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Greece Makes Hundreds of Beaches Accessible to Wheelchairs With Self-Operating Ramps into the Water
Describing access to the sea as an inalienable human right, Greek tourism authorities are retrofitting 287 beaches across the country with self-operating wheelchair ramps.
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Greece Opens World’s First Underwater Museum Around a 2,400-Year-old Shipwreck
Greece's first underwater museum allows visitors to dive down in time to the era of the Peloponnesian War while viewing ancient shipwrecks and pristine...
Greece Ends Year With Surplus; Passes Landmark Budget That Projects Economic Growth
The Greek parliament has approved a 2017 budget that calls for continued spending restraint and 2.7% economic growth.
Syrian Man Returns to Volunteer in Greece 3 Years After He Was Welcomed as Refugee
Ibrahim Bayzed’s story is one that can only be described as “coming full circle.”
He fled Syria in 2012 during a mass exodus of opponents...
Record Number of Tourists Flocking to Greece Provide Needed Cash
Despite the economic crisis in Greece that brought it to the brink of leaving the Euro–or perhaps because of it, in a show of...
Emerging Greece Leaves Behind 5-Year Recession
New data shows that beginning in early 2014, Greece's economy began emerging from its deep recession, expanding for the first time in five years and...
Greece Is Pulling Off an Amazing Recovery
On the week of their nation's Independence Day, Greece has a reason to celebrate with its friends once again. Just like in the 1820s,...
“God Loves Caviar” Film Serves up a Hero in Greece’s Hour of Need
The Greeks never used to have hero issues. But heroes have been in short supply in the country's hour of need, which could explain...
Good News From Greece Fills New Positive Website
With all the disheartening news bombarding the Greek people over the past year, a new website has been launched to offer some relief. Good...
Good Economic News from Greece
Debt-stricken Greece said today it has made huge progress in restoring its finances to health in the six months to June, cutting its public...
Greece and Turkey Advance a Friendship
Greece and Turkey came to the brink of war in 1996 over a deserted islet in the Agean. Last week, Greek Prime Minister...
Good News in History, April 6
59 years ago today, the first commercial communications satellite, Intelsat I, was placed in geosynchronous orbit. The tiny 2-foott device (nicknamed Early Bird for...
Greek Archaeologists Use The Iliad as a Map to Find 10 Ancient Shipwrecks
Covering almost 5,000 years of history, a team of maritime archaeologists from Greece have located a series of shipwrecks off the coast of the...
Good News in History, March 25
65 years ago today, Elvis Presley performed live at Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena in a benefit for the USS Arizona Memorial. The concert was...
Good News in History, March 22
54 years ago today, native Mexican or "Chicino" residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation...
Good News in History, March 15
52 years ago today, The Godfather premiered in the United States. Based on a novel of the same name by American Mario Puzo, Paramount acquired...
Good News in History, March 13
On this day last year, worldwide unit sales of vinyl records climbed above CDs for the first time since 1987, completing the only low-tech...
Reborn from the Dust, Giant Statue of Atlas Put Back Together to Guard Sicily’s Valley of the Temples
A 20-year restoration project on the island of Sicily has led to the reconstruction of a 26-foot (8-meter) tall statue of Atlas, the god...
Run by Grandmothers, a Staten Island Restaurant Highlights Homecooking from Around the World
Most visitors going to Staten Island are doing so to see the Statue of Liberty, but within the kitchen at 27 Hyatt Street can...
Good News in History, February 19
Happy 38th Birthday to perhaps the greatest competitive female soccer player in history—the Brazilian colloquially called "Marta". Marta Viera da Silva holds the record for...