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Aria Hotels, the Greek hospitality subsidiary of the Libra Group, with over 70 units, announced on Wednesday it is also entering the Colombian market in its first expansion abroad.

Aria will use its knowhow to transform two properties into luxury hotels, one of them to be named Aria Maria.

Located on Areos Street, opposite Hadrian's Library, the building traces its origins back to the 17th century. Its distinctive features - two floors, an external staircase, and an internal courtyard with a well and fountain - classify it as a "classic" representation of the later Ottoman era.

HALC's Erini Kosmas and HALC Managing Director Georgia Logothetis break down the week's developments on migration, the economy, Turkey, and more. 

Greek-American community leaders filled the New York Greek Consulate to celebrate the release of the book, "The Extraordinary Greek People: Their Remarkable Achievements and Philosophy for Living from Ancient Times to Today."

Scores of asylum-seekers were left homeless when a fire tore through a  camp on the Greek island of Samos, a migration ministry official said on April 27.    

"Around 200 people have been left homeless," Migration Ministry Secretary Manos Logothetis told AFP.    

There were no immediate reports of injuries.    

The details of the new reception centers being planned for the islands of the eastern Aegean will be finalized by the end of the year, according to the general secretary of the Citizens' Protection Ministry, Manos Logothetis.

Despite opposition from local communities, the Citizens' Protection Ministry is intent on implementing the government's plan to distribute asylum seekers among regional units across the country as part of the initiative to decongest overcrowded camps on the Greek islands.

Faced with an upsurge in migrant arrivals, the Greek government on Thursday said that the Interior Ministry will support municipal and regional authorities involved in efforts to relieve pressure on island facilities and to set up new accommodation facilities.

Seventy years after the Soviet Union sent Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite, into orbit and the beginning of the Space Age, the Romantso venue in central Athens is launching "The Space Age: Electric and Electronic Art in Greece 1957-1989," an exhibition that will run through September 9.

TEDx, one of the world's leading forums for exchanging ideas and thoughts on a variety of social, political and philosophical issues, returns to Athens on Saturday, May 13. Taking place at the Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center (SNFCC) on the city's southern coast, the theme of this year's event is the unknown and our perception of reality.