Chalkidiki

The 2016 “Chef’s Golden Hat” gala dinner and awards ceremony on 13th February was a star-studded event attended by 280 guests – famous artists, businessmen and politicians, among others. It was a night of excitement and glamour hosted at “Grande Bretagne Hotel” Ballroom, in the centre of Athens.

Police in Halkidiki, northern Greece, are searching for a 15-year-old girl who went missing on Monday.

According to a report made by her father, the girl went to school in the region of Nea Kallikrateia on Monday morning but never returned home and has not contacted family.

According to “Grekodom Development”, a subsidiary of the Mouzenidis Group dealing in real estate, 2017 is expected to see a resurgence in property purchases by Russians in the region of Chalkidiki, Macedonia. The company’s deputy director, Damianos Sachpatzidis, said that as the Russian Ruble stabilises even more, the interest of Russian buyers in the area will rise in 2017.

Sani Resort, the luxurious holiday accommodation unit on Halkidiki's Kassandra peninsula in central Macedonia, on Friday confirmed its shift toward sustainability as expressed through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) program that saves energy and other resources and offers employees, guests and local residents an environment of top quality.

Two Greek hotels were voted among the top 25 under the “all inclusive” category in TripAdvisor’s annual “2016 Travelers Choice.” Ikos Olivia and Oceania, which belong to the Ikos Resorts chain in Chalkidiki, Macedonia, took 2nd and 6th spot, respectively. The first spot was taken by hotel Excellence Playa Mujeres in Mexico, with Tamasa hotel in Mauritius coming in 3rd.

A Thessaloniki court on Tuesday sentenced a 30-year-old ethnic Greek from Georgia to life and an additional 55 years in connection with a fatal brawl that took place outside a nightclub in Halkidiki, northern Greece, in July last year.

A Boeing Apatche AH-64 Helicopter crashed on Tuesday morning in Orfanos Gulf, east of Chalkidiki. According to the first reports, the two pilots have been rescued and transferred to 424 Army General Hospital of Thessaloniki. The causes of the crash are still unknown.

The Canadian mining group Eldorado Gold confirmed on Monday that it was resuming work at a controversial site in Skouries, Halkidiki, after the Environment Ministry approved a technical study for the project.

The Chalkidiki Tourism Organisation took part in the Moscow International Travel & Tourism Exhibition (MITT) for the 20th yearwith expectations for a rise in Russian tourists running high.

The Russian edition of travel magazine ‘Conde Nast Traveller’ published its ‘Readers’ Choice Awards’ for 2015, which included a number of distinctions for Greece. According to the Russian readers of the magazine, Greece was voted as one the best destinations for gastronomy and among the 5 most hospitable countries.