Serifos

The move by the new owner of large areas of the old mines on the Aegean island of Serifos to put up signs defining its borders has caused a local uproar.

The dispute started two months ago when signs were placed at various points on the island bearing the words Property Seriphos Mines and the name of the French-owned company Societe des Mines de Seriphos et de Spiliazeza au Laurium.

Islands with high tourist demand and viral loads are in threat of entering a grid of suffocating control.

The rise in cases across the country in recent days, combined with the growing number of hospital admissions due to the Delta mutation, has alarmed government and scientists.

A 70-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman were on Wednesday being treated at an Athens hospital for injuries sustained when their speedboat crashed into rocks in the bay at Agios Sostis on the Aegean island of Serifos on Tuesday.

Two people, aged 70 and 51, were injured when their speedboat crashed into a rocky shoreline near the area of Agios Sostis on the Aegean island of Serifos on Tuesday.
Coast Guard officials assisted with the crash.
The two passengers were taken to the hospital. They were not believed to have life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the crash was being investigated.

A moderate earthquake struck in the sea area between the islands of Hydra and Serifos on Friday night, according to a preliminary reading of the Athens Institute of Geodynamics.

The epicenter of the 4.1-magnitude tremor was located 42 kilometers southeast of Hydra, at a depth of 13.1 kilometers. 

A collaboration between the Municipality of Serifos and the A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation aims to make the island's Vagia beach the first smoke-free one in the country.
The project envisages the creation of a designated area for smokers, with ashtrays bearing environmental messages aimed at sensitizing visitors to the polluting impact of cigarette stubs.

Mark Wilman is passionate about the wild landscapes of Greece's Cycladic islands, from their sheer cliffs to their inky underwater ravines.

Two passengers were slightly injured on Wednesday when a ferry struck the pier at the port of Sifnos island in the Aegean Sea.

The accident took place as the Sea Jet 2 vessel carrying 196 passengers sailed into the island's harbor on its regular route from Piraeus to Serifos, Sifnos, Milos, Folegandros, Santorini, Koufonisi, Naxos, Mykonos, Santorini.

Serifos Island, with its rugged mining sites, ladened with history, has its own distinct Cycladic flair. The island exudes a calm atmosphere and speaks directly to your senses. Despite its arid and wild land characteristics, Serifos is gracefully embraced by the deep blue colours of the Aegean Sea and has some magnificent beaches.

Proto Thema’s camera lens “captured” a carefree Katy Perry on the jet-setting holiday island of Mykonos this week.

With 71 million Twitter followers, tourism professionals on the Cyclades “party isle” hope that Katy will Tweet at least one pic from her Grecian vacation on the island.