Peloponnese

A 14-year-old boy has died after falling from a height in a stadium in the town of Nafplio in the Peloponnese.

Initial reports said the boy fell from a considerable height at the town's municipal stadium shortly after 1 p.m.

The teenager was found by a security guard, who called for an ambulance.

Police are investigating the circumstances of the accident.

A development company has announced plans to construct a €475-million "ultra-luxury" tourist resort in the western Peloponnese.

The Hydra Rock company, which is chaired by billionaire shipping magnate Ioannis Vardinogiannis, submitted the plans to Enterprise Greece with the intention that it be deemed a strategic investment

Authorities in northern Peloponnese in southern Greece recovered the body of a 67-year-old British national who collapsed while engaging in aircraft spotting with a friend.

The body body was discovered in a remote area of Megalo Spileo, situated northeast of Kalavryta in the regional unit of Achaia.

A stormy weather system dubbed Cassandra is expected to make an appearance in Greece on Friday, after hitting northern Italy and parts of the Western Balkans.

For the fourth consecutive day, firefighting forces continue to battle the fire that broke out on Sunday morning (September 19th) in Xylokastro, Corinthia, which has claimed the lives of two men and

The large wildfire near Xylokastro in eastern Corinthia, in the Peloponnese, which broke out on Sunday and claimed the lives of two people, has not been brought under control, fire service spokesperson Vasilis Vathrakogiannis has told Kathimerini.

The bodies of two missing men, aged 35 and 40, were found burned in the Xylokastro fire on Monday morning, according to the deputy governor of Corinthia, Anastasios Giolis, in a statement to ERT.

A wildfire fanned by strong winds raged uncontrolled on a rugged mountainous area in the central Greek region of Corinthia early on Monday, the fire brigade said.

Hundreds of firefighters assisted by nine aircraft battled the blaze which broke out on Sunday near the seaside town of Xylokastro on the Peloponnese peninsula, some 120 km (75 miles) west of Athens.

A 45-year-old man and his wife have been arrested on charges of child abduction, after snatching their baby from the Alexandra Hospital in Athens where it had been admitted for observation by social workers concerned about its welfare.

A merchant ship has rescued dozens of migrants from a yacht in distress off the southwestern coast of Greece, Greek authorities said Thursday.

The coast guard said about 70 migrants were on the vessel, and there were no reports of anyone being in ill health. The migrants were being taken to the southern Greek port of Kalamata.