Holland sends 200 people on eight-day holiday to Greece as an experiment to see if tourism is feasible during pandemic Experiment will see people heading for £342 all-inclusive trip to Rhodes, Greece Will have to stay inside the resort at all times and quarantine when they return Has been met with criticism as coronavirus cases … Read more
He may have been thousands of miles away in Greece this week, but Prince Charles’s thoughts were clearly closer to home — for I can reveal that HRH had a private meeting with the Mayor of Athens which dwelt on the welfare of the Duke of Edinburgh. My royal source tells me that following a … Read more
Charles lays a wreath at tomb of Unknown Soldier in Athens before he and Camilla watch military parade on visit to Greece after prince declared country ‘has special place in my heart’ Couple on two-day visit to attend Bicentenary Independence Day celebrations after an invite from Greek PM Charles and Camilla’s two-day visit to mark … Read more
Prince Philip was born on June 10, 1921, on the kitchen table at his family home Mon Repos on the Greek island of Corfu. He was the fifth child, and only boy, of parents Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. His ancestry is a mix of Greece, Denmark, Russia and … Read more
Almost three-quarters of EU countries are experiencing spiralling Covid infection rates, forcing vast swathes of the continent back into lockdown. As a third wave sweeps across Europe, Britons were yesterday warned that foreign summer holidays are ‘extremely unlikely’. In France alone, 21 million people awoke yesterday to a fresh draconian lockdown. Millions more in Italy, Germany, … Read more
The Government’s decision to form travel corridors with European countries fuelled a rise in Covid cases, an official study has suggested. Public Health England’s analysis of 4,000 positive tests in patients with recent travel links last summer found 86 per cent were arrivals from the continent. The study, which is likely to reignite the debate about … Read more
The Government’s decision to form travel corridors with European countries last summer fuelled a rise in Covid cases, an official study has suggested. Public Health England’s of 4,000 positive tests produced by patients with recent travel links found 86 per cent were were people arriving from the continent. The study, which is likely to reignite … Read more
He’s about to reprise his MCU role of the Winter Soldier in an upcoming Disney+ series. And on Thursday, the trailer for a new film starring Sebastian Stan dropped, titled Monday. The steamy romance, costarring Tony-nominated actress Denise Gough, follows Stan as a dashing romantic abroad in Greece named Mickey, who falls in love with … Read more
Boris Johnson rules out returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece: PM argues British Museum is rightful owner of 2,500-year-old ‘legally acquired’ sculptures Boris Johnson rejects often-repeated requests from Athens to return sculptures PM says they were ‘legally acquired under the appropriate laws of the time’ Greece insists the 5th century BC sculptures, were stolen from the … Read more
As far as hikes go, this takes some beating. I’ve joined a local hiking club on a nine-mile trek across Corfu’s remote, mountainous northeast and its summit is Mount Pantokrator, which, at 2,972 ft, is the Greek island’s highest point. Cypress trees poke through lush terrain fragrant with olive groves, fruits and cyclamen. We pick … Read more