Greece Travel News

Viator, an affiliate that offers many short tours in Greece that are ideal for more independent travelers, is offering a 5% discount this weekend on all new bookings.

President Georgi Purvanov, right, and Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias inspect a guard of honour in Athens, November 24 2009.

Medieval Muslims were reluctant to travel to infidel lands. According to Islamic jurists Muslims should not stay for too long in the lands of non-Muslims if they cannot live a proper Muslim life there.

In 1946 the painter John Craxton, who has died aged 87, had a show of haunted landscapes in Zurich.

"Pieta", Ca. 1500. Probably by Nikolaos Tzafouris or his circle. From Crete or Venice.

Imagine gliding through incredible islands in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas that are not only beautiful but are laced with history dating back thousands of years.

EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Greece is perceived as the most corrupt of EU countries, along with Bulgaria and Romania, an annual corruption perception ranking released on Tuesday by Transparency International shows.

If airline route assignments in Greece were a sporting event, this would be the major upset by the underdogs.

In ancient Ephesus in Turkey are, back row, from left, Val Zaferis, David Snell, Chuck Pine, Jim Zaferis, Debbie Pine, Bev Beck.

IMA Annual Lecture: Held in memory of Dr James White. Collections present and absent at the New Acropolis Museum, Athens will be presented by Professor Dimitrios Pandermalis Director, New Acropolis Museum in the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 on Wednesday 18 November 2009 at 6.30pm. See our poster for details, ...

Serbian President Boris Tadiae conferred Tuesday in Athens with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou.

There's an upside to the global economic downturn for small, independent films from the Balkans region, according to Thessaloniki's Crossroads Co-production Forum coordinator Angeliki Vergou.

GREECE & WEST GERMANY: London A- The Athens correspondent of The Financial Times reports that there are no indications that Greek-German economic agreements signed a year ago will be implemented, as many difficulties have arisen regarding the establishment of German firms in Greece.

The repercussions of climate change on modern migration movements were the main focus of talks on Wednesday between Prime Minister George Papandreou and visiting United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, who is carrying out the first visit by a UN Secretary General to Greece.

" UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will discuss the Cyprus problem among other international issues, during his official visit to Greece.

Did I neglect to tell you enough about the history of Ancient Athens and the Acropolis in my column last week? I think I should remedy that situation right now.

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay began on Oct. 22 in Olympia, Greece, with a lighting ceremony.

If you need to treat a minor medical condition in Europe, head to a pharmacy, like this one in Bruges, Belgium.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel next week to the United Kingdom and Greece to spotlight the issue of climate change, just weeks before countries will gather in Copenhagen to try to reach agreement on a wide-ranging pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the effects of global warming.

Two cars float in a flooded section of the Athens-Corinth national road yesterday.