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Sales for holiday packages to Greece are on the rise in Russia, with tour operators there expecting a plus 5 percent increase this year.

Berlin’s Museum Europäischer Kulturen will pay tribute to Thessaloniki with a photo exhibition, within its summer European Cultural Days series.

Ryanair will cancel 250 flights to and from Germany on Friday, August 10, due to a strike announced by the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilot union.

Two beaches on Alonissos will soon get special ramps, parking facilities and wheelchair-friendly boardwalks, the island’s municipality announced.

The Aria Concept Store in Chania, Crete, is hosting the group art exhibition “Three Moons”, which showcases a collection of paintings and jewelry.

Air Canada was named “Best Airline in North America” for the second consecutive year and for the seventh time in the past nine years at the Skytrax World Airline Awards.

LEGO characters demonstrate step-by-step safety procedures to passengers in a fun style on the new inflight safety video of Turkish Airlines.

SSP and Fraport Greece have opened the first fast-food Burger King restaurant in Greece at the “Diagoras” Airport on the island of Rhodes.

Citing security risks, the European Commission is urging member states to restrict issuing investor visas to non-nationals, with plans to publish new regulations in September.

Greece’s Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has yet to launch the electronic registry for Airbnb-style rentals in the country.

The European Commission is planning to set up its own resource base in order to address forest fires, floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters.

The National Archaeological Museum’s Unseen Museum welcomes a 3rd-century AD funerary monument dedicated to a pet dog.

Emirates celebrated 10 years of A380 operations, since its first flight to New York from Dubai on August 1, 2008.

The European Commission provides answers to 10 of the most commonly asked questions regarding the rights of citizens traveling by air.

The Greek hotel sector needs a more favorable tax policy in order to attract investments and improve the quality of offered services, Alpha Bank says.

The Culture Ministry has secured 276,000 euros in funding for works on the Amphipolis site to include the construction of a walking routes network. 

Greece is preparing to tender off the largest project to be carried out at Piraeus port to accommodate larger cruise ships.

Greece’s Labor Inspection Body (SEPE) recently imposed fines worth over two million euros to businesses active in the tourism sector for violating the labor law.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is set to open its second “Wyndham Grand” hotel in Greece on the island of Crete, in the summer of 2019.

Crete has welcomed the Legacy Gastro Suites, a new five-star establishment that offers a unique concept, specially designed to celebrate authentic Cretan hospitality.