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Greek Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura met with MPs from Karditsa, Viotia, Ilia, and Kavala prefectures to discuss how stakeholders, tourism professionals, and local governments can promote each destination’s tourism offerings, introduce new products, and create growth conditions. She met with MPs Nikolaos Thivaios of Viotia, Chrysoula Katsavria-Sioropoulou of Karditsa, Makis Balaouras of Ilia, and Dimitris Emmanouilidis of Kavala. Kountoura and the MPs talked about tourism policy, destination development and management, winter season products, extending the tourism season by incorporating alternative tourism options, and organizing specialized events like motorcycle tourism. Specifically, the Mototour of Nations 2017 was held last September in…

The Swiss embassy in Greece is organizing a one-day conference in Kavala on October 21-22 in memory of the thousands of Greek Jews of Eastern Macedonia who were murdered in Nazi concentration camps during the occupation of the area by the Bulgarian army. The event is part of the priorities and programs formed by Switzerland as the chair of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) for 2017. The embassy chose Kavala as the host city after a proposal by Swiss Ambassador Dr. Hans-Rudolf Hodel, who wished to link the historical past of Eastern Macedonia not only with the atrocities of…

The GCG lifted the ban as the very strong winds weakened. Ships and ferries started to sail from the port of Rafina and Lavrion. However, as the strong winds are expected to continue in the following day, it is wise to Contact with Local Port Authorities. Friday morning, the GCG banned departures form the following ports: ferries and ships departing from the ports of Rafina and Lavrio with destination the Cyclades islands and Marmari; departures from the port of Kavala to Prinos; departures of speedboats from Alexandroupolis to Samothraki. There is not ban for ferries and ships departing the port…

Apparently the Greek Civil Aviation Authority had left the 14 regional airports in the darkness. Therefore, when the German-Greek consortium FRAPORT took over last April, they found a total of 12,000 burned out bulbs in the fourteen regional airports. Fraport claims come just two weeks after the Greek Transportation Minister accused the German-Greek consortium of delays in the the planned investment. CEO of FRAPORT Hellas, Alexandre Zinnel, raised these accusation during a speech at a recent conference organized by the Commercial and Industrial Chamber of Athens. Among others,  Zinnel said that an inspection in the 14 regional airports – Thessaloniki, Corfu,…

Authorities said Friday morning that a fire that raged in a mountainous region of Kavala, northern Greece, on Thursday night had been extinguished. According to reports, the fire started on Thursday afternoon near the villages of Limnia and Vounohori and quickly spread due to strong winds. To put out the fire, 130 firefighters, 30 fire engines, and two planes were deployed throughout the night. According to initial reports, the fire destroyed mountain stables that housed sheep and goats.

A memorandum between Bulgaria and Greece for a new railway connection between the two countries will be signed on 6 September in Kavala, Greece. The new rail will be connecting the Greek ports of Thessaloniki, Kavala and Alexandroupolis and the Bulgarian ports of Burgas and Varna on the Black Sea, and Ruse on the Dunabe River. The project includes the construction of a double-track electrified railway featuring an integrated European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), the Bulgarian government said in a statement after approving the draft MoU at a weekly meeting. The document, to be signed by the transport ministers of Greece…

A group of Italian researchers and students are to walk the ancient Egnatia Odos (Egnatia Road) from Thessaloniki to Kavala, in an effort to revive the ancient thoroughfare as a hiking trail of civilization, from Durres to Constantinople. The project is augmented by Italian NGO Fuorivia and the Università IUAV di Venezia in an attempt to revive the historical route. A supporter of the initiative and a key contributor to the project is the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, as the city is an important hub of the route, thanks to the two milestones of Egnatia Odos, which are included in its exhibits. “We will welcome the…

Fourteen provincial airports around Greece now managed by a Fraport-led consortium continue to post higher passenger traffic in the first six months of the year, with the overall increase put at 11.9 percent, compared with the same period of 2016. Specifically, between January and June 2016, 9.64 million passengers passed through the 14 airports now managed by Fraport Greece. More than half of those passengers, in fact, were recorded in June, the first month of Greece’s tourism “high season”. June 2017 posted a 16-percent increase in passenger traffic compared to the same month in 2016. All of the airports, with…

Bishop Prokopios, the Metropolitan of the Metropolis of Filippoi, Neapolis and Thasos, was drowned in the sea off the island of Thasos on Saturday. The body of 78-year-old Bishop Prokopios was found floating in the sea area Kallirachi in the island of Thasos in the northern Aegean Sea. His body was found by a deacon with whom Bishop Prokopios had an appointment for lunch. According to Greek media information, the Bishop suffered a heart arrest while he was swimming in the sea off the beach where the Metropolis has its seat and runs also a summer camp. Due to the…

On Friday, May 26, 2017, Ellinair’s first direct flight from Moscow to Kavala landed at 07:55 a.m. Ellinair, a Mouzenidis Group airline, will fly directly from Kavala to Moscow and St. Petersburg this summer. The 138 Russian Ellinair passengers were greeted at the Megas Alexandros (Alexander the Great) airport terminal with a buffet and gift packages of local products. The Lyceum Club of Greek Women also performed a traditional dance for the Russian tourists. “This day will be the start of a continuous development,” Ellinair Director Stavros Daliakas said upon the arrival of the flight. Flights will operate on Tuesdays…