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Missing Sister of “Kalymnos Lady” Statue Discovered on Aegean Seabed

A bronze statue dating from the Hellenistic times, "The Kalymnos Lady," was caught by Turkish fishermen recently off the coast of Marmaris.

At Least 2 Migrants Dead as Boat Sailing Towards Greece Sinks Off Turkey (video)

At least two people have drowned and several others are missing after a boat carrying around 30 migrants sank near Bodrum, off the western coast of Turkey. Seventeen people on the boat were rescued and three made it to shore...

Magnitude 6.5 Earthquake Hits North of Rhodes in the Aegean; At least 2 Dead

A magnitude 6.5 Earthquake hit east of the island of Kos and North of Rhodes in the Turkish side of Aegean Sea at 1:32am (local) on Friday, according to the Greek Department of Geophysics at the University of Athens. The...

Turkey Sentences Human Traffickers to Four Years in Prison

Turkey has sentenced two Syrians to four years in prison over the deaths of a toddler and his family, who drowned en route to Turkey. Turkish state media said Friday the Syrians, Muwafaka Alabash and Asem Alfrhad, were convicted of...

Greek Coast Guard Detains Turkish Nationals for Human Trafficking

The Hellenic Coast Guard apprehended two Turkish nationals on Monday, suspected of assisting the trafficking of Syrian refugees to the Greek islands. According to Greek media, the men were caught facilitating the smuggling of 14 Syrian refugees to the Greek island of Kalymnos. "The...

The Story of the Refugee Boys Who Found Death on Their Way to Greece and Safety

Relatives of the young refugee boys Aylan and Galip Kurdi whose bodies were found washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean have spoken for the first time, a Daily Mail report says. The three-year-old Aylan and his five-year-old brother...

5 Migrants Drown Trying to Reach Greece

Five migrants were found dead early on Tuesday morning by the Turkish coast guard. It appears that they drowned off the Turkish coast, while trying to reach the Greek islands, their last stop before traveling to northern Europe. Overcrowded plastic...

Mycenean Artifacts Discovered in Ancient Alikarnasos

New artifacts have been found during excavations in the Bodrum’s Ortakent and Gümüşlük neighborhoods. The artifacts will shed light on the history of the Bodrum Peninsula, known in Greek as Alikarnasos. In the vicinity, the Great mausauleum of the...

Dining in Greek Islands Cheaper Than in Bodrum

According to representatives of tourism associations in Bodrum, Turkey, the prices in local restaurants or cafés have reached such high levels that tourists often have to pay more than 10 times the standard price. Tour operators claim that this practice is...

Kos: An Underestimated Tourist Destination

Greece has almost 200 inhabited islands, all alluring and beautiful. However, travel agencies keep suggesting only few particular crowded and popular destinations. But there is a great variety of options, all cheaper and quite as good as the more...