Greece

Fixed taxi fares to and from the airports of Athens, Thessaloniki and Kavala to the corresponding city centers are now reduced, in line with broader cuts in public transport fares introduced on June 1, the Transport Ministry announced on Friday. In Attica, taxi rides from or to the Athens International …

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insists to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque and has asked his aides to conduct a comprehensive study on how to do this. According to Turkish daily Hurriyet, during a top party meeting earlier this week, Erdogan noted that Hagia Sophia was reopened as a …

The European Union has pledged to lift border controls inside its territory by the end of the month, while extending a ban on travellers coming from outside the bloc until 1 July. The extension of the ban on non-essential travel by foreign nationals into the EU’s border free-travel zone was …

Greece’s National Meteorological Service issued a weather warning on Friday on a temporary weather deterioration with rainfalls, thunderstorms and stormy winds up to 9 even 10 Beaufort locally. The barometric low coming from southern Italy is forecast to affect initially western Greece and gradually also central and northern Greece. According …

Nadia Sawalha has revealed she is planning a ‘sober’ wedding vow renewal in Cornwall.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented on Friday the Greek government plan offering incentives for the use of electric cars. The plan includes purchase subsidizing, incentives for parking and charging, for company cars. The goal is that one in three new vehicles in Greece will be electric by 2030, Mitsotakis said. …

Archives relating to the British excavations of one of the most celebrated and famous cities of the ancient world, Mycenae in Greece, have been digitised on the Cambridge Digital Library to celebrate the centenary of the British archaeological dig. Exploration of the ancient Greek city of Mycenae in now available …

“A Greek Summer State of Mind” is the new message of the Greek tourism campaign presented at a special event on Thursday. The focus of the spot is that “the Greek summer” is more than sun and sea, but also an idea. Wherever you are in the world… whatever you’re …

Qatar Airways claimed the passengers who tested positive after landing in Athens on Monday were healthy when they left Doha.

“We are also preparing for military involvement,” said Greece’ Defense minister, Nikos Panagiotopoulos on Thursday in a clear message to Turkey and its planned drilling for oil and gas south of the three Greek islands of Crete, Rhodes and Karpathos. Speaking to Skai TV prime time news, Panagiotopoulos said that …