Antics on Crete would delight Dionysus but the local police are not laughing
(Guardian) Aug 16, 2008
Malia is new destination for sex and cheap drink - Police look to Faliraki counterparts for help...

Food is at the heart of Greek civilisation
(The Australian) Aug 15, 2008
"YOU must eat today as though tomorrow will never come." My Greek host's yiayia, or grandmother, waves her arm over the table....

BA seals alliance with American
(BBC) Aug 14, 2008
British Airways says it has sealed an alliance with American Airlines allowing the carriers to fix their fares, routes and schedules....

Amateur skippers are taking risks at sea
(eKathimerini) Aug 14, 2008
People who own or rent pleasure boats often overestimate their ability as skippers and underestimate the dangers of the sea, Merchant Marine Ministry officials said yesterday...

Heavy Traffic across Border between Albania and Greece
(Balkan Travellers) Aug 13, 2008
Traffic across the border between Greece and Albania has increased because of many Albanian citizens˘ returning home for a religious holiday, Greek media reported today....

Saronic island visitor numbers dip
(eKathimerini) Aug 13, 2008
The number of travelers heading to the Aegean islands from Piraeus in the second quarter of the year rose marginally but passenger traffic to closer destinations in the Saronic Gulf dropped, according to industry figures....

British arrests soar 32% in Spain
(BBC) Aug 11, 2008
The number of Britons arrested in Spain rose by almost a third last year, says an annual Foreign Office report....

The Complete Guide To: The Greek Islands
(Independent) Aug 09, 2008
If you've seen 'Mamma Mia!' you'll know its star is Skopelos, one of Greece's many entrancing isles. From Corfu to Santorini and Mykonos, everyone has their favourite, says Simon Calder...

Greece cracks down on dangerous cocktails
(Guardian) Aug 09, 2008
A campaign has been launched in Greece by tourism officials against bars serving "bombes", cocktails of spirits that are being blamed for increasingly bad behaviour in holiday resorts....

he mountains of Agrafa
(Spero News) Aug 08, 2008
An isolated part of Greece, the Agrafa mountains was free of the Ottoman Empires taxation and soldiers and bred a fiercely independent people....

Bid to rein in tourists on Crete
(eKathimerini) Aug 08, 2008
A Dutch tourist fell 8 meters from his hotel room balcony on Crete and was being treated in the hospital in Iraklion for serious head injuries and broken bones yesterday in the latest incident involving injuries to tourists on the island....

Greek holiday sex attack warning
(BBC) Aug 06, 2008
Greece has the highest number of rapes reported by British tourists, according to figures obtained by Newsbeat....

Crete launches pre-emptive strike on drunk Britons
(Telegraph.co.uk) Aug 06, 2008
Police on the holiday island of Crete have launched a campaign of pre-emptive arrests of young drunken Britons in an attempt to quell violence and sex attacks before they occur....

Greece vows to crack down on crime among tourists
(Reuters) Jul 31, 2008
Greece vowed to crack down on crime among holidaymakers at its coastal resorts on Thursday, after a young Australian man was left brain dead by a beating from nightclub workers on the island of Mykonos....

Tourists swarming to Meteora
Jul 31, 2008
Tourists from eastern European countries, mostly Russians and Romanians, have been swarming this summer to the monastic community located on the nature-made rock towers of Meteora,...