General Events & Happenings

Aegean Airlines has launched a video to support Greece’s national team in its game against Costa Rica in the World Cup round of 16 on Sunday 29 June.

The building site of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) at Delta Falirou in Athens, Greece, hosted its first major choreographed art performance on 25 June, where the “Dance of the Cranes” unfolded.

The Golden Hall shopping center in Athens has announced special events for the whole family that are scheduled to take place from 16 June to 12 July on the occasion of the World Cup FIFA 2014.

A select group of international digital influencers experienced the “new face of Greece” between 30 May and 2 June through the inaugural “Blog-Trotters” event organized by Marketing Greece.

Five French journalists from Paris, Lyon and Nantes were recently introduced to the Greek capital’s top sites, districts and cuisine during a three-day familiarization trip organized by the Greek National Tourism Organization office in France, Transavia airline and Athens-based Yalos Tours travel agency.

Louis Cruises hosted a special concert starring Greek pop singer Kostas Martakis on one of the latest voyages of the Louis Olympia.

Those that flew on Aegean Airlines A3115 flight from Thessaloniki to Athens on 28 May were speechless when two passengers suddenly rose from their seats and performed “La Triaviata” of Verdi!

The Hilton Athens is inviting all to enjoy “NITRO 102.5 Thursdays” at the Galaxy Bar this month with Guest DJs from one of Greece’s most popular radio stations on the decks.

Low-cost airline easyJet celebrated the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth (23 April) with a Guinness World Record performance of his complete works during a flight to Italy.

Sixteen Chinese couples that got married recently in the annual “Rose Wedding” ceremony that took place this year on Crete, were introduced to the island’s famous hospitality during a farewell ceremony held in their honor by the Heraklion Port Authority.