Kyparissia

The 39-year-old driver of the truck that caused the deadly traffic accident on the National Road Pyrgos – Kyparissia, at the height of Elaia, was released early, after his plea, with the agreement of the investigator and the prosecutor.

Unspoken tragedy occurred earlier at noon on Friday on the Pyrgos-Kyparissia highway, at the height of Elaia in Messinia, when the shocking traffic accident caused by a truck cut the thread of life to four people, includi

A tragic traffic accident occurred at noon Friday on the highway Pyrgos-Kyparissia, at the height of Elaia.

A German woman died Sunday when she was swept by a wave in the port of Kyparissia in western Peloponnese.

The 66-year-old woman was walking with her husband along the pier when a large wave swept her into the sea. Her body was found some 500 meters away.

Strong winds and large waves have hit the area all day Sunday.

Two people were killed by lightning in western Greece on Tuesday when a wave of bad weather swept western Greece.
The first incident involved a 35-year-old migrant worker in Lechaina, in the regional unit of Ileia in the Peloponnese.

Greek police were Thursday investigating the shooting of a German man and his wife in a summer house in Kyparissia, a town in northwestern Messinia, Peloponnese.
According to reports, the man was shot and killed in the yard, while his spouse was seriously injured.
She remained hospitalized in critical condition Thursday.

Torrential rainfall has caused floods in areas of Ileia in southern Greece.

According to the Athens News Agency, the floods have caused disruptions on the Pyrgos-Tripoli national highway at the Strefiou intersection and on the Pyrgos-Kyparissia highway near the Kallikomo community.

Greece was found guilty on Thursday by the European Court of Justice of failing to comply with European Union rules concerning the protection of the endangered loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) in the Bay of Kyparissia, in the western Peloponnese.

With 2,500 nests identified since late May, the Bay of Kyparissia in the southwestern Peloponnese is, for the fourth year in a row, Greece's most important nesting site for the endangered loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).

The picturesque coastal village of Kyparissi hosts its first climbing festival from October 2-4. The event, implemented under the supervision of mountain guide Akis Theodoropoulos, includes around 100 sport routes of all levels distributed along six breathtaking crags.