In 1826, British Regent Charles James Napier settled around three hundred farmers from Malta on the Greek island of Kefalonia (also spelled Cephalonia) in an ambitious bid to transform agriculture, but the project ended in disaster.
According to a 200-year...
The world-renowned Navagio Beach on the Greek island of Zakynthos will be extended by 30 meters (aprox. 100 ft) towards the sea with gravel to protect the iconic shipwreck from erosion.
The ship that ran aground off the island's coast...
The Odyssey, composed by Homer in the seventh century BCE, tells the story of Odysseus on his journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. The normal interpretation is that Homer's Ithaca is the same as modern Ithaca, also called...
In terms of the etymology behind the names of Greek islands, one should take into account a number of factors, including ancient Greek mythology and even the geomorphology of each place.
In fact, during ancient times, the names of the islands...
An illustration of the largest Greek islands at Reddit got one completely wrong. Given that Greece has many islands with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 to 6,000, depending on the minimum size taken into account, the mistake could...
The Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce will be hosting their "Summer Lovers - White & Red" wine tasting event, giving viewers a chance to tour the Aegean and Ionian Islands.
The program is scheduled to take place virtually on Tuesday, August...
The popular Greek island of Cephalonia (Kefalonia) in the Ionian Sea celebrated on Sunday, October 20 the memory of its Patron Saint, Agios Gerasimos.
Gerasimus of Cephalonia, as he is also known, is celebrated across the island, and many Cephalonites...
A series of festive events commemorating Saint Demetrios, Thessaloniki’s patron saint, the city's liberation from Ottoman rule, and the October 28 national holiday of "Oxi Day," will commence on Friday in Macedonia's capital
Italian President Sergio Mattarella along with the...
Authorities on Thursday ordered the evacuation of the village Ano Kateleio in Cephalonia as fires on the island continued to rage unchecked in Lagada, Kateleio, Kourkoumelata and Mantzavinata, fanned by winds of up to 10 Beaufort.
Talking to the Athens-Macedonian...
This photo captured by a drone at the Greek island of Cephalonia, has been named among the top 10 snaps captured worldwide by the social network Dronestagram.
The photo by Calin Stan depicts the exploration of the Melissani cave on...
