The Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum. Once again, the British Museum, currently hosting the Parthenon Marbles, has been found to be displaying the world masterpieces in inadequate conditions. Photos came to light last week depicting a leaking roof with water seeping into the British Museum’s seven “Greek” galleries featuring items including the Parthenon
Rhodes, Greece. Two Greek islands, Crete and Rhodes are top destinations of choice for travelers in addition to the Balearic Islands, said holiday operator TUI Group on Thursday. Indicatively, Athens and Crete are among the top three favorites for TUI France customers; Rhodes for TUI UK and TUI Belgium; Crete and Rhodes for TUI Nordic; […]
Tourism professionals on the island of Evia, which saw 5,000 hectares of woodland and many of their enterprises go up in smoke in three days, have launched an online campaign aimed at raising awareness and garnering support to rebuild their future. Using the hashtag #Support_Tourism_VoriaEvia, tourism stakeholders in Northern Evia are calling on tourists to continue
Protecting all forms of life in natural disasters is a key priority, said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday in the aftermath of the country’s worst fires in decades. “Our primary goal in natural disasters was, is, and will continue to be the protection of life. People and animals. We managed to protect thousands […]
Fast-track reparation, payment deferments, tax exemptions and subsidies to go into reconstruction and restoration projects were announced on Tuesday as part of the Greek government’s plan to address the unprecedented aftermath of fires which are still burning countrywide. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented the measures after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Photo: Satellite view of Greece with highlighted heat spots. Source: Zoom Earth The ongoing fires that have ravaged thousands of hectares of woodland and villages have delivered one more blow to Evia tourism, already weakened by almost two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The [tourism] year is now considered lost,” said Evia Hoteliers Association President […]
Photo © European Union A dozen countries have extended firefighting support to Greece which is still struggling to put out wildfires across the country in one of the worst summers in its modern history. Besides the EU which has through its Civil Protection Mechanism sent nine planes, almost 1,000 fire fighters and 200 vehicles, firefighting […]
Greek Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias . Greece declared a state of emergency on Thursday until August 9 as dozens of fires continued to burn in the wider Athens area, on Evia island, in Central and Northern Greece and in the Peloponnese. Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias confirmed on Friday, that there were […]
Greek hoteliers are making available hundreds of rooms as accommodation for victims of the wildfires that have been devastating Greece over the last week. The Hellenic Chamber of Hotels (HCH) in collaboration with the government announced that Attica residents impacted by the fires can call the National Public Health Organization on 1135 and be directed […]
Photo source: Hellenic Fire Service More than 170 firefighters, planes, trucks, helicopters, and volunteers spent the night trying to put out a wildfire threatening Ancient Olympia, its temples and the International Olympic Academy in the Peloponnese, as another massive blaze took hold of Evia island for a second day. At the same time, on Thursday […]


















