Lesvos

  The Greek island of Lesvos will host the 14th Eressos Women's Festival. Over 1,000 women from Greece and around the world will visit the island to attend the two-week-long festival, which celebrates the history, culture, achievements and diversity of women. Eressos Festival...

The first presentation of Lesvos Petrified Forest's candidacy to enter UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites was held by professor Nikos Zouros, director of the Lesvos Petrified Forest Museum. Zouros referred to the 17 Greek monuments that have been included...

Public Order Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Merchant Marine Minister Miltiades Varvitsiotis accompanied visiting European Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom on a tour of a new migrant reception center on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos. Malmstrom will also meet with...

The Greek island of Lesvos in northern Aegean sea will host the Beach Street Festival (BSF) from August 1 to 3. This year's festival, mainly influenced by the murals of the Greek folk painter Theofilos Chatzimichael, will include several events of contemporary urban arts,...

A speedboat with 16 undocumented migrants on board was located early Saturday by a Greek Coast Guard patrol vessel in the sea region of Oinousses, Greece.  When the Turkish captain and trafficker noticed the patrol vessel,  he rammed it and...

The Greek coast guard officers tracked down 45 out of 50 undocumented migrants of whom the Greek authorities were in search for on Saturday morning on the Greek island Lesvos. The investigation however is still underway in order to...

The British network BBC World presented a documentary with unique landscapes from the beautiful island of Lesvos, in the northeastern Aegean Sea, Greece and photos of Athens and Acropolis. The documentary entitled "Divine Women" that was edited by the archaeologist...

On Friday, March 7, a Greek Coast Guard patrol boat rescued twenty-one illegal immigrants in the sea area of Sikamia in Lesvos island, western Greece. According to sources, among the survivors was the 37 year-old smuggler who was arrested on...

This morning in Lesvos, more than 100 tons of high quality treated wood have washed ashore in the eastern part of the island. The residents rushed to the point with their cars in order to take advantage of the...

Four immigrants drowned on Thursday night after their boat -- heading to Greece --  sank offshore Balıkesir's Burhaniye in Turkey. The boat that was carrying immigrants set off from the Burhaniye district and was heading to the Greek island Lesvos late on...