....Hello Olympic Airlines! The revamping of the troubled carrier is now complete, along with a name change to Olympic Airlines. While baggage handling and some other aspects are now under ... Read More

The newly-reformed Olympic Airlines is scrambling to avert a strike scheduled for Thursday, September 4th by union members who fear that the new airline may not honor past government agreements ... Read More

Cabdrivers in Athens are staging another 48-hour strike to protest new regulations on taxicabs. The strike will run from 5am Wednesday through 5am Friday. Strikes of this kind are part ... Read More

Bored by typical travel? The Northwest Passage is offering a deep last-minute discount that makes this unique yoga adventure combining meditation, hiking, and kayaking in southwestern Crete even harder to ... Read More

For the first time in recent years, Greece is on the top ten destinations list for U.S. travelers, the "Wall Street Journal" reports. Let's see it in the top ... Read More

Greek authorities are cracking down on wild behavior by tourists in the coastal resort towns on the Greek island of Rhodes (Rodos). Is this going to affect your holiday plans? ... Read More

Especially vigorous meltemi winds are sweeping coastal Greece, swamping canoers and contributing to a rash of drownings. If you're in or on the water in Greece this summmer, take ... Read More

With the new(ish) Athens Airport located in Spata, all of Attica is receiving a bit more tourist attention. And it's well deserved. This beautiful site dedicated to Artemis, with its ... Read More

One of the busiest airports in Greece is the Kerkyra Capodistrias International Airport on the island of Corfu - which, by the by, is also called Kerkyra. With direct ... Read More

A major earthquake registering 6.4 on the Richter scale leaves the Ionian island of Lefkada in shock - and suffering under additional aftershocks. Kathimerini has the details on this surprisingly ... Read More

New documents reveal that the fierce Cretan resistance to the Nazi paratrooper invasion during the Battle of Crete prevented Hitler from conquering Iraq and seizing its then-cheap oil. The ... Read More

This Greek Orthodox observance draws home tens of thousands of Greeks each year from all over the world. In Greece itself, it's a mad whirl to get home to celebrate ... Read More

With record temperatures scorching all of Europe, it's more crucial than ever to know what temperatures to expect - except trying to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit or vice-versa may ... Read More

A full-moon frolic, a sacred mid-month festival, lively crowds, hot weather, and, this year, wild er than usual winds - it's August in Greece! Find the festivals, the name days, ... Read More

What Greek oracle told this Matala entrepreneur that this would be the season for Pirates of the Carib ...oops, Aegean? Stop on by at Captain Hook's, a newly-opened, perky, ... Read More

Each year, a selection of top sites are opened to the public during the night of August's full moon. This photographer's dreamtime - at least for those with fast film ... Read More

A brand-new museum has opened at the site of ancient Mycenae, the mysterious fortress of the Myceneans. While some of the best-known artifacts will still be displayed at the National ... Read More