Athens’ First Skyscraper Dwarfs the Acropolis Limit by Six Times
Greece’s first skyscraper has reached its full 200-metre height on the Athens Riviera, and the debate over what it means for the city’s skyline is far from…
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Greece Gets Its First Snow of the Season in Mid-October
Snow arrived in northern Greece on Friday afternoon, weeks before the ski season is set to begin. Snowflakes fell at Kotyli in Kastoria at around 1,200 metres…
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Condé Nast Traveller Readers Vote Greece Best Country in the World
Greece has been named the best country in the world for 2026 by Condé Nast Traveller, according to the publication’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards. The title…
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Woman Rescued Alive After 20 Hours in the Ionian Sea From Cruise Ship Overboard
A 44-year-old woman from El Salvador was pulled alive from the Ionian Sea on Saturday after spending roughly 20 hours in the water following an overboard…
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Waterspout Caught on Video Off the Coast of Kos
A massive waterspout formed off the coast of Kos this morning, sending a towering funnel cloud from the storm clouds down to the surface of the Aegean Sea.
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Thessaloniki’s 558-Year-Old Mosque Finally Opens to the Public
A mosque that sat behind scaffolding for nearly half a century reopened in Thessaloniki on Sunday, and the city is treating it as a landmark moment. The Hamza…
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Conde Nast Traveller Names Greece the World’s Best Country to Visit in 2026
Greece has been named the world’s best country to visit by UK readers of Conde Nast Traveller, scoring 98.14 out of 100 in the magazine’s 2026 Readers’ Choice…
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Nolan’s Odyssey Sends Tourists to Ithaca. What They Find is a Rubbish Dump
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Odyssey film broke box office records this summer and sent tourists flooding to Ithaca, the island Homer named as Odysseus’s…
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EU Plans Airbnb Crackdown Across Europe
The European Union is preparing new legislation that would give cities across Europe the legal tools to restrict Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms…
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Israel’s Ambassador: “Israelis Fall in Love With Greece”
Israel’s new ambassador to Greece, Pninat Yanai, spent her family vacation on Mykonos this summer and turned it into a diplomatic statement. Nearly 30 members…
