The area around the Prespa Lakes on Greece's northwest border with Albania and FYROM will become a national park called the 'Prespa National Park' in an attempt to preserve the local ecosystem in the area and promote it to tourists. Megali Prespa and Mikri Prespa have remained sparsely populated, with military permission being the only way to visit the area until recently.
The Ministry of Environment and Public Works is also moving to protect Lake Kastoria which is near the same area. Greece has a total of 10 national parks and 2 marine parks.
Other Greek related news:
Cyprus is offering free Greek language classes to people (mostly immigrants) who work in the island's tourism industry as a way to better communicate with the Cypriot and Greek market.
The Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art (MMCA) announced that it will be launching a new 'virtual-reality museum', which will be accessible on the Internet. It will allow visitors to check out art in a 3D format.
posted on Monday, February 16