Ionian Sea

The global oil and natural gas industry eagerly waits for the findings of the Norwegian research vessel «Nordic Explorer», which conducted seismic researches in the Ionian Sea and south of Crete. As Ansamed news agency reports, the 2nd Annual Balkans...

A 4.7 earthquake shook the island of Kefalonia at 20:35 on the evening of September 9. The focal depth of the earthquake was at 10 kilometers. Its epicenter was at the island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea, north of Zakynthos...

The Austrian newspaper Oberosterreichische Nachrichten published a tribute to western Greece under the title The Virgin Greece, and wrote of a tour that starts at Parga and ends at Lefkada following the “traces of mythology”. In its presentation of Parga,...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on June 5 Tuesday announced plans for setting up a "national hydrocarbon company" to prospect for natural gas and oil deposits in the Aegean and Ionian seas. Speaking at a meeting with officials at the...

The Greek islands appear to be one of the top tourist destinations for Hollywood VIPs this summer. Kate Moss visited the Ionian island of Corfu on her luxurious yacht to spend some days on the amazing Corfiot clear blue...

Greek experts from the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities and the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research discovered the remains of three shipwrecks some 0.7 to 0.9 miles deep in the Ionian Sea while researching 77 square miles of seabed off...

The Greek island of Corfu hosted the second annual international youth cricket tournament organized by the Hellenic Cricket Federation. Being one of Australia's favorite sports, young kids could not escape participating in this year's tournament. Teams from Ferntree Gully and...

Four sailors aboard a Turkish freighter were missing Saturday after their ship capsized from a suspected cargo shift near the Ionian Sea island of Zakynthos, the Greek coastguard said. Another six men sailing on the Turkish-flagged freighter Erol Sankaya were...

Something of great scientific, historical, and cultural importance has been recently unearthed by archaeologists Southeast of the island of Lefkada. Excavations in the region of Kefali over the past two years unearthed a Mycenaean-era tomb. Archaeologists believe that they have...