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Early in this morning, Doukisa passed away because of the cancer. Doukis, sang for ore than thirty years and offered songs considered a landmark in everyone’s sole. Her voice is engraved both in our hearts and memory. She was born in 1941, in Piraeus, with a distinctive voice that was soon meant to captivate all Greeks. Her funeral will take place this Saturday, the 2nd of October.
Six cruise ships which were carrying about 7,000 tourist arrived at the port of Heraklion. The foot was the morning the Port of Heraklion and merchants to better serve the tourists. The chairman of the Heraklion port extended an invitation to merchants of the city to show their best to stay guests with the best impressions. Thus, more than 200 stores are committed to give discounts and special offers for passengers of cruise ships, to stimulate commercial activity and to increase their earnings with the opportunity.
China is showing an interest in Greece and Europe regarding tourism. Many bookings have been made from the Chinese people to visit Greece, as revealed by travel agencies. Chinese tourists are searching for vacations in Greece and other European destinations. Despite a trip abroad is expensive for Chineese, the tourists have shown great interest to visit Europe in 2010.
Greek archaeologists have discovered an ancient skeleton covered in gold in a grave on the southern part of the island of Crete. They noted that the grave, dating back to the 7th century B.C. , contained more than 3,000 pieces of gold foil. The tiny ornaments, up to four 4 centimetres long, had been sewn onto a lavish robe or shroud that has almost completely rotted away, and initially wrapped the body of a woman.
Olympic Air has won the silver award as the ERA Airline of the Year for 2010/2011 which is bestowed by the European Regions Airline Association. Olympic Air is most of the greece travel planners choice on theri flight. The ERA Airline of the Year award is earned for quality amongst European regional airlines, based on a whole range of activities an air carrier conducts. The ERA award represents a significant recognition in the airline industry. ERA has more than 200 members. It represents 70 airline companies covering 426 destinations in 61 European countries, carrying 70,600,000 passengers through 1.6 million flights annually.
Striking freight and fuel truck drivers late Tuesday night decided to continue their labor action, which entered its 14th day on Wednesday, with an overwhelming majority of 76 of the 96 truckers’ unions voting in favor of continuing the moblisations, and just 6 against, while 14 cast blank votes, after a marathon General Assembly of the Panhellenic Federation of truck owners. Government spokesman George Petalotis said Monday night after the truckers’ decision was announced that the government has exhausted all margins, noting that the closure of outstanding tax obligations draft law also foresees special arrangements for the truck owners. Merchants and enterprises, which have been hard hit by the strike, have indicated that they will take recourse to justice against the truckers.
Autumnn flower shop show opened at Kotzia Square in Athens. The show runs until October 10th and is organised annually by the Municipality of Athens and the Agricultural Cooperative of Attica. This show transforms Kotzia Square and the city centre into a huge colourful garden. Observers will have the opportunity to admire the show daily basis from 10:00 a.m to 10:00p.m. All visitors will be able to see and buy unique flowers and plants grown in Greece for low prices.
Greece Prime Minister Papandreou is expected to sign a cooperation memorandum ammount to 5 billion euros with the Qatar government. The memorandum regards Qatar Investment Authority’s plans involved in the fields of energy, tourism, greece travel sites, real estate and hotels. Most of the countries on eye to Greece for surgery period. There are lots of potential chance in Greece to promote tourism with foreign investment.
Admission to all archaeological sites, historical sites, museums and monuments will be free on Monday to celebrate World Tourism Day, while all sites will be open with the permission of the culture and tourism ministry. World Tourism Day on September 27 was first established by the UN in 1980 and this is its 30th anniversary.
Pamela Anderson has been spotted touring Athens and indulging in local treats after arriving in Greece to host a contest for singers and songwriters. She was seen enjoying freshly-baked bread from a market stall as she did some sightseeing. The actress is in the city to host the first annual Eurovoice contest, with Enrique Iglesias and Anastacia slated to perform during the two-day event. Anderson first Greece travel was in 2006 which aimed for charity reasons.
The Greek ferry boat Super Ferry 2 smashed into the main pier when approached the island of Tinos. The Ferry had departed from the island of Andros with 124 passengers. Thankfully, there are no injuries. The ferry will not be able to sail until the controlled water inflow is totally stopped. The Coast Guard is further investigating the conditions and causes of the accident, which could have been fatal under different circumstances.
