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The Ministry of Culture, through the Ephorate of Antiquities of Chalkidiki and Mount Athos, announces the launch of digital applications and the opening of the modernized information center of Ancient Olynthos to the public, following the completion of the project “Population Movements and Material Culture: Digital Mapping of Chalkidiki from Prehistory to Historical Times,” which is part of the

Authorities in Mount Athos have launched an investigation following the recovery of a man's body from the sea on Saturday.

According to the coast guard, the man was about 40 years old, was about 1.70-1.75 centimeters tall, had a normal build and was wearing a dark-colored tracksuit and trainers.

An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter Scale has been reported in northern Greece in the Mount Athos region, BGNES reported.

According to Greek seismologists, the epicentrе of the earthquake was located 7-8 km. southeast of Ierissos at a depth of 10 km. "It was a slight earthquake, isolated," Ilias Fikos, a geologist and physicist, told ANA-MPA.

A light earthquake was recorded early on Tuesday in the area of Mount Athos, in northern Greece.

According to the Seismological Station of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the tremor measured 3.3 on the Richter scale and its epicenter was 7-8 km south-east of Ierissos, at a depth of 10 kilometers.

What kind of residential, political and commercial structures did the Greek colonies on the northwestern coast of the Aegean have 2,700 years ago? Which language prevailed when the colonists mixed with the local Thracian population and what was their relationship to the rest of the Hellenic world?

The temporary administrative board of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) announced on Wednesday the indefinite suspension of all league soccer action in Greece following the arson attack late on Tuesday at a house owned by the head of the federation's refereeing committee.

Scrawled on the homes of the village of Megali Panagia in northern Greece are slogans emblematic of the deep rift caused in this society by a controversial Canadian gold mining project.

"Goldmines are a curse for every nation," reads one -- others are more profane.

A small passenger boat carrying 23 people from Ierissos in Halkidiki to Mount Athos suffered engine trouble on Wednesday, prompting the response of coast guard vessels and private boats sailing nearby.

While the vessel was being towed to shore, the captain managed to repair the engine before sailing back to the port of Ierissos.