Coast

Beautiful beaches crowd the shoreline, some with an exotic tropical atmosphere like Vai, others like Xerokampos rival the Indian Ocean for white sands & turquoise seas

Eight environmental organisations are calling on the government to withdraw controversial provisions in a law on costal zones that was tabled in a parliamentary committee on Wednesday which erodes environmental protections and plan a national policy for climate resilience.

The sprawl of loungers on Greece's beaches is the tip of the iceberg. Taking over beaches with bars and umbrellas is the extension of widespread real estate construction all along the coastline, despite it being strictly prohibited.

Greens suspect government is changing map of Protected Areas to shrink the size of coastal and wetland areas - where pressure to develop and build is greatest.

Greece's coast guard says the bodies of a woman and a girl have been separately recovered on the shores of the island of Lesvos.

The first body, belonging to a 4- to 6-year-old girl, was found on a beach Sunday morning. The woman's body was recovered a few hours later, found on a rocky shore.

Police in Cyprus police say 24 Syrian migrants were located on a rocky outcrop along the Mediterranean island nation's southeastern coast after two patrol boats found an empty speedboat.

Two new university studies warn of the risks of extensive coastal erosion in seven parts of Greece.

Coastal erosion has wreaked a significant impact on nearly a third of Greek beaches, according to data made public on Wednesday at a seminar in Athens organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) which also reported problems at river estuaries. 

The migration away from the beach marks the transition from summer to fall in places like Kilyos on Istanbul’s northern coast. But while swimming is no longer a possibility, the coast in autumn offers its own delights

At least 35,000 walruses have beached themselves on a remote Alaskan coastline in a phenomenon blamed on the melting of arctic ice due to climate change, experts said Oct. 1.