Travel Greece

Two billion euros will be raised by the proposal to allow property owners to pay a fee to legalise their illegal enclosure of balconies.

Dr Michael C Scott, a Research Fellow in ancient history from Cambridge, writes exclusively for Neos Kosmos about his book, Democrats to Kings: the brutal dawn of a new world from the downfall of Athens to the rise of Alexander the Great.

The first leg of the Champions League semi-finals saw Manchester United win at home and Chelsea eke out a scoreless draw.

All funds raised through the 2010 Radiothon will be going towards the expansion of Anesi in Thornbury turning it into a 120 bed facility at an estimated cost of $13 million.

The outlook for tourism to Greece in 2009 are looking bleak according to industry analysts in Greece.

More than 700 athletes from Australia and New Zealand took part in the three day Pan Hellenic Games which took place in Melbourne over the weekend.

‘Iron’ Mike Zambidis defeated UAE kickboxer Dzhabar ‘Genghis Khan’ Askerov while ‘Mike ‘300’ is still smiling despite knock out loss to ‘Stone Cold’ Moxon

Six times Major winner Nick Faldo has announced that the inaugural Faldo Series Greece Championship will take place in Greece for the first time in July.

Over 3 500 people over two nights saw Michalis Hatzigiannis perform in Melbourne over the weekend.

The City of Athens council decided last week to put in place a moratorium on the issuing of new licenses to cafes, bars and restaurants in a number of areas in inner city Athens.

The real 'elephant in the room' is not population growth.

Olympiakos have a mountain to climb in the last 16 of the Champions League after going down 1-0 at home on to Bordeaux thanks to a first-half injury time goal from defender Michael Ciani.

Swarovski will lend jewellery worn by Maria Callas for the opening of the Maria Callas Museum in Technopolis, Athens, in the middle of the year.

Nexus Arts Centre headed by Norris Ioannou is bringing together a diverse program for the Fringe Festival.

A series of emergency measures were announced by the Greek Government following the fires in Attiki.

Antonis Samaras took over last week as the leader of New Democracy from Costas Karamanlis after scoring a clear victory in the election two Sundays ago.

The controversy sparked by an email by Emmanuel Lambou led to his resignation and the election of a new President for the SAE Youth in Victoria.