Greek Metropolitan Ieronymos of Kalavryta and Aigialeia was fined €1,500 on Wednesday for conducting the Blessing of the Waters service in Aigio, located on the northern coast of the Peloponnese. According to…
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Filled with stone mansions, lush gardens, picturesque alleys, and a lively square, the town of Vytina has been for many years now, one of the most popular mountain destinations in the Peloponnese and in Greece overall.
A 24-hour electrification test of the first submarine cable that will connect the island of Crete with mainland power grids was successfully conducted, Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator SA (IPTO) announced on…
On the early morning of December 13th, 1943, the people of Kalavryta, in the mountains of Achaea in the Peloponnese, woke up to the sounds of ringing church bells. The omens…
“My goal was to create a church that creates the illusion of motion. It feels like the Holy Spirit moves around its axis, God himself moves around its axis, as the church has no obvious front and back,” Greek architect Costas Papatheodorou said about his creation – the Orthodox church of Agia Fotini of Mantinea – which has become known as the second most mysterious church in the world.
600 members of the brutal ISIS terrorist organization are in Greece and dozens are in Cyprus, according to a respected Greek journalist. Savvas Kalenteridis in a radio interview on the First Show…
The 27-year-old from Tajikistan, who was arrested in the Peloponnese on accusations of being a member of ISIS, boarded a boat with other immigrants in 2017 in order to reach Lesvos from…
One of the leading members of ISIS that was granted asylum status in Greece was arrested a few hours ago by police in the Peloponnese after an international search. The 27-year-old from…
A house so unique and beautiful is hard to square.
Among 600 olive trees, is this dream, minimalistic house inspired by the Pythagorean theorem and created by architect Tilemachos Andrianopoulos.
Earlier this week, The Netherlands changed the travel advice for the Greek islands to ‘yellow’. The ‘yellow’ status means that travellers arriving in The Netherlands from anywhere in Greece do not need…
Although famous worldwide for its seas, more than 80% of Greece is mountainous. We present to you the top five destinations for mountain lovers, who want to climb, hike, or just enjoy breathtaking views in Greece.
The region of Achaia in the Peloponnese and the Municipality of Ioannina in Western Greece will go under special restrictive measures as of midnight on Monday, to limit the spread of novel…
On September 23rd, 1821, the rebellious Greeks won a significant victory against the Turks, which led the way to the final liberation of Greece from the Ottomans. The siege and the fall…
Following the severe flash floods caused by the bad weather over the weekend, the situation in Karditsa, a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece, remains complex. Bridges have been destroyed and…
Cyclone Ianos, has left three people dead and another reported missing, after the severe weather phenomena swept from the Ionian Islands through central Greece this weekend. The casualties included an older woman…
The rare cyclone Ianos ‘hit’ the islands of Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Ithaca on Thursday evening. Greece’s national meteorological service issued a top level Red Alert for winds, rain and storm conditions. “We are…
A rare cyclone, dubbed Ianos, will affect Greece from Thursday according to the National Observatory of Athens weather station. The main characteristics of Ianos will be heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and strong gale-force…
On Tuesday, The Netherlands changed the travel advice for the Greek islands to ‘orange’ due to the rise in coronavirus cases in Greece. This means all but essential travel should be avoided…
Greece’s Culture Minister Lina Mendoni announced that the archaeological museum and site of Mycenae will reopen on Tuesday, following the wildfire that swept through the area. Mycenae (Μυκήνες) is one of the most…
The fire that broke out at the Mycenae archaeological site on Sunday afternoon, has not caused any damage to antiquities at first inspection, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement. Mycenae…