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High-speed train from Thessaloniki to Athens

From the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport in Greece, is published they will operate a high-speed train between Thessaloniki and Athens on June 6. The mentioned relation high-speed train will (together with station standings), cross in 3h and 20 minutes, instead of the previous 6 or more hours. This will be very important for the transport of passengers and for the transport of goods.

By the end of 2019, it is

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Why the Greek island Milos is proclaimed holy island?

Milos is an island that belongs to the group of Cyclades and it is proclaimed a Holy Island by the Greek Orthodox Church.

Christian catacombs from the first century of our era were found on the island and together with the roman (there is an opinion that christian catacombs are older) belong to the most important monuments of early Christianity.

Catacombs were used until the 5th century. During the persecution of the

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Parga and ionian islands

Author: Vesna Radakovic

This year's adventure started on June 16, 2017. arriving in Parga. To visit this destination, we made decision last December, and we are still thrilled.

We will start with a few interesting facts.

Parga was given to Greece in 1913. It has about 3,000 inhabitants. It is located across from Corfu, 980km from Belgrade, 68km from Preveza, where is the nearest airport, and about 380km from Thessaloniki.

The city is in

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Live from Aristotelous square in Thessaloniki

On Skyline webcams, which develops and produces their own high resolution live cameras, live HD streaming with 549 locations from 40 countries around the world is possible.

Videos are performed in real time, and sharpness and color reproduction are exceptional.

By clicking here you can enjoy a panoramic view of the Aristotle square from Hotel Electra Palace and live daily events.

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Summer vacation nearby Kavala

_Author of Text and Photography: Dusica Penovic _

When we first started looking for information about the places around Kavala, we could not find a lot of informations, and Iraklitsa and Peramos were described and photographed that it looks like there is nothing in these two places, and that their only advantage is location, near Kavala and Ammolofoi beach.

When we visited these places, we were conviced actually it is not like

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Donkeys - a trademark of Santorini

If your wish come true and you visit Santorini one day, after coming to the island, donkeys will welcome you first :)

They are trademarks of Santorini.

Although there are ropeways, climbing to the city with the help of these animals is still very popular among tourists.

The donkeys are still used to carry the burden of construction to inaccessible places, and they are very skilled, light and they walk safe along the

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Ierissos

Christos Karastergios is an active member of Facebook group Live from Greece and his comments and posts make a good contribution to the group.

Christos lives in Ierissos, and since there is little information about Ierissos and Athos on the Internet, we will try to change that.

What's interesting is that Ierissos is the only place on Athos where native Greeks live, while in other places people from Asia settled in.

Christos is

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Bouzoukia - the best nightlife in Greece

The favorite nightlife in Greece are so-called "bouzoukia". These are the performances of great Greek music stars in clubs that are specially designed for this type of music.

The performances of famous stars and night outs in bouzoukia clubs have a very long tradition in Greece. Once upon a time bouzouki was played on such occasions, accompanied by breaking the plates. Today, pop stars perform, and instead of breaking the plates,

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