Peloponnese

A fresh bout of wintry weather that swept into Greece on Monday and Tuesday has whipped up gale-force winds and brought storm clouds over many parts of the country, and is also pushing temperatures down to single digits and below.

It is in the Peloponnese

Sailors traveling between the gulfs of Corinth and the Saronic will not be able to cut across the Corinth Canal for a couple more days, the company that manages the strait said on Monday.

Corinth Canal SA said that a landslide which shut down the passage will take longer to repair than the original deadline of Tuesday, January 19.

In view of the imminent resumption of exploratory contacts with Turkey, the government is reportedly seeking to ratify the all-important bills for the purchase of 18 French Rafale-type jets and the extension of its maritime zones in the Ionian Sea before January 20 when Joe Biden is sworn in as US president.

The Arvanitia promenade and beach, beneath the towering Palamidi fortress in the town of Nafplio in the Peloponnese, are battered by waves during a storm on Monday. Conditions around the country are expected to improve from Tuesday.

Excavations carried out in 2020 uncovered all sorts of exciting surprises, despite the challenges of the health crisis, which required stringent safety measures and resulted in fewer hands in the field, especially archaeology students and volunteers from abroad.

Epidaurus

As 2020 draws to a close, another Greek startup has been bought out, joining this year's long list. Adveos Microelectronic Systems, based in Aigio in the Peloponnese, has just been acquired by Chinese technology firm Beken Corporation for an amount said to reach $7.5 million (about 6.12 million euros).

Seagulls fish in the surf beneath an overcast sky at sunset in Faliro Bay, on Athens' southern coast, on Thursday. A storm earlier flooded streets and created bottlenecks on many main roads of the Greek capital, while other regions reported damage from hailstorms as a wet weather front swept across the country.

Virtual reality technology has been put to the service of fans of history and Playmobil itching to see the exhibition of dioramas inspired by the events and battles of the 1821 Greek War of Independence, which is on display at the Museum of the Greek Olive and Olive Oil in Sparta in the Peloponnese, which is a part of the impressive museum network created by the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foun

The RKI body removed the Peloponnese from the red list