Greece

Greek tradition wants school children to hold parades on the eve of the national and religious holiday on 25. March. While in Athens and other big cities, a lottery decides who is to parade and who remains out due to the high number of pupils, in some remote Greek areas …

Already two days before the national and religious holiday on 25th March, Greeks flock to grocery stores as early as possible in order to get their proper supply of salted cod fish for the great feast. With their penetrating odor, the large fish fillets are stapled in wooden barrels or …

The Periousiologio / Περιουσιολόγιο (money, jewellery, land/property anything of value), is coming and the tax office intends to confiscate what is not declared. The goal is to create a huge database of 8.5 million citizens which will literally include everything. Houses, land, cars, boats, aircraft, money ‘in mattresses’, deposits, bonds, …

With the season of Great Lent upon the Orthodox Christians, the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has published a printed booklet of weekly reflections on the theme of service as a vocation. There is a printed booklet but also a digital version where reflections are shared as well as special …

The difficult financial position of Dei, seems to have led the board of directors of the company to decide, 19/03, to restrict the popular discounts it offers to consumers. So, according to information, the decision was taken to reduce the Consistency Discount / Εκπτωση Συνέπειας from the current 15% to 10%. The measure …

The super full moon last week literally ‘swallowed’ the sea at the shores of the town of Nafplio in north-east Peloponnese. The low tide was so strong that locals and visitors saw the sea disappearing in front of their feet. Tides are caused by the gravity of both the moon …

French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron completed a successful defense of their world title with a sparkling free routine in Japan on Saturday. Now four-time world champions, they made headlines for the wrong reasons at last year’s Winter Olympics after a wardrobe malfunction that left Papadakis overexposed during …

The US Senate has released a resolution on the occasion of the 198th anniversary of the Greek Independence. Signed by 27 Senators, the resolution highlights Greece’s geo-strategic significance and emphasized the country’s dedication to the values of democracy and freedom. The resolution also welcomes the enhanced cooperation between Greece and …

An excerpt from an article about flights for the summer season, 2019. For the 2019 summer season (March 31 to October 27, 2019), Air France-KLM is increasing capacity by 2% compared to the previous summer season and offering 58 new routes. This growth is broken down as follows – +1.3% …

Fire fighters and volunteers from neighboring areas are struggling to take the wildfire of a pine forest on the island of Lesvos under control. The work to extinguish the fire is proven to be  difficult due to the powerful north-east winds blowing in the area. Furthermore, the blaze burns down …