Peloponnese
Greece
Mycenean Palace and Linear B Tablets Discovered in Sparta Area
A new excavation in the Xirokambi area of Aghios Vassilios west of Sparta, in the Peloponnese, Greece, has revealed a richness of Mycenean artefacts in the area, including the remains of a palace, Linear B tablets, fragments of wall...
Greece
Thieves Burn Pensioner In Wheelchair
Police said four home invaders in Corinthia set on fire a 78-year-old man in a wheelchair to make him reveal where he had his money and got away with 4,000 euros. He was reported in serious condition in the...
Europe
Trierweiler’s Greek Holiday Riles French
France's First Lady Valerie Trierweiler, who is the partner of President Francois Hollande, has left Greece after an extensive vacation but the French media are buzzing about it.
Trierweiler, a political journalist, spent her holidays with her three sons from...
Greece
Five Earthquakes in One Night in Patras
Five low-intensity earth tremors occurred midnight to 4 a.m. on July 6in the region of Patras, Greece's third-largest city, located in the western part of the country, about 215 kilometers, some 134 miles from Athens.
The first earth tremor occurred...
Archaeology
Europe's Oldest Script In Messenia
Michael Cosmopoulos, Professor of Archaeology and Chair of Greek Studies, University of Missouri-St. Louis, returns to the historic village of Iklaina where with his excavation he brought to light, in the summer of 2010, the oldest written text of...
Greece
Exploring Greece through the Peloponnese
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Writer Elisabeth Herschbach takes us on a journey around Peloponnese, the large underexpored peninsula that forms the southernmost part of mainland Greece, linked by a four-mile isthmus at Corinth.
Environment
Blazes in Peloponnese and Crete Under Control
Fires broke out during the night of May 28, in the Peloponnese and the Greek islands of Crete and Kefalonia.
A blaze broke out around 10 pm in a grassland area in Giannitsena, Kyparissia, in the Peloponnese. Because of stormy...
Greece
Russians Boost Tourism in Elis
For one more year Araxos Airport is expected to receive thousands of Russian visitors who wish to spend their holidays near the beaches of the Elis or Ilia region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula.
According to local...
Greece
Life is Sweet for Beekepers in Greece, But for How Long?
The rosemary season has ended, but sage is in full bloom.
In the fragrant hills of the Peloponnese in southern Greece, after a few sharp turns along a path, Nikos Reppas' old car arrives at bee heaven: a field full...
Crime
Three Suspects Arrested In Migrant Shootings
Three men who were supervisors on a Greek strawberry farm and suspected of shooting at 200 immigrant workers, injuring 29 of them, were arrested on April 19, authorities said.
The only information given was that the men were aged 21,...