Principality of Achaea
Early 13th century castle in Peloponnese to get fire protection
The Ministry of Culture on Thursday announced the start of work to protect the site, staff and guests of a stunning castle built by the Franks in 1220 in Ilia in the northern Peloponnese from wildfire, but also from possible blazes inside the fortress.
Four life sentences for quadruple murderer
A mixed jury court in Patras has handed a man four life sentences after convicting him of the murder of four members of the same family in March 2022.
In a case that shocked the country, a 32-year-old father, a 37-year-old mother and their two children, aged 1.5 and 2.5, were found dead in their home in Andravida, a village in the Peloponnese region of Ilia.
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Search continues for missing airman
A large-scale search-and-rescue operation resumed at first light in western Greece on Tuesday for a Hellenic Air Force officer who has been missing since the jet he was flying went down over the Ionian Sea on Monday.
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Search teams find wreckage of F-4 fighter jet
Search teams on Monday found wreckage of a two-seater F-4 fighter jet that crashed in the Ionian Sea off western Greece.
Search and rescue helicopters from the air force and the navy are continuing their efforts to locate the missing pilots. Some local media earlier reported that the two pilots ejected from the aircraft but authorities could not confirm the information.
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Structure believed to be long-lost temple to Poseidon unearthed in Peloponnese
The remains of a 2,500-year-old structure unearthed at an archaeological dig in the western Peloponnese may be those of a temple dedicated to the god of the sea, Poseidon, and mentioned by the ancient Greek geographer and historian Strabo, according to archaeologists.
Syrian toddler exits camp, drowns on beach
Greek authorities say a Syrian toddler has drowned at a beach in southern Greece after the boy wandered away from his parents and exited a migrant camp.
The Ministry of Citizen Protection, which oversees Greek police, says that the boy was 2 ½ years old. The boy drowned Sunday afternoon after leaving the camp in the city of Andravida in the western Peloponnese region.
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Fighter jets to fly over Athens in annual exercise
A formation of seven fighter jets is due to fly over Athens on Thursday evening as part of the multinational Iniohos exercise, authorities said.
The formation will consist of F-35, F-4, M-2000 and Tornado jets from Greece, the United States, Italy and Israel. It is due to conduct flights over central Athens between 6.20 and 6.30 p.m.
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Iniochos readiness exercise taking place in Athens FIR
Four aircraft fly in formation Tuesday as part of the annual joint Iniochos exercise, involving activity across the Athens Flight Information Region. Members of the air forces of Greece, the USA, the UK, Italy, the United Arab Emirates and Cyprus are taking part in the exercise, the aim of which is to boost the readiness of the air forces in the region.
Traffic disruptions on Corinth-Athens highway
Traffic on the Corinth-Athens national highway, on the stretch between the junctions for Ancient Corinth and Epidaurus, will be briefly disrupted due to roadworks that begin on Wednesday and will continue intermittently until Saturday.
During this time, traffic will be limited to one or two lines in the direction of Athens.
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Big flaw in Corinth’s tourism infrastructure
By Lina Giannarou
Stavros Kefalas is a professional from Corinth in the Peloponnese who is willing to go out of his way to contribute to the development of tourism in his hometown.
Recently he got a call from a friend who works at an information office next to the Corinth Canal that separates the peninsula from mainland Greece.
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