Arcadia

The temperatures are mild, the crowds are small, and the roads, except during the October 28th holiday weekend, are relatively quiet. Deciduous trees blanket the paths and hillsides with leaves in vibrant shades of yellow, red, and green, making driving through the mountains a true pleasure.

Dimitsana with its picturesque narrow streets. [Perikles Merakos]

The competent authorities arrested the 44-year-old as the perpetrator responsible for causing two fires in rural land, with intent and repeated offenses (on August 24 and 25, 2024), in the area of Kerasitsa, Municipality of Tripoli in Arcadia.

The fire service has issued a spate of 112 emergency alert messages, with eight such messages being sent in less than two hours on Friday afternoon.

By 5.30 p.m., 15 emergency alert messages had been issued to residents in various parts of the country, including Attica; the Peloponnesian prefectures of Arcadia, Argolida, Achaea, and Messinia; as well as Larisa in Thessaly.

An earthquake rattled the regions of Ilias, Messinia and Arcadia in the Peloponnese at approximately 5 p.m. Monday.

According to the Earthquake Research-Institute of Geodynamics in Athens, the 3.7 magnitude quake had an epicenter five kilometers north of the town of Zacharo.

Tucked away in the rugged mountains of southwest Arcadia in the Peloponnese stands a marvel of ancient Greek architecture, the Temple of Apollo "Epikourios" at Bassae.

Maximou officials believe that the SYRIZA president "hides behind his sharp style and avoids giving answers of substance" - On camera outburst of Kasselakis from mountainous Arcadia, where he is on a short-term holiday

In April of 1947, in the midst of the civil war, the leader of the Nationalist Party (renamed People's Party in 1920), Theodoros Tourkovasilis, while speaking to the Greek Parliament, mentioned Switzerland in passing: "I was recently given the chance to admire this people and to see the fine organization of this state up close. Switzerland is indeed a masterpiece of a state.

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled the Peloponnese on Sunday morning.

According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the quake's epicenter was located 10 kilometers northeastern of Megaloupoli, Arcadia. 

No injuries or damage have been reported. 

A cyclist aged 79 was killed on Saturday in southern Greece after being hit on a provincial road in Tripoli by a car driven by a 37-year-old man.

The elderly man was rushed to the Pan-Arcadian Hospital of Tripoli but died of his injuries a short time later. Local police launched an investigation into the circumstances of the accident.

As part of the Umbrella campaign to reach remote communities, pediatricians volunteered to travel to remote municipalities around Greece to vaccinate children and inform parents.