Anti-Seismic Planning and Protection Organization

A clause that imposes suspension on building in the wider zone of the caldera on the islands of Santorini and Therasia was included in draft legislation put out for public consultation by the Environment Ministry on Thursday. 

The suspension covers swimming pools and building extensions as well as brand-new construction.

Zakynthos' Navagio beach, a popular tourist destination famous for its signature shipwreck, will remain closed to tourists for a second summer this year by ministerial order.

Authorities on the Ionian island of Zakynthos have decided to keep Navagio beach, a popular tourist destination famous for its signature shipwreck, closed to tourists this summer, for fear of landslides. 

The re-prohibition of access to the "Navagio" beach of Zakynthos was proposed by the Anti-Seismic Planning and Protection Organization (OASP), in the context of its reassessments regarding seismic activity and landslide phenomena.

The death toll of those known to have died in the massive 7.8R-magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday has climbed to at least 3,326 with more than 6,500 injured, according to the national Emergency Operation Center. Thousands spent the night outdoors in massive tent cities around Kathmandu.