Phoenician colonies

In 2022, the tourist year is going great for Greece, writes Deutsche Welle, presenting some suggestions for Germans to get to know somewhat less touristy areas.

Seitan Ports in Chania

Summer might be officially over, but that does not seem to perturb sexy Greek actress Athina Oikonomakou, who took some time to escape to, no, not her favourite Mykonos, but to Lisbon in Portugal. The beautiful Athina kept her legions of followers on Instagram up to date, as she posted photos of her sojourn.

Malta’s famous rock arch best known as “Azure Window” has collapsed into the sea after heavy storms.

Roger Chessell, from the village of Xaghra, told the Times of Malta: “There was a big raging sea beneath the window. Suddenly, the arch collapsed into the sea.”

Olbia, the Ancient Greek colony in Ukraine, opposite Berezan island, was founded in the 7th century BC by colonists from Miletus. Its harbor was one of the main emporia on the Black Sea for the export of cereals, fish and slaves.

On Thursday afternoon, the Cypriot police authorities proceeded in the arrest of two Syrian permanent residents on suspicions of both of them being linked to Jihadists of the Islamic State.

Bank of Cyprus, the Cypriot lender which recapitalized last year using depositors’ savings, said late on Monday it expected its shares to relist on the Cypriot and Athens stock exchanges by the end of October.

[Reuters]

Police in Cyprus are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 73-year-old Cypriot businessman Yiannos Kalopsidiotis, who was allegedly shot four times inside his farmhouse in the area of Ayia Napa late on Friday.

The airport in the city of Larnaca, Cyprus was evacuated on Tuesday morning after authorities received a bomb threat.

The police received a phone call from someone saying that an explosive device had been placed in a toilet at the airport at around 9.30 am, according to local media reports.

Police in Cyprus on Tuesday had to evacuate the island's main airport in Larnaca on the southern coast after receiving an anonymous call that there was a "suspicious package" on the premises, the Associated Press reported, quoting Communications Minister Marios Demetriades as saying.