Kalamata
Greece
Greece Tapping into Space Tourism?
Vassilis Kapernaros, member of the political party Independent Greeks, submitted his proposal for the transformation of the Kalamata International Airport to a rocket launch site, at Parliament on Wednesday. If such an event takes place, Greece will be able...
Greece
Kalamata: They Fell in Love in the Soup Kitchen
Vasilis Tsafaras a 62-year-old man and the 55-year-old Aggeliki Panagiotopoulou, are two people who have faced hardships with optimism and succeeded to find love through the most difficult path of life.
They shared the food provided by the Municipality of...
Culture
Kalamata: In the Running for EU Capital of Culture 2021
Kalamata, a city located in southern Peloponnese will be submitting a bid to be named European Capital of Culture for 2021. The mayor is set to unveil his proposals on Wednesday November 6, at an official event attended by...
Greece
Tourist Arrivals in Greece Take Off
Greece's busiest-ever tourist season continues to get better with news that there was a 9.28 percent rise in air arrivals, mirroring that of arrivals via ship. Some 6,887,532 people have flown into Greece so far this season with the...
Greece
Golden Dawn’s Festival Angers Kalamata
A storm of protests has risen in Kalamata after Golden Dawn’s decision to organize a festival for its voters around Greece on August 4, the day the dictator, Ioannis Metaxas, carried out his self-coup in 1936.
Municipal factions, Kalamata’s Anti-Fascism...
Greece
Aegean Airlines in Kalamata
Aegean Airlines now flies from Kalamata to nine international destinations. The company's new operational base is added to Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Corfu, Rhodes and Kos. The opening took place on March 10 at the Captain Vasilis Constantakopoulos airport with the...
Greece
Quake Measuring 5.0 Strikes off Southern Greek Coast
An earthquake of 5.0 magnitude struck in the Mediterranean just off Greece's southern coast on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The quake occurred at 7:42 a.m. (0542 GMT), 34...
Greece
5.6 Magnitude Quake Hits off Greek Coast
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the southwestern coast of Greece on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was one of the largest to strike the country this year.
USGS reports that the quake was 34 miles southwest...