Greek and an Albanian, were carrying out electrical work at a construction site nearby. A short circuit during the work caused the fire, local …
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January 17, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
The public prosecutor in Thessaloniki is investigating the horrific case of a young woman who was allegedly drugged and raped in the suite of a luxury hotel in Thessaloniki during a New Year’s Eve party. The 24-year-old victim of a gang rape has recognized at least two suspects while she …
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January 11, 2022
Economy
The Hilton Hotel in Athens is undergoing a radical reconstruction with the aim to be transformed into a multidimensional destination. The investment of 130 million euros will transform the historic building complex into a new complex with a new luxury hotel and several residences. The hotel will close at the …
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December 22, 2021
FEATURED, Social, Society
A group of young men in Chania got together their money and booked a hotel room for a homeless man. The exemplary act of solidarity with someone in need took place last Saturday, on one of the coldest nights on Crete and the country. According to reports, the young men …
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July 12, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
British tourists tested positive to Covid-19 and ordered to isolate in a quarantine hotel on the island of Zakynthos fled the facility and attempted to travel back to UK. The four British women were on holiday in Zakynthos, when they developed mild coronavirus symptoms and underwent rapid tests the previous …
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February 4, 2021
FEATURED, Very Mix
A powerful and mysterious explosion completely destroyed a hotel in Kastoria, northern Greece, early Thursday morning. The hotel has been closed since one year. No injuries have so far been reported. The blast at 1.30 a.m, brought down the three-storey building, scattering fragments of glass and metal objects in a …
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December 16, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Hotel restaurants will not be permitted to open neither on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, nor on New Year’s Eve and the New Year’s Day, Greece’s Development Ministry said on Wednesday. Reason for this decision was that several hotels advertised on social media for “reveillon and festive fine dine” during …
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