Laconia

Located off the Peloponnesean coast lies a secret treasure of antiquity: the ancient city of Pavlopetri. This magical city is thought to have been submerged due to a series of earthquakes which occurred around 1000 BC. Dating back 5,000 years,...

OrangeLand Sparta is an initiative based on the promotion of orange with the view to enhancing tourism in Laconia, a region in the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. "The orange is a product-symbol of Laconia," the founder of Orangeland...

The trial of wanted terrorist Kostas Sakkas and bank robber Marios Seisidis has been postponed until Wednesday, August 17, 2016. The trial was postponed due to the absence of three police officers -witnesses in the case- who failed to...

A wave of bad weather conditions has hit Greece, starting from the west, which is expected to last until Wednesday, according to weather forecasters. Strong winds, heavy rainfalls and storms have hit the country, especially in the areas of...

Laconia in southern Peloponnese, suffered significant damage from the 79 fires that broke out on Friday in Greece. According to reports, more than 40 houses were damaged in the city of Neapoli while around 10,000 olive trees were burned. Villages in the...

The 79 fires that broke out on Friday in Greece have left one person dead, threatened various residential areas and raised suspicions about the causes of the outbreaks. Firefighters and police officers found a completely carbonised body of man in the Kareas area of Ymittos on...

At least six wildfires broke out across Greece on Friday, July 17. The first large-scale fire occurred in Laconia, Peloponnese, where firefighters are still trying to get the situation under control using land vehicles and Canadair aircraft. More than two...

Pavlopetri is an ancient Greek city that has been submerged off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece, by a series of consecutive earth tremors around 1,000 BCE and consists the oldest underwater archaeological town site in the world,...

The Region of the Peloponnese in order to support and promote its touristic product to new tourism markets, invited South-Korean journalists and tour operators, as well as the general director of Turkish Airlines in Greece, Gulay Ozturk, and the...

A murder was committed in the village Kalonies, Laconia in the Mani region, on April 13, over an insignificant reason. According to NewsIt.gr, two cousins started scrapping when one of them blocked his cousin's vehicle with his car on the...