South Aegean

Mykonos has achieved the top place amongst “Gay Friendly” tourism destinations  for the first time.

The island is a very lucrative destination for LGBT tourists, something which is marked by the tourism kiosk to be set up this year in Berlin’s tourism expo.

Melina II ferry is adrift at the sea region of Rinia islet near Mykonos under adverse weather conditions, due to engine failure.

According to the Coast Guard, the ferry was not carrying any passengers and was anchored in the area.

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The Southern Aegean Regional Authority said on Tuesday that it is going to pay 60 new doctors an extra 450 euros a month for three years to help cover the shortage of medics on many Cycladic and Dodecanese islands.

Authorities want the doctors to work at various local health centers and hospitals.

The remains of an unidentified man were discovered in the sea off Marmari beach on the Dodecanese island of Kos, on Friday, local authorities announced on Saturday.

The body was in a state of advanced decomposition and had black underwear.

A Civil Protection Authority helicopter has been dispatched to the Cycladic island of Tinos in the Aegean to locate parts of the power network that may have been damaged by snow and strong winds, leaving the entire island in darkness for the second day in a row on Thursday.

A Turkish Coast Guard transport plane was caught by Greek military radar flying over the eastern Aegean island of Farmakonisi on Saturday.

The CN235 entered Greek airspace between the islands of Samos and Kos, and flew unauthorized over Farmakonisi at 10.39 a.m., Greece’s National Defense General Staff (GEETHA), said.

Three people were injured Monday after a Greek coast guard vessel chased suspected human traffickers between the Dodecanese islands of Pserimos and Kalymnos.

Three people were injured on Monday when the Greek Coast Guard chased suspected human traffickers between the Dodecandese islands of Pserimos and Kalymnos.

Two policemen on the Dodecanese island of Rhodes have been suspended over charges of providing illegal bodyguard services to an Emirati national who was vacationing on the island.

The officers, aged 35 and 37, were accused of providing their services during the June-August period this year and in September last year.