Aegean Sea

The findings of a study carried out on the health of elderly Greeks living in Australia but originally from the Greek islands, which focused on their eating habits and longevity, will be released in a few months. This study, entitled MEDIS,...

Alice Copperwheat, A former Diss High School student is praising her experience on her placement year in Greece while completing her degree in zoology. The young woman is currently studying at the University of Manchester. She is on placement, since the beginning...

Turkey is threatening Greece with an incident in the Aegean if the country decides to take advantage of its EU presidency and initiate procedures for the proclamation of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and proceed to exploit hydrocarbon reserves...

Greece's new Zoning Plan for Tourism recently announced provides for an increase in the network of marinas, small ports and harbors in the Ionian Sea, the eastern and southeastern Aegean, and the Saronic, Argolikos and Pagasitikos gulfs. It adds that...

Many areas in Athens, Greece are without electricity today, due to the abrupt weather change and the strong winds that started Monday evening. In Piraeus, Rafina, and Lavrio in Attica, as well as in the Rio-Antirio crossing in Western Greece,...

The agreement between the Piraeus Port Authority and the Chinese company COSCO closed. The deal is for investments of 230 million Euros in the port of Piraeus. According to the official announcement by the merchant marine ministry, “the deal involves...

On Wednesday the results from a survey conducted by the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels and the TNS ICAP and Quantros showed that the Southern Aegean, during the summer of 2013 had the biggest number of vacationer overnight stays, and...

A journalist from the Australian TV show 60 minutes visited Ikaria to see how the islanders manage to beat time and live for so many years. The story mentions that “There is an idyllic island, where the residents party until...

According to sources, the cargo ship "nourm" flagged with Sierra Leone, transferred a large amount of weapons. It was identified yesterday evening near Imia and was escorted to the port of Symi this morning. After an investigation, the cargo ship...

The company announced plans to strengthen its fleet and flying schedule up to the end of 2014, following the absorption of Olympic Air, which will lead to annual cost savings of 35 million euros, mostly from merging the two...