Peloponnese

More than 60 firefighters and 17 vehicles are employed to contain a forest blaze that broke out late Sunday in the Taygetus Mountain range in Peloponnese. On Monday the fire had spread to steep, inaccessible terrain, near the village of...

During an official ceremony on August 18, the Oscar-winning director Alexander Payne became an honorary citizen of Aigio in the Peloponnese region. The 54-year-old recently married Maria Kontos, a 27-year-old Greek woman that he met last spring as Payne was...

Sixty-eight migrants were found on Saturday on a rocky shore of one of the Dragonares islets, south of the Diakofti port of Kythera island, according to the Hellenic Coast Guard. An empty 15-meter long barge was found sunken near the Dragonares...

A large wild fire broke out in the area of Gytheio in the Peloponnese on the afternoon of August 12. A total of 17 vehicles, 50 firefighters and 34 hikers participated in the efforts to put out the fire, along...

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) approved on Thursday a new donation to the Benaki Museum to fully cover the repair works and the restoration of the Patrick and Joan Leigh Fermor House as well as its equipment, near the...

The health sector is registering shortages in a number of areas, including ambulance vehicles. In one case, in Istaia in Evia, a patient was transferred in a farm lorry. The only ambulance that was available to the municipality was sent...

The Athens Democracy Forum being organized by The New York Times is set to bring together some of the most prominent speakers that are leading the way in their respected fields. Business Leaders, statesman, economists and academics are all preparing...

The Melitzazz festival of Tsakonia, the capital of Leonidio, in Arcadia at the Peloponnese, is a colorful, multicultural gathering of cultures in honor of jazz. Musicians and chefs join forces in a celebration of music, dance, culture and tastes...

A funeral home in Nafplio, in Peloponnese, has built a special order coffin in the shape of the Parthenon and its form has become all the rage in the area. The particular coffin is made of marble and wood, using...

A family tragedy took place at Vrahati, Corinth, after a father, aged 85 years, shot his son, a diagnosed psychopath on Tuesday morning before putting an end to his own life. In a scrawled note, the father wrote about...