Aegean Sea
Greece
Golden Dawn Airport Gun Firing
Panic prevailed at Athens International Airport, Eleftherios Venizelos, shortly before three in the afternoon of May 30 when the gun of Antonis Gregos, Golden Dawn deputy, went off while he boarding Aegean’s flight 510 to Thessaloniki.
According to the procedure,...
Economy
2nd Posidonia Forum Sets Cruise Lines' Agenda
Of the 36 billion euros plus revenue spread across European cruising destinations, Greece is the recipient of just 600 million euros due to its lagging home porting capabilities and infrastructure challenges as only nine of Greece's 57 ports are...
Greece
South Aegean Region’s New Website
The South Aegean Region will create a new website for foreign and Greek tourists that would like to visit the region. Through the website www.aegeanislands.gr, the demanding and sophisticated visitors of the Cyclades and the Dodecanese islands, even if...
Greece
Visitors Flock to Folegandros Island
Folegandros is one of the many undiscovered islands in Greece located in the southern Cyclades of the Aegean Sea. Its nature can offer visitors tranquility and solitude.
Stories with pirates, legends and enemy raids set the scene and the wild...
Greece
Residents of Potamia Block Golden Dawn Food Handout on Thassos
Members of the community of Potamia on the northern Aegean island of Thasos have prevented members of far-right Golden Dawn distributing free food products to villagers.
To Vima newspaper said residents of Potamia did not let Golden Dawn members unload...
Greece
Aegean Sea Exhibit Covers All
Aegean, the Birth of an Archipelago, an exhibition organized by the Science Center and Technology Museum NOESIS is going to be held in Thessaloniki.
The event presents, in a striking and appealing way to visitors, the creation of the Aegean...
Greece
4.3 R Quake Between the Islands of Crete and Karpathos
An moderate undersea earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale was reported to have struck the area between the islands of Crete and Karpathos in the southeastern Aegean in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to the Geodynamic Institute of...
Greece
Earthquake Shakes Greek Islands in Aegean Sea
A strong earthquake, has struck central and eastern Greece, with its epicenter located south of the island of Limnos in the Aegean Sea.
The Athens Geodynamic Institute put the magnitude at 5.9 and said the quake occurred between the Greek...
Greek News
Detained Greek Ship, Crew Released in Nigeria
The Greek ship Aegean Horizon and its 23-man crew, who had been held in detention in Nigeria, were released after Greek officials, including Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos and President Karolos Papoulias apppealed to the Nigerian President.
The crew was charged...
Greece
Greek Coast Guard Stops 90 Illegal Migrants
The Greek coast guard on Friday detained 90 migrants, among them thirteen children, off the eastern Aegean coast, radio reports said.
Officials were alerted to a vessel ferrying 36 illegal immigrants, among them six woman and six children, near the...