Chios

The north side of Chios does not attract a large number of residents even though it is the greenest part of the island. The expatriates of the island who visit their villages every summer are afraid of the fires...

The 2nd Festival, Local Products: Nutritional and Curative Properties,  opens its doors and welcomes the audience in Sitia, Crete, from September 20 to 22. The festival lays the groundwork for the promotion of the town of Sitia, located in the...

A 72-year-old German man was arrested on Aug. 2 by the police on the Greek island of Chios and charged with spying. It came days after six men, three Greeks and three Turks, were arrested after a speedboat off...

The 51-year-old man from Turkey, who was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Unit, was led to the public prosecutor at the Court of Appeal, in the framework of the investigations concerning the weapons on the island of Chios and was...

Early in the morning of July 30, the port police detected a vessel of about seven meters moving between Chios and Oinousses. A port police patrol boat rushed to the spot and immobilized it. According to the police announcement, two...

The Greek-Turkish Youth Orchestra will build bridges between the countries for one more year with two concerts at the Homerion Cultural Center of Chios Municipality (on July 30) and at Sigacik Castle in Seferihisar, Turkey (on July 31). “Turks and...

An impressive phenomenon has been occurring on the island of Chios since June 23, according to the website greek-weather.org. Swarms of locusts appeared in the regions Komi, Lilika and Kallimasia. The inhabitants are concerned about the phenomenon, but there isn’t...

The Austrian daily newspaper, Die Presse, published a full page tribute to Chios, “the island of 53,000 people which offers calm in quiet mountain villages and small bays,” with the title, Retro-charm thanks to the economic crisis, while a...

After composing and conducting more than 1,000 pieces of music and known as one of Greece's greatest musical geniuses, Mikis Theodorakis was elected an Honorary Member during the plenary meeting of the Academy of Athens. He was honored for being...

Kronen Zeitung, Austria's largest newspaper, dedicated a whole article to Lefkada, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece, titled Lefkada: A visit to the pearl of Greece. Krone mentions that there is no...