Islands

As part of the collaboration between the Georgios M. Michalos Foundation for the Sustainability of the island of Nisyros, and the Association for the Protection and Development of Mount Ymittos (SPAU), the first "Nisyros Dialogues" trail atop the capital's Mount Ymittos was unveiled on Friday.

The government is preparing to announce the creation of two new marine parks - in the Ionian and Aegean seas - ahead of the 9th Our Ocean Conference in Greece (April 15-17). 

One after another, islands that until today were considered alternative or generally far off the beaten track are changing in appearance. Astypalaia is now heading in this direction, with plans to build a new village of tourist residences the size of the island's capital, Chora.

Waves batter the port of Rafina in Attica. Ferries remained tied up at the ports of Piraeus, Rafina, and Lavrio on Sunday and Monday due to gale-force winds reaching up to 9 Beaufort in some places. Hydrofoils that service the Argo-Saronic Gulf islands (Salamina, Aegina, Hydra, Poros and Spetses) were also prohibited from sailing.

Following Halki and Astypalaia, Poros is now poised to become Greece's third "green island" under the GR-Eco Islands initiative. 

But, in practice, how green are the country's "green islands"? The project is currently focused on energy and less polluting transportation, but it doesn't address waste, sewage, or water "production."

Giorgos Sklavos uses a slotted spoon to collect sea salt from depressions in the rocks on the coast of Kythira, on Saturday. Salt harvesters on the island, which lies off the southeastern tip of the Peloponnese, have seen business pick up in recent years as Kythira's premium salt has come back in vogue.

The General Secretariat of Civil Protection issued its daily fire risk prediction map, forecasting extreme risk of fire (risk category 5) for seven regions of Greece on Thursday.

The Mihalos Foundation, represented by Chairman Peter Mihalos, last weekend signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Elliniko-Argyroupoli mayor and president of the association for the protection of Mount Hymettus, Giannis Konstantatos, for the foundation to implement initiatives concerning island path networks and the protection of the environment, during the Nisyrian Dialogues conference o

The images from video footage and in particular frames that captured a 32-year-old Bangladeshi man leaving his house with the 27-year-old Anastazja Rubinska and then returning later alone and leaving again after a while, was essentially what led to his prosecution on murder charges, according to reports.

Authorities on the Dodecanese island of Kos have arrested a man on suspicion of the abduction of 27-year-old Anastazja Rubinska, a Polish citizen who has been missing since Monday.

The 32-year-old suspect is from Bangladesh.