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Whenever, wherever you spend money, businesses are obliged by law, to issue receipts. DO NOT BE FOBBED OFF WITH EXCUSES. This includes the new Accommodation tax, which you pay on arrival at your hotel. The star rating of your hotel refers to that of the Greek Hoteliers, not your tourist …

Saturday morning Zakynthos Informer was told that boats were still entering the cove and that companies were letting down passengers onto the beach. As we all know, over the last few days we had reported that the beach was open, as many boat owners and companies were starting to let …

A centuries old tradition will take place in Zakynthos soon.. here’s the programme PROGRAMME OF EVENTS GIOSTRA DI ZANTE, 2019 FRIDAY 14th JUNE, 2019 Zakynthos Town Hall Time: 20:00 Raising flags SOLOMOS SQUARE Time: 20:30 An announcement of the commencement of Giostra, Zakynthos 2019 A display by delegations. Traditional songs  …

As the crisis has hit Greece and even more the tourist trade with the government adding more tax to an already heavy tax load, a lot of businesses have been affected even forced to close. Unfortunately, it opens up an area for illegal trade, thus causing even more problems to …

As very reliable sources reported to us about the shipwreck being open yesterday, and after seeing photos of people who were actually on the beach on a Social Media page, Zakynthos informer decided to write a report on that fact, but only after being told by several agencies that they …

The European elections in Greece not only pushed conservative New Democracy to win with a margin of 9% it also wiped out three political parties with presence in the Greek Parliament. With 99.29% of the votes counted, Greek voters send 21 people from six political parties to the European Parliament. …

Zakynthian Nick Kontostavlakis attended the 12th international tourism film festival with his entry “At Home – A journey back to Greece.”   The International Tourism Film Festival Tourfilm Riga has been a member of the International Committee of the Tourism Film Festivals (CIFFT ) since 2009. The Festival “Tourfilm Riga” was …

As we know the area of “shipwreck cove” or Navagio, has been under a ban by the port authorities prohibiting any form of approach to the beach due to landslides last year, however the approach from above for our visitors have not had a problem as such although there are …

As is known, Greece will be holding local and regional elections on Sunday, 26th May along with European elections. To help those that are registered to vote here on Zakynthos, I’ve compiled the following, hopefully to help you. General info – ELECTIONS – general information Local elections – ELECTIONS – local Regional …

Today the volunteer group of Zakynthos in cooperation with the 1st and 2nd primary schools of Zakynthos, 2 English schools from the island Morfis and Paraski, including members from the women’s choir Rodambelos, took part in cleaning up the most popular square of Zakynthos, Solomos Square. The square has been …