Cyclades

The Gavriliadis family (originally from Pyrgos) vacation in Andros had a tragic ending on Friday morning. The family had traveled with friends to the Cycladic island and this morning 22-year-old Stathis and his father, well-known Pyrgos businessman Takis Gavriliadis, took a ride in a “pig” they had rented in the Stivari area of Batsi.

The next week is expected to begin with significant instability, featuring scattered showers or thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon and evening over the mainland, according to the director of the National Meteorological Service (EMY), Thodoris Kolydas.

Jessica Alba was among the celebrities who visited Mykonos this year.

The Hollywood actress vacationed on the Cycladic island with her husband, Cash Warren.

In various photos released today, Alba is seen on a boat wearing a lilac dress, a large white hat, and black sunglasses. Some of the shots also capture her 45-year-old husband, a film producer.

An explosion occurred yesterday, Tuesday, August 20, in the boiler of a tanker flying a Liberian flag, which was within the premises of the Syros Nerio Shipyard for maintenance and repair work.

More specifically, on Tuesday afternoon, the Syros Port Authority was informed of an explosion in the tanker’s boiler.

The nine fishermen and the captain of a fishing boat, which sank after hitting a shoal this morning in the sea area north of the port of Naoussa, Paros, are alive and well.

According to the Coast Guard, efforts were made by other vessels to tow the fishing boat but it eventually sank due to the influx of water.

A rare fresco of the Virgin Mary recently discovered on the island of Naxos by the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades is expected to shed light on the history of Byzantine painting in the Aegean before the era of the iconoclastic controversy which sought to the ban the veneration of religious images in 8th century.

The popular tourist islands of Folegandros, Ios and Sikinos were left without electricity for seven hours on Thursday night, a likely cause being the unprecedented demand on power due to the combination of large tourist numbers and high temperatures.

The outage on the three Cycladic islands began at 8.30 p.m. and lasted until 3.30 a.m.

A large number of people arrived this year, as they do every year on December, in Tino for the festivities.

The church of Panagia of Tinos is decorated with flags and offerings, while kneeling believers walk up the avenue of the Virgin Mary fulfilling the vows they have made, Mega reports.

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The 11 passengers, were arrested and detained at the Tinou port authority after the heated incident that preceded yesterday’s incident between them on the passenger ferry “Super Express” that was sailing to Rafina.

Coast guard officers on the island of Tinos have detained 14 passengers after a fracas broke out aboard a ferry.

The incident occurred on the Super Express ferry, which was sailing from Tinos to Rafina on Tuesday with 717 passengers on board.

Due to the intensity of the confrontation, the captain of the ship decided to return the vessel to Tinos.