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Speculation about Barcelona footballing superstar Lionel Messi buying a Greek island in the Ionian Sea came out of the blue on Wednesday, spreading like a virus on online media. However, the fact there has been no official confirmation by the...

A Greek football fan could not resist the opportunity to be photographed with Lionel Messi, one of the best footballers of all time. The man evaded security and invaded the pitch of Georgios Karaiskakis stadium to get a selfie with...

Lionel Messi scored his 100th European goal as 10-man Barcelona maintained their 100 per cent record in Champions League Group D with a 3-1 home victory over Olympiacos. Olympiacos never raised to the occassion as they hardly put two passes...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

After hundreds of years of lying still, the theater of Ancient Messini re-opened on Aug. 3, with an opera gala, organized by the Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2013 and the Municipality of Messini and the Region of Peloponnese, among...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...