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Passengers may use all public transport means without paying ticket fare until 6th July 2015, that is during the time the banks are closed. According to Alternate Transportation Minister Christos Spirtzis the measure applies to Metro, blue buses, trolley, urban train ISAP but not Proastiakos (Metro from Doukissis Plakentias to/from …

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Tourists and expats living in Greece will not be affected by the capital controls/ATM withdrawals, the Greek government said in a non-paper early Monday. Holders of credit and debit cards issued by Greek banks are not allowed to withdraw more than €60 daily. The exception from the €60-daily-limit refers to …

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A lightning fell in the archaeological site of Knossos in Crete, on Friday morning injuring 6 tourists with one of them reportedly being in critical condition.  According to local media, the lightning fell at 9:30 in the morning near a group of Russian tourists visiting the site. The tourists had …

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The joy of holidaymakers is for UK’s Daily Mail more important than the lives of those who flee the war in Syria and Afghanistan. The shameful article, Holidaymaker misery as thousands of boat people from Syria and Afghanistan set up migrant camp to turn popular Greek island into ‘disgusting’ hellhole is …

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From Euro-Shrek to Super Taxman: Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will hire part timers as undercover agents to grab out tax evaders. Tourists, students and housewives – desperate or not –  will work armed with wire devices (camera, etc) to catch shopkeepers and service providers who offer their goods, pocket …

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Two tourists were slightly injured during a gunshot exchange between a fugitive terrorist and Greek police in downtown Athens on Wednesday. According to latest information, the nationalities of the tourists are given as Australian and German. The Australian tourist, a young man 18 years old,  was injured in the left …

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Fugitive Nikos Maziotis, a prominent member of “Revolutionary Struggle”, was captured on Wednesday morning in downtown Athens, Greek media report. In clashes with police in one of Athens most crowded shopping streets, Maziotis, one policeman and one Australian tourist were injured. Media incl state television report also of a ‘second …

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I read this news today that Tourists visiting Greece leave some 100 million euro in tips. The data was allegedly based on a survey on tips carried out by the travel website Tripadvisor. aim of the survey was to find out the tipping habits of several nationalities when on vacation …

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The flames started to lick the first houses in the settlements Megalo Livadi and Koutalas on the island of Serifos, one of the Cyclades islands group. As the authrities were evacuating the settlements, residents and tourists with suitcases in their hands moved towards the coast. Some jumped into boats, while others …

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The Finnish Guild of Travel Journalists is proud to award Greece as our Foreign Destination of the Year 2013, Finland’s biggest travel media Rantapallo reports. “Statistics just published by the Association of Finnish Travel Agents confirm that Greece continues to be one of the most popular summer leisure destinations for Finnish tourists …

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 What’s going on with Greek police? Two tourists, one from South Korea and one from New Zealand, claimed that they were beaten by the police while on vacation in the country. The Korean was allegedly beaten in Athens, the New Zealander in Chania, Crete. Is this the way to promote tourism …

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Hundreds of tourists were surprised, disappointed and angry to find the gates of Acropolis shut down on Monday noon. The workers had deliberately decided to shut down the Acropolis at 02:00 pm on July 16th 2012, “due to the heat wave” invoking the protection of visitors and working staff. The decision made by …

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Dozens of Danish tourists were stunned (and probably angry) to learn at the Chania airport on Friday that the airliner Cimber Sterling to take them back home had gone bankruptcy. Local news website Cretalive.gr reported that the tourists were unable to return home and that  local tour operations were doing their best to find alternatives …

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