Articles tagged ‘News’

Crete’s Only Official Nude Beach: Filaki Beach

By Cristina | August 19th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

In Greece, naturism is allowed in a few licensed locations but is tolerated in plenty of other places. Most of the beaches which tolerate nudism are remote and quite well hidden. The nudism friendly areas are usually separated from the rest of the beach by natural rock formations.
Although there are three more nudist-friendly beaches in [...]

Greece avoided by Britons, and more Greece news

By Cristina | August 17th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

Here are this week’s news to savor along with your morning coffee:

According to the Guardian, the Britons prefer Turkey and Bulgaria over Greece as summer destinations. The reason is simple: the pound lost 20% in value against the Euro since last year.

According to this article Greece is the most dangerous place in the [...]

Iron Maiden lost a guitar in Athens, while the fires are still burning, and other Greece news

By Cristina | August 10th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

Here are some news for your delight while sipping your morning coffee:

Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) asks fans to help trace a missing guitar . The instrument was stolen during a show in Athens on Saturday night.

The fires don’t seem to give the Greeks a break . A new fire broke out on Thursday morning in [...]

Fires continue to burn in Greece, and more Greece news

By Cristina | August 3rd, 2008 | Add a Comment »

Here are some Greece news to read while sipping your morning coffee:

While the fires on the island of Rhodes have been finally put under control at the beginning of the week (July 28), new fires broke out in Attika , right near the capital. Fires are still burning in several parts of the [...]

Lesbians don’t always come from Lesbos, and more Greece news

By Cristina | July 27th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

Some news about Greece for the pleasure of reading while sipping your morning coffee:

Remember the story about the Lesbos residents wanting to ban the use of the “lesbian” word? Finally, the Athens court ruled that Lesbians can be from anywhere not just Lesbos. The court said that the word “lesbian” couldn’t define just the [...]

Wildfires still not under control

By Cristina | July 25th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

A while ago, Greece faced the wild fires on the island of Skyros. Those have been contained but new fires broke out in other parts of the country.
The fire on the island of Rhodes have not yet been contained and it already destroyed 1,500 ha of agricultural terrain and forest, while the fire in suburbs [...]

Eastern European tourists flock to Greece

By Cristina | July 21st, 2008 | Add a Comment »

Who said Greece was expensive? At least not for the Eastern Europeans, who are at a stone’s throw away from the beautiful Greek beaches. Transport is quite cheap – being in the EU insures very low prices on some of the flights to Greece - , and finding cheap accommodation is easy.
Greek media reported [...]

Rhodes: Strong earthquake kills 1 person

By Cristina | July 15th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

Today, July 25, at 6:20 AM local time, a strong earthquake hit the Greek island of Rhodes. A woman died as she tripped and hit her head when trying to leaver her house. No other injuries or damages have been reported.
The Athens Geodynamic Institute said had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 and it hit [...]

Forest fires on the island of Skyros

By Cristina | July 14th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

Forest fires have been raging on Skyros, a popular Greek holiday island, for the past two days. Although thousands of pine trees have been burnt, there are no injuries or properties damaged.
Thankfully the fires broke out where there are no homes but the fire is not yet under control mostly due to high winds. [...]

First heat wave of the year hits Greece

By Cristina | July 9th, 2008 | Add a Comment »

The first heat wave of the year hit Greece yesterday and temperatures will still be high on Wednesday as well. Authorities urged the population to curb the use of electricity as the demands are too high.
Temperatures are expected to reach 41C/106 F on Wednesday. Considering that the average July temperature is 27C/81F and the [...]