Septinsular Republic

The launch of the English edition of The Embodiment of a Distant Homeland: The History of the GOCMV from Its Founding until 1972 at the Ithacan Philanthropic Society on Sunday, October 27, felt like a natural homecoming.

A ferry carrying 550 passengers and 16 crew members ran aground Monday, four nautical miles northwest of the port of Igoumenitsa, in northwestern Greece, authorities said.

Officials said the Corfu-Igoumenitsa ferry Agia Theodora ran aground in shallow waters, posing no threat to passenger safety.

A Greek-flagged sailing boat partially sank near Kythira on Tuesday, with all ten Polish nationals aboard rescued and reported to be in good health.

The incident took place seven nautical miles northeast of the island.

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck the Ionian island of Kefalonia (also spelled Cephalonia) in the early hours of Friday. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the epicenter of the quake was 6 kilometers west-southwest of Fiskardo, at a depth of 16.1 kilometers.

The Ministry of Culture is exploring the restoration prospects of the British Hospital located in the Old Fortress of Corfu, aiming to host cultural uses as part of a research program conducted in collaboration with the National Technical University of Athens. Despite being situated within a significant monument, this building has been abandoned for decades.

Two juveniles tried to play “tough” with the officers of the MI.AS team who were arrested after they were chased by the motorcycle they were riding on a road in Lixouri, Cefalonia and even one of them tried to hit them with an iron fist.

A 31-year-old man has died in a workplace accident on the island of Corfu.

According to the public broadcaster ERT, the victim, a Romanian national, fell from a lift on the fifth floor of a hotel during renovation work on Wednesday morning.

He was taken to the hospital, where doctors confirmed his death. 

The funeral of the 68-year-old man who died in the early hours of Saturday 28 September from a knife wound inflicted by his 48-year-old wife in Corfu has taken place.

Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of a woman and her daughter from the sea off northern Corfu.

The 52-year-old mother and the 32 year-old daughter were holidaymakers from Ukraine, according to state broadcaster ERT.

Coast guard and firefighters participated in the operation in the sea off Sidari.

Halkidiki in northern Greece was the area with the most complaints filed by citizens regarding illegal beach occupations by businesses, according to data released by the Economy and Finance Ministry.