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Greek Air Force Video Shows Moment Supplies Are Delivered to Sole Resident of Kinaros Islet

A video was released on Saturday by the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) showing the operation that took place on Friday on Kinaros to bring supplies to the sole inhabitant of the islet, Irene Kotsatourchi. https://www.facebook.com/npanagioto2/videos/10212834815264164/ The video was uploaded on Facebook...

Lone Inhabitant of Kinaros Who Went Missing Found Safe and Sound

Irene Kotsatourchi, the lone inhabitant of the Greek islet of Kinaros who has been considered missing since the beginning of the week was found safe and sound on Thursday. An operation was launched on Thursday by Greek rescue teams, attempting...

Kinaros Island, Population – 3

One of the Troika's proposals to increase revenue was to sell state assets, such as islets with less than 150 inhabitants, who would have to relocate. However, Mikes Katsotourchis, his wife Irene and one of their three children, George, are determined to stay. They...

List of Plane Crashes in Greece the Last 25 years

Family members of the victims who tragically lost their lives in the Helios Airways Flight 522 crash, an incident that claimed the lives of all passengers on board, including twenty-two children, gathered to honor their memory at the crash...

‘All for Blue’ Environmental Group Keeps Greek Seas Blue

The environmental group All for Blue, active for 10 years, has removed 32 tons of waste from the Greek islands since 2018.

Greek President Pays Christmas Visit to Brave Lone Islander

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou visited the remote island of Kinaros in the southeastern Aegean on Wednesday and met with its sole inhabitant, 75-year-old Rinio Katsotourchi. "Rinio symbolizes this year's Christmas," Sakellaropoulou said. "She is lonely, but brave. This is how...

Brave Lone Inhabitant of Greek Islet Vows to Stay Put (video)

Irene Kotsatourchi, the lone inhabitant of the Greek islet of Kinaros who was found safe and well on Thursday, vowed to continue living in her isolated little world in the middle of the Aegean despite all the hardships she endures. The...

Search Operation Launched for Lone Inhabitant of Greek Islet who has Gone Missing

Greek search and rescue teams attempted on Thursday to locate an elderly woman who is the lone resident of the islet of Kinaros in the Aegean sea, after she had gone missing for three days. 74-year-old Eirini Kotsatourchi, of "Mrs....

Ancient Shipwrecks Off Greek Island of Evitha Yield Treasure Trove of Discoveries

The first underwater archaeological research period of the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities off the island of Levitha has yielded some important discoveries, according to the  Ministry of Culture and Sports. The research was conducted from June 15 to 29, 2019,...

Greek Airspace Violations by Turkish Jets Escalate

In a major escalation of provocations, Turkish jets violated Greek national airspace a total of 99 separate times on Tuesday, according to the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA). Forty-six of those violations were conducted by fighter jets and the...

Two Turkish F-16 Fighter Jets Violate Greek Airspace

For yet another time this year, two Turkish F-16 fighter jets flew over the Greek island of Kinaros at a height of 27,000 feet on Tuesday morning, according to what the state-run AMNA news agency is reporting. The incident took...

Turkish Jets Violate Greek Airspace After 'Coup Soldiers' Release

Greece's air force on Tuesday recorded six airspace violations over the Aegean by Turkish fighter jets, a day after the release of the last of eight Turkish asylum seekers and provocative statements from Ankara. A formation of Turkish aircraft consisting of...

Hellenic Entrepreneurs Association Adopts Greek Islet

  Kinaros, also known as Cinarus, is a small Greek island in the Aegean, located west of Kalymnos and Leros and east of Amorgos, and only 5.5 nautical miles west-southwest of Levitha. Kinaros, which is the second westernmost island of the...

70-Year-Old Greek Widow Battles Bureaucrats

One could say that the story of Rinio Katsotourhi could be compared to that of the brave women of Pindos in the Greek-Italian War, or even the female fighters of the Resistance. However, for now it is a story of...

Monument for the Three Greek Navy Officers Killed in the Aegean Unveiled (video)

A monument for the three Greek Navy officers who were killed when their helicopter crashed on an islet in the Aegean in February 2016, was unveiled on Tuesday by Defence Minister, Panos Kammenos. The Agusta Bell helicopter crashed at Kinaros...