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Greece’s best destinations for gay vacations will be highlighted in a new campaign to attract LGBT holidaymakers to the country during September.

Everyone from A-rated Hollywood actors and popular athletes to fun-loving fashionistas and sexy models are taking in a bit of sea and sun in Greece.

Malia, Crete, is turning away rowdy tourists in an effort to repair a tainted reputation due to visitors that flock the town and drink till they drop.

The free movement of people between the United Kingdom and the European Union will end in March 2019 when Britain leaves the EU.

A 7-billion-euro project to develop Hellinikon, Athens’ former airport, will include the construction of six 200-meter-tall buildings.

Culture ministry officials will meet next week with Central Macedonia Region and NSRF authorities to discuss funding for the Amphipolis project.

The Archaeological Museum of Kos will reopen to the public on Saturday, July 29, as it remained closed for a week, following a strong earthquake last week.

The South Aegean Region is launching a new campaign to promote Kos as a tourism destination, following last week’s strong earthquake.

Ways of promoting North Athens as a tourism destination were discussed between Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura and the region’s Vice Governor George Karameros.

A tender for the management of Alexandroupolis port in northeastern Greece, is set to be launched in the fall, the port authority announced this week.

A ferry link connecting the island of Kythira with Piraeus appears to be on hold after the tender launched by the shipping ministry remained fruitless. 

A 48-hour strike announced by the employees of the Ministry of Culture and Sports during the weekend, July 29-30, has been suspended.

South Aegean authorities are pressing for waterway projects to resume as Japan’s Mitsui eyes Greece’s seaplane market.

The Athens School of Tourist Guides is set to reopen after it remained closed for seven years, the Ministry of Tourism announced.

As part of the “Athens Tourism Partnership” initiative, four popular German Instagrammers visited Athens and shared their impressions with the rest of the world.

Greece’s Sailor Association (PENEN) announced on Tuesday a series of 24-hour “warning” strikes which will keep ferries docked at the port of Rafina. 

Archaeological sites and museums in Attica will remain closed on July 29 and 30 due to a 48-hour strike called by Culture Ministry employees.

Huffington Post Italia in a recent feature on Alonissos revealed six reasons why a traveler should visit the island and discover alternative Greece.

Kos’ “Casa Romana” monument and the Roman Odeon will reopen to the public, following the 6.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the island last week.

The Royal family of Denmark arrived on Kos to spend its summer vacations, a few hours after the 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit the island on Friday.