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Over 40 million people travelled in 2015 and stayed in homes through Airbnb in 150 countries around the world and most of them preferred to stay outside of traditional tourist hotspots.

After all, 74% of Airbnb properties are located in neighbourhoods which are away of famous tourist locations giving the opportunity to visitors to experience local life.

By Alexandra Kassimi

Over 140 weekly flights on new routes, an additional 189 flights on existing routes and 10 new destinations make up the picture at Athens International Airport this summer, which will likely be a very busy one.

Spanish airline Volotea started flights to and from Athens International Airport on Friday with a flight from Athens to Venice that will run until October.

The Barcelona-based airline has operational bases in Venice, Nantes, Bordeaux and Palermo and specializes in connecting medium and small European cities. This year it will link Venice, Santorini, Palermo, Pisa/Tuscany and Bari.

More than 100,000 people gathered across France to pay tribute to the victims of Wednesday's massacre by Islamist gunmen in Paris, as thousands also rallied in other European cities and the "I Am Charlie" hashtag swept the Internet.

Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris is among 26 mayors shortlisted for the World Mayor Prize 2014 bestowed by the independent City Mayors Foundation.

PALIC - French director, animator, photographer and graphic designer Edouard Salier is this year's winner of the Underground Spirit award given out by the European Film Festival Palic for exceptional work in independent film and unique poetic expression constructed outside of the mainstream film industry.