Karpathos

Turkey challenged Greece’s sovereignty rights in the Aegean Sea on Saturday morning harassing an Italian ship in the sea area between the island of Karpathos and Rhodes.

An earthquake struck the Dodecanese island shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 26. The earthquake is estimated to be at 5.2 on the magnitude scale according to the Greek geodynamic institute, though the Euro-Mediterranean Institute places it at 5.4.

The focal point is 32 km east, osutheast of Karpathos and is of 10 km depth.

Karpathos: A “genuine” Aegean isle destination

Defense Minister Panos Kammenos and US Defense Undersecretary Christine Wormuth met to discuss cooperation between Greece and the United States. Measures to clamp down on terrorism, undocumented migration and close ties in defense were discussed.

By Stathis Kousounis

Just a few days before the start of the tourism season, the Economy and Tourism Ministry has shut down 86 hotels in the Dodecanese after one in 12 units in the popular island complex was found to be violating fire safety regulations.

Naval support ship Prometheus will be touring the Dodecannese in the eastern Aegean from September 3-11 in order to provide residents of remote islands with primary healthcare, the Hellenic Navy reported on Tuesday.

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook a sea area situated 141 kilometers northeast of the island of Karpathos, in the Dodecanese in the Aegean Sea, at 6.53 a.m. on Wednesday.

According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center the quake’s epicenter was put at 77 kilometers below surface.