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The Dodecanese, the island archipelago which literally means ”The Twelve Islands”, officially joined their motherland of Greece on March 7, 1948.

Lipsi, a tiny and isolated Greek island in the Dodecanese, is one of those perfect Aegean islands to visit in order to get away from stress and the daily routine of life. Since there is no direct daily ferry or...

The abandoned places and these traces of lost ways of life of the Dodecanese have been my obsession for several years

The Dodecanese — the island archipelago which literally means ''The Twelve Islands'' -- officially joined their motherland of Greece 72 years ago today. On March 7, 1948, only a few years after the end of World War II, the islands of...

An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit the Dodecanese islands in Greece on Wednesday afternoon. The quake took place at 3 o'clock in the afternoon local time, 41 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of the island of Karpathos and...

Greece is issuing commemorative €2 coins honoring the 70th anniversary of the  Dodecanese islands' return to Greece and the 75th anniversary of the death of poet Kostis Palamas. The Dodecanese is a group of 15 large islands -- including Rhodes...

The Aegean Sea consists of amazing unknown treasures, uninhabited paradises, islands of unique beauty and unexpected landscapes. The Greek island of Gyali -- located less than ten kilometers (six miles) from Turkey and half way between Kos and Nisyros -- brings together...

President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Tuesday sent a message to Turkey that it should respect International Law and the European acquis. Pavlopoulos was on the island of Symi for the celebrations of the 73rd anniversary of the Dodecanese...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter scale occurred at 18:56 on Tuesday in the Dodecanese, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens Observatory. The epicenter of the quake was located in the marine area northwest of Astypalea...

Children on the remote island of Agathonisi in the Dodecanese marched during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the island chain joining Greece in 1947. The march and the following ceremony were attended by most of the island's 150 inhabitants,...

A second earthquake of 5.1 magnitude hit in the Aegean Sea, north of Rhodes and East of Kos only six minutes after a 6.5 magnitude quake had hit the area. There have been at least five more aftershocks measuring over...

A 5.1-magnitude struck off the south coast of Kassos, northeast of Crete, early Friday morning. According to the Greek Institute of Geodynamics, the 59km-deep quake hit 21km southwest of Kassos and 28km south of Karpathos in the southern Dodecanese islands. The...

Bureaucratic certificates, such as permits and authorizations, as well as confidential reports, records of personal habits, political views and much more: the Fascist regime held 90,000 files on the inhabitants of the Italian Dodecanese, Greece a group of Aegean...

An earthquake measuring 4,3 on the Richter scale has been registered on the Dodecanese, Greece, at 07:51:26.0 UTC, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center says on its website. The quake is registered 63 km south of the Greek island of Kálimnos...

According to travel agencies, tourism is blooming in the Dodecanese islands and especially in Rhodes. Data shows that arrivals have increased in comparison to 2010. In June 2010, the number of charter flights was 237,156, while the number was at...