Agrotourism in Greece

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA) Tourism in the countryside is being promoted in Greece. New measures – including efforts to upgrade the “agroktima” (farm) sector and the creation of a new accommodation category to be added to the “xenonas” (guest house) label – are part of a wider plan  to create the appropriate legislative framework for tourism in [...]

New Park and Football Stadium in Athens

(CITY OF ATHENS)  Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis and Panathinaikos Football Club representative Yiannis Vardinoyiannis today signed an amended agreement for the construction of sports facilities at Votanikos, as approved by Athens City Council  Following the signing of the agreement, the following statements were made:    

Renzo Piano’s the New Opera House of Athens

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA)                                           Renzo Piano, the architect who designed the New York Times Building and co-designed the Pompidou centre in Paris, was chosen to build a cultural park in Greece that will house the country’s new Opera House and National Library. The complex will be built on a former race-course in the southern suburbs of [...]

In Memory of Dolly Goulandris

(GREEK NEWS AGENDA)  Dolly Goulandris, founder of the Museum of Cycladic Art, passed away on February 15, following a battle with cancer. In 1985, London-born Dolly founded the Nicholas P. Goulandris Museum – named after her husband – and donated to it their collection of Cycladic and ancient Greek art. This unique collection is housed in [...]

Greek Design for Anniversary Euro Coin

(ATHENS NEWS AGENCY) The design submitted by the  Bank of Greece mint, the work of sculptor George Stamatopoulos, has been chosen for a commemorative two-euro coin to be issued by all Eurozone countries in 2009 to mark 10 years since the circulation of the euro. The winning design was announced by the European Commission on [...]