Αthens Capital Hotel-MGallery Collection Aiming to support women suffering from breast cancer, the Athens Capital Hotel-MGallery Collection is taking part in a new awareness campaign in collaboration with EMEIS – The Scientific Society of Mastology. The campaign is running until the end of October, which is the month for breast cancer prevention and awareness. The […]
Photo Source: Municipality of Astypalea As part of Greece’s drive to transition into a greener economy, the Greek Tourism Ministry said the island of Astypalea could be the starting point. “The Dodecanese island can serve as an example of this transition,” said Deputy Tourism Minister Manos Konsolas during a three-day ecology conference held on Astypalea recently.
The Acropolis in Athens. Photo Source: ysma.gr Celebrating 45 years since the beginning of restoration works on the Acropolis hill in Athens, the Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA), is in search of photographs that depict in a direct or indirect way the interventions that have taken place on the Acropolis monuments […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) are joining forces to promote sustainable tourism. According to an announcement, the two organizations are aiming to accelerate the transfer of climate finance and make green technologies more accessible for the tourism sector through the Bank’s Green Technology Selector,
Plastic items collected during a cleanup operation on a beach of Amorgos. Photo Source: @Single Use Plastic Free Greece The Greek Environment Ministry and the Athanasios K. Laskaridis Foundation are inviting civil society organizations, citizens and enterprises to submit proposals for a “Greece without single-use plastics”. The recently launched campaign aims to mobilize
Giorgos Sakellariou, co-founder of CigaretCycle and Antiparos Mayor Anastasios Faroupos present the special #gopafree bins. The Greek island of Antiparos is participating in the #gopafree recycling program for cigarette butts, aiming to protect the environment and promote sustainable development. Cigarette butts are considered to be among the most common forms of
The green toad on Ithaki. Fraport Greece, the manager of 14 regional airports in Greece, is actively supporting the campaign for the rescue of the green toad (bufotes viridis), an endangered amphibian species living on the Greek island of Ithaki. Large populations of the green toad were reportedly located on Ithaki some decades ago, however, […]
Greece supports the European Commission’s #EUBeachCleanUp environmental campaign by holding a number of awareness activities across the country. Aiming to eliminate marine pollution, the campaign is organized every September by the European Union, along with the United Nations and the bluest of friends, the Smurfs. In 2019, over 40,000 volunteers took part in nearly 80
Strengthening collaboration in culture, prioritizing the protection of cultural heritage and sites, and details for the Greece 1821-2021 bicentennial events topped the agenda of talks this week between Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt. Mendoni and Pyatt set out the priorities to be further discussed during a third round […]
Santorini, one of Greece’s and the world’s most popular island destinations, is taking action to reduce its plastic footprint resulting from tourism activity. The Municipality of Thira, in partnership with the Greek Tourism Ministry, on Sunday inaugurated its new alternative tourism campaign “Plastic-Free Santorini”, sponsored by Lidl Hellas and the Laskaridis Foundation.


















