Captured in LEGO are some of the Acropolis' more famous visitors including Pericles, Lord Elgin, Dame Agatha Christie, and even Elton John. Michael Turner, senior curator at the Nicholson Museum, says the Acropolis Museum emailed him" asking if it could borrow the model to attract younger visitors. "

After a largely sleepless night, I got back to the museum and said no, they couldn't borrow it … we'd give it Nicholson Museum’s Greek collection contains artefacts representative of the material culture of the Greek mainland, islands and surrounding regions, from the Bronze Age through to the Late Hellenistic period. to them."

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Meteorologists warn that this winter in Greece will be exceptionally cold and is expected to be the coldest winter of the past decade. So far other Balkan countries have had a preview of the weather to come with snowfall documented as early as the 22nd of October.

In recent years the winters have been somewhat mild, with limited instances of snowfall in the urban areas. This year though the temperatures are set to drop, with eastern parts of Europe preparing for some polar temperatures, as anticyclones entrench themselves in the west of the continent.
 

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On a global level, shipowners acquired 76 ships for a total of 1.3 billion euros, which means that Greek shippers accounted for just over half of the market share in terms of value last month. Transaction value was 40 percent lower compared to a year earlier.

Dry-bulk carriers comprised the lion’s share of Greek acquisitions, as nine came into Greek hands at a price of 137 million euros. Greeks also bought six tankers, whose combined prices added up to 171 million euros, while the five container ships bought set shippers back 54.5 million euros, the Golden Destiny data showed.

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By Nikos Roussanoglou

At a press conference regarding the possible VAT hike, SETE head Andreas Andreadis on Monday described such a move as fiscal suicide. Citing the analysis of economic scenarios for 2015 by SETE Intelligence, he stressed that the implementation of the measure would generate a negative domino effect in the economy, reducing GDP by over 2 percentage points, and that it would also have a dramatic impact on the labor market, as for every million tourists missed out on, some 30,000 jobs would be lost. Andreadis added that the impact on the flow of tourists would amount to 2.5 million fewer next year and even greater losses in 2016.

Andreadis warned that if the VAT rate on accommodation doubles, hotel enterprises will be forced to renegotiate with tour operators, rendering Greek tourism less competitive and pushing millions of tourists toward the country’s competitors. He reminded reporters that Turkey has an 8 percent VAT rate for tourism accommodation and catering, while Portugal’s amounts to 7 percent, and Italy’s and France’s stand at 10 percent.

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The production of several types of beer, the active operation of small breweries, as well as advertising, helped keep customers interested in the product.

Small breweries made a small revolution in Greece over the last five years. Despite competing against multinational companies such as Heineken and Carlsberg, new small breweries have started operating across Greece, producing quality products and implementing innovative ideas.

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By Ioanna Zikakou