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Antonis Samaras

Free WiFi in Greece starting November

2014-10-20 by Phil Butler

PM Antonis Samaras

Last year Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras made an unusual promise, to let free WiFi prevail all across Greece by this year. Now, according to the latest reports, come November the dream (some said fantasy) will be realized.

Tags: Antonis Samaras, digital, GNTO, Greece, Greece wifi, Internet, WiFi

Greece PM Certifies €500 Million Yearly for Tourism Growth

2014-05-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

ντώνης Σαμαράς

Prime Minister of Greece, Antonis Samaras has announced Greece will invest €500 million euru in tourism infrastructure per year over the next six years. Last month, at the 22nd annual general assembly of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), Samaras outlined the funds from the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF), as well as private sector investment.

Tags: Antonis Samaras, China tourists, Europe tourism, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Greek travel, Olga Kefalogianni, Russian travelers

Get Your Red Hot Greek Islands, While They Last!

2012-09-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

A Greek isle view

Greece’s financial woes have come down to selling off one of that nation’s most precious commodities, some of the world’s most beautiful Island paradises. News that international developers may be jumping on the fire sale of places like Pera Nissi in the Ambracian Gulf (map below) really come as no surprise.

Tags: Antonis Samaras, Fikret Inan, Greece, Greek holidays, Greek Islands, Greek Isles, Ionian Sea, Island travel, Roundview Holdings Limited

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