Tourists Returning, Greek Officials Say
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The barrage of brutal wildfires in Greece hit hardest in a popular tourist destination, but with fires starting to come under control, tourists are trickling back in.
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ATHENS - On a day on which both Greece and the Olympics celebrated themselves by returning the Games to their ancient home in Olympia, two popular Greek athletes withdrew from the track and field competition amid a scandal befitting that ...
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The heady days of the Athens Games are over. Colorful banners have been pulled down and stadiums built in a rush of last-minute construction lay empty. Now Greeks are bracing for the Olympic-sized bill.
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Encouraged by worldwide praises for its successful hosting of the Olympic Games, self-confident Greeks are expecting a big boom in foreign investment in the post-Olympic era.
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Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis travels to Turkey in the first such visit for almost half a century.
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ISTANBUL, Jan 29 (IPS) - For the first time in half a century, a Greek head  of government has paid an official visit to Turkey. The two  Mediterranean neighbours, often described as the worst of friends  or the best of enemies, attempt to tackle their old problems in a  volatile eastern Mediterranean.
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The J. Paul Getty Museum announced Monday that it would return to Greece an ancient gold wreath and a marble bust that Greece claims were illegally spirited out of the country.Comment
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TIRANA, Jun 21 (IPS) - -When psychiatrist turned political leader Ylli    Pango took over as minister for tourism, besides holding other    portfolios, Albania was always going to open welcoming gates to    visitors from the world. And it has, with an almost fourfold  jump in   tourism over the last four years.
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Greece's President Constantinos Stefanopoulos will pay a three-day visit to Bulgaria starting Oct.
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Foreign tourists leave in a shuttle bound for Colombo leaving the provisional British High commission office set in the town of Galle, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Dec.29, 2004.
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ATHENS, Greece - Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday canceled a weekend visit to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics, just hours after demonstrators staged a protest march in central Athens.    Greece's foreign ministry said that Powell informed his Greek counterpart, Petros Moliviatis, that "urgent responsibilities" prevented him from carrying out the visit - which was to include meetings with Premier Costas Caramanlis and U.S...
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The J. Paul Getty Museum announced Monday that it would return to Greece an ancient gold wreath and a marble bust that Greece claims were illegally spirited out of the country.
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LONDON In messages to radio and television stations and news agencies back home, tourists from Britain described the tsunami destruction in Asia on Sunday.
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Greeks hope increased tourism will help them pay the $9 to $12 billion pricetag.
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BELGRADE, Aug 18  (IPS) - Countries across the Balkans are boosting tourism  to build recovery from communism  or the wars that broke former  Yugoslavia.
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Tourists have returned to the beaches of Penang as Malaysia&#39;s hotels began cleaning up a day after the region&#39;s worst tsunami in decades killed 44 people, injured 200 and left at least 35 missing.
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What doping scandals? What debts? Drunk with pride for successfully pulling off a great homecoming Olympics, most Greeks said they would happily do it all over again.