Feta

The temperatures are mild, the crowds are small, and the roads, except during the October 28th holiday weekend, are relatively quiet. Deciduous trees blanket the paths and hillsides with leaves in vibrant shades of yellow, red, and green, making driving through the mountains a true pleasure.

Dimitsana with its picturesque narrow streets. [Perikles Merakos]

A ban on the movement of animals across Greece for any purpose—such as slaughter or fattening—has been implemented for ten days following a video conference led by the Minister of Rural Development and Food with Deputy Minister Christos Kellas, General Secretary for Rural Development and Food George Stratakos, regional governors, deputy regional governors responsible for the primary sector, rep

The president of the National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, Pavlos Satolias, likened feta to “white gold” for the Greek economy, referring to increased exports in recent years, with more and more countries opening their markets to welcome the “queen” of Greek cheeses.

Amid an ongoing cattle plague with the number of farm units registering positive cases of rinderpest increasing by the day, Minister of Rural Development and Food Kostas Tsiaras is not ruling out the possibility of price hikes, especially regarding popular cheeses, such as feta and graviera. 

The detection of sheep and goat plague in Greece has highlighted the inadequacies and shortcomings in the system for monitoring live animal imports, as well as the mechanism of restrictions on sheep and goat farms.

I had never eaten melon with feta before. I certainly hadn't had it at the start of a meal. "But it's the best appetizer for raki," says Byron Nicolaides as he poured. "In the summer, when I'm on an island, as soon as I sit at the table, I ask if they have good melon, and they look at me with confusion.

Peggy Gou returns to Athens for her biggest show yet at the Tae Kwon Do Stadium on July 12. Known locally as Feta Gou, the Berlin-based South Korean DJ will perform with Ryan Elliott from Detroit, Seoul-based Mogwaa, German collective Feathered Sun and Greece's very own DJ Amelia. The lineup, curated by Gou, promises a night of techno, house and genre-blending surprises.

Feta cheese, Greece's world-famous salty white delicacy, has become the main point of contention in the pre-election debate, as political leaders cannot seem to agree on who better knows what it costs on supermarket shelves.

Greek stand-up comedian Katerina Vrana is putting on a series of belly-aching performances in English at the Arch Club (archclublive.com). Vrana will present her favorite parts of her three sold-out comedy routines, "Feta with the Queen," "About Sex," and "Staying Alive," as well as new content written in London, where she is based. Book your 15-euro ticket at Viva's more.com.

Halitzi, the traditional white cheese from the Cypriot region of Tylliria, has been officially recognized with protected geographical indication (PGI) status, according to an announcement shared on social media by the European Commission in Cyprus last week.