Ioannina

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale was recorded at 11:14 p.m. on Saturday night in northwestern Greece. According to the Geodynamics Institute of the Athens Observatory the quake's epicenter was located 12 kilometers northwest of the city...

Several aftershocks that followed the 5.3 magnitude earthquake that shook Ioannina on Saturday night forced most citizens to spend the night on the streets and city squares. The main earthquake was followed by 4 more powerful aftershocks, 4.2, 4.4, 4.5...

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit northern Greece, near the city of Ioannina at 11:14pm local time according to the Athens Institute of Geodynamics. The epicenter was located 10km deep in the village of Pogoni, north west...

The Silversmithing Museum of Ioannina was inaugurated on Saturday to showcase the rich work of Greek silversmiths since the 15th century. President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos inaugurated the museum, which is the ninth museum established by the Piraeus...

The second exhibition in a series of temporary exhibitions at the Acropolis Museum, titled "Oracle of Dodona," kicks off on June 20 and runs through to January 20. The display casts light on the oldest Greek oracle, that of...

Greece's cultural heritage will be showcased with two new museums that promote the country's uniqueness by casting the spotlight on its products. The Chios Mastic Museum is to be launched in June, giving visitors a chance to learn about the...

A refugee from Syria who has been staying for the past month in an accommodation center at Tsepelovo -- a village in Zagori region, Ioannina -- found a wallet with cash and credit cards and rushed to find the...

Exquisitely haunting time lapse footage of the clouds covering Lake Pamvotida, the largest lake of Epirus, located in Ioannina, is the latest work by Athens-based filmmaker and photographer Alexandros Maragos. The legends of the uncommonly beautiful lake, such as that...

  Wine tourism has quickly grown in Greece, becoming a new trend among tourists who decide to spend their vacation in the country. Greece's vast variety of wines and the large number of vineyards in the country offer a perfect opportunity...

Energean will start drilling for hydrocarbons at the Katakolo site in the winter of 2016-2017, followed by seismic surveys at the Ioannina site the following summer, company Chairman and CEO Mathios Rigas said at an international energy conference taking...