Peloponnese

An 87-year-old Greek grandmother in Pyrgos, in the Peloponnese, will go on trial for shooting a burglar who broke into her home. The elderly woman says she had simply had it with burglars, who have broken in and stolen from...

George Bizos, the Greek-South African human rights lawyer who fought apartheid and saved Nelson Mandela from a death sentence during the Rivonia Trial, died on September 9, 2020. In honor of the great lawyer, residents of Bizos's hometown of Vasilitsi...

The first ever woman to be executed in Greece after the court gave her the death penalty was 63-year-old Stavroula Gouvousi

The environmental devastation from the fires in northern Evia is huge, according to the National Observatory of Athens.

A large fire broke out in the region surrounding Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, Greece on Wednesday. Residents in five of the surrounding areas have been evacuated. The villages of Herakleia, Pournari, Pelopio, Platanos, and Kafkania have all been evacuated...

A large wildfire broke out in Achaia, a region of the Peloponnese, Greece on Saturday. Residents of Ziria and Ano Ziria have been evacuated.

A landslide at the Corinth Canal on Thursday has thrown a wrench into restoration works at the important ship route. 

A wall of wind turbines could spoil both the scenery and the habitats of indigenous wildlife in Monemvasia at Cape Maleas in the Peloponnese

The Corinth Canal, one of the most important works of modern Greece has remained closed to maritime traffic since January 2021.

The Corinth Canal, one of the most important infrastructure works of modern Greece, remains shut for maritime traffic since January 2021.