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Night of Opera to Honor Maria Callas in Diva's Ancestral Messinia Home

The ancestral home of opera singer Maria Callas in Neochori, Messinia, Greece, will host a unique night of opera on the night of July 8, in honor of the diva and the new museum dedicated to her life and...

Big Fire Breaks Out in Messinia

The wildfire that broke out on Monday at 1 p.m in Messinia, in southwestern Peloponnese, Greece, is out of control. Greek authorities have preventively evacuated the villages of Mavromati, Krontires, Danilaika and Golemi, where the fire is within walking distance from the...

Messinia Split 50:50 As Mayor Candidates Call it a Draw

Local elections in Messinia yielded a dead heat in the second round of mayoral elections, with the two candidates – Giorgos Tsonis and Stathis Anastasopoulos – each garnering 9,236 votes in an exact 50:50 split. Anastasopoulos won the first election round clearly with...

Messinian Olive Oil Leads Greek Olive Oil Production

The prefecture of Messinia has been declared the leading Greek prefecture in olive oil production. Thirty-eight percent of this year's olive oil production in Greece came from Messinia, especially in a problematic period for the Greek olive oil industry. “Only...

Big Police Operation in Messinia, 16 Arrested

After a big police operation in the greater Kyparissia and Gargaliani region in west Messinia, Peloponnese, sixteen people were arrested. The police investigated 255 people and 162 cars. According to police reports, 60 people were detained on a series of charges:...

Tourists Flock to Messinia

Russian, Italian, British and German tourists are boosting tourism in Messinia, a regional unit in the southwestern part of the Peloponnesse, Greece. Air connection with Milan and Moscow has created  promising expectations of a big tourist flow for the...

5 Richter Earthquake Shakes Messinia

According to the Research Director of the Institute of Geodynamics, seismologist Athanasios Ganas, the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale, had a focal depth of 38 kilometers. It was superficial and that’s why the...

Danish Olive Gathering in Messinia

This is the fourth year in a row that the program Olive gathering in Messinia has been organized with great success, offering 60 Danish a unique opportunity to meet the process of olive gathering, participate in the procedure and...

Hollywood Celebrities Choose Messinia Prefecture This Summer

Southern Messinia prefecture has attracted many celebrities from all over the globe this summer. They did not choose a Greek island to spend their vacation this year due to the area's astonishing beauty. Hollywood stars, kings and princesses chose the...

Ancient Temple Discovered in Messinia

Archaeological research reveals an ancient temple in the mountains between Ilia and Messinia, opposite the well-known imposing temple of Epicurean Apollo. The area around the newly discovered temple was full of architectural tools that were used to build a small...

Main Perpetrator of Double Murder in Messinia in Chuck Norris Films

While the local community of Messinia is still trying to recover from the shock concerning the murder of a 2-year-old child and his father, police authorities arrested six men, 5 Greeks and one Albanian that are supposed to have...

Four Months Quake Spate Investigated in Messinia

Experts from the Greek Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization have been dispatched to the southern Peloponnesian region of Messinia to monitor a four-month spike in seismic activity, it was reported on Tuesday by daily Kathimerini. Scientists from the organization will...