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NEWS ARCHIVE - January 2025

Timeless Villages, Scenic Hikes, Local Flavors - Moon's Greek Islands & Athens Travel Guide – Amazon 560 Pages

January 22, 2025 Wednesday

New polling shows public status for ND, PASOK and SYRIZA's continued slide

Story at Naftemporiki [Greek]

Coast Guard intercept speedboat carrying 31 migrants at Tilos

Story at Protothema [English]

Taxi strike tomorrow

Story at Athina984 [Greek]

November 2024 the "best year in history of tourism" and the visitors were speaking English

The article notes that December is looking like another record-setting month, and booked flights into 2025 are at a higher than the previous year, too – story at Kathimerini [Greek] - More Tourism in Greece

Mount Athos by the Sea – click to enlarge image

The tragedy of the Grand Kartal Hotel fire in Turkey

Story at Skai [Greek]

Mitsotakis meeting with OTE group Telekom CEO and the future of Greece's digitalization growth

Article quotes the CEO as saying "Greece now ahead of Germany" - Story at Athens News Agency [Greek]

Turkish national arrested in connection with fatality in Paleo Faliro

Story at Skai [Greek]

2,000 year old statue found abandoned in trash in Thessaloniki

Story at AP News [English] – More Archeology in Greece

How much are the tourist taxes for 2025 visitors?

Story at UK The Sun [English] - More Tourism in Greece

The trial of Petros Filippidis

Story at Iefimerida [Greek]

Metabolism myths and facts about food and weight

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

Pres Trump talks about using tariffs against Russia

Story at Ethnos [Greek]

Greek celebrity pets

Story at Eleftherostypos [Greek]

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Guide Book for the Peloponnese: with Athens, Delphi and Kythira – Paperback – Amazon – Bradt Travel Guides, 288 Pages, November 18, 2025

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Guide Book for the Peloponnese: with Athens, Delphi and Kythira – Paperback – Amazon – Bradt Travel Guides, 288 Pages, November 18, 2025

Port of Nidri on Lefkada Island – See photo expanded and larger

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Looking down on the tiled roofs of Athens from atop the Acropolis

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Lycabettus in the sun in Athens, Greece

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Fodor's Essential Greece: with the Best of the Islands (Full-color Travel Guide) – Amazon

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