Afantou

The cosmopolitan island of the Dodecanese, a world-renowned destination that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually from all over the globe, was the final stop of this year’s Plastic Free Greece initiative, marking the end of a five-year program that toured the entire country, transforming the environmental landscape.

Greece's coast guard says it has found the bodies of three fully clothed men on two beaches on the island of Rhodes.

The first body was found Saturday afternoon on Afantou beach on the eastern side of the island. A second body was found Sunday morning on the same beach and a little later a third corpse was discovered on nearby Faliraki beach.

Greek Minister of Culture Aristides Baltas released a press statement, Monday, attempting to quell an uproar regarding the possibility that his decision to designate a 10,000 acre area as a protected archaeological site in the region of  Afantou in Rhodes would jeopardise a large tourist investment on the island.