Athens, Greece. Photo source: Visit Greece / Y. Skoulas The Greek Ministry of Digital Governance has invited 17 of Greece’s largest municipalities to submit their strategic plans for their participation in the “Smart Cities” program announced in October. Budgeted at 90 million euros with funds from the Recovery Fund, the program aims to contribute to the […]
Photo source: Austrian Airlines Austrian Airlines has announced its 2022 summer flight schedule that includes many popular tourism destinations in Greece, Spain and Italy. The carrier will fly to a number of places in Europe several times a day in summer and significantly increase its offer. “With 110 destinations, 35 of them warm-water destinations in […]
MSC Cruises has announced that it will deploy its MSC Lirica cruise ship to the Eastern Mediterranean market for the summer 2022 and homeport in Piraeus, Greece, during the entire season. MSC Lirica will offer a newly designed seven-night itinerary with 28 sailings between April 2022 and October 2023 from Piraeus calling Kusadasi, Turkey; Haifa, […]
Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Wednesday announced a new initiative to facilitate the working conditions of digital nomads that choose Greece as a remote working base. The initiative will include better internet packages. Speaking during the Next is Now conference in Athens, the minister said Greece is embracing the concept of digital nomads – […]
Photo source: Jet2.com Leisure travel group Jet2 recently announced almost 200 weekly flights to 14 Greek destinations from six UK bases as part of its “scorching” Summer Sun programme for 2023. Jet2 runs leisure flights through Jet2.com and package holidays through its tour operator Jet2holidays. On sale earlier than ever before, the tour operator’s programme, […]
Chania, Crete All the more German travelers are choosing Crete for autumn vacations, as more airlines are scheduling direct flights from German airports to the Greek islands up until November, the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) said on Friday. The organization’s announcement came after hosting a press trip last week for German journalists that arrived […]
The German agents visited Rethymno on Crete. Twelve German travel agents toured Crete earlier this month and departed with the “best of impressions”, the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) said on Monday. The travel agents participated in a week-long familiarization (fam) trip organized by the GNTO’s office in Germany and had the chance to experience […]
Kavala, northern Greece. The General Secretariat for Civil Protection on Thursday announced that the regional units of Kavala, Imathia, Pieria and Pella in northern Greece have moved to Covid-19 ‘red’ level on the country’s coronavirus risk-assessment map, due to a rise in cases. Therefore, as of Friday, September 17 and until Friday, September 24, residents […]
Greece’s color-coded Covid-19 risk-assessment map. Source: covid19.gov.gr The General Secretariat for Civil Protection on Thursday extended extra precautionary on the regional units of Heraklion, Achaia, Ilia, Messinia and the municipality of Ikaria until September 16, to curb the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). The five Greek areas are still in “red” status on
Ikaria Port from a distance. Greek authorities have announced emergency restrictions for the regional units of Achaia and Ilia in the Peloponnese, as well for the Ikaria Municipality, in efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Restrictions include: – A five-hour overnight curfew from 1am to 6am (movement is allowed only for work and


















