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Peaches of Veria

Every year in March, thousands of flowering peach trees around Veria resemble a pink sea.

These scenes are springtime news in Greece, and hiking and biking tours are organized in this region.

Villages around Veria have their own small tourist season in March.

Veria is located about 70km from Thessaloniki, on the road to Kozani, whih is 55km away. If you travel to the Ionian coast over Bitola and the Greek border crossing

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Swimming marathon

A swimming marathon, organized every year between Kassandra and Sithonia is the most famous annual event in Chalkidiki and probably the biggest sport event in these parts of Greece. This marathon is one of the hardest and most demanding in Greece, but also the most impressive. This is an event with a long tradition, so this year will be 48th marathon in a row. This year (2018), the competition will

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Best Greek beer

Everybody knows about the famous Mythos, and lately there is increasingly popular Fix beer.

Vergina can be also found in supermarkets.

It's little known that Kaiser is Greek beer. It has been made by Mythos since 1976, by the German standards, but from Greek products.

However, these brands are not the best beer that Greece offers.

As a rule, the best beer is always from local breweries with less production.

The beer named Nissos, produced

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Pythagorean cup

Pythagoras was a famous ancient philosopher and mathematician. He was from the island of Samos. We all know about Pythagoras' theorem, and have you heard about Pythagorean cup?

"The Pythagorean cup is a special cup with a bulge on its bottom, which is also called a "cup of moderation". The glass allows the wine to be drunk in moderate quantities, and Pythagoras invented it for his students. If the cup

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A Love Hour on Aristotle Square

During the Great Fire in Thessaloniki in 1917, the largest part of the center of Thessaloniki was burnt. Prior to the fire, the city had more oriental elements in architectural terms (there are still some of them in the old city - Ano Poli) than any other city in Europe. During the Ottoman Empire, the city developed without a plan and had narrow streets.

Then the Prime Minister of Greece Elefterios

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Life and cost of living in Greece

Author: Ivana Stanojević

If you do not have your own apartment, renting prices in the north of Greece are about 250 to 400 euros per month, depending on the location, size and condition of the apartment. For example, we are paying a new apartment in a small place next to Thessaloniki, 100m2, 350 euros. In Athens, the rent is more expensive as I know, but not significantly more expensive.

Electricity is from

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Real Estate Greece

Author: Ivana Stankovic

Residence and work permits in Greece can be based on marriage, coexistence agreements, studies, family reunion and exceptional reasons (sports, science etc, which barely exists). Also, those who already had residence permits based on elements that no longer exist (for example, divorce), and were employed at that moment, can extend their work license, but it is necessary to prove that they have at least 100 workdays per year.

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Incomes in Greece

Author: Ivana Stanojevic

When we compare income in Serbia and Greece, salaries are plus-minus three times bigger in all sectors. In the last year, some salaries dropped to 500e, (what is really tragic, but there is no lot of people with this salary). This is mainly in supermarkets where cashier works for 4 or 6 hours and that is why they are paid that much. Statutory minimum wage is slightly more

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