Messinia

Four people are dead in Kalamata and Lakonia, the Messinia region, and one missing after killer floods hit Greece early Wednesday morning. All four deaths took place in the southern Peloponnese region. Two women, aged 80 and 63 years, were found dead in...

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Greek diver Stavros Kastrinakis broke the freediving with interchangeable weights world record on Sunday, November 1, going under at the deepest point of the Messinian Bay, Kalamata. The athlete dived to 146 meters and emerged at 3.6 seconds breaking the...

More than 1,000 athletes from Greece, Cyprus, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Switzerland and USA, along with sports fans of all ages travelled to Costa Navarino in Messinia to try various activities, such as basketball, boccia, climbing, cycling, kickboxing, pilates, running,...

Greek Police arrested a 31-year-old Albanian serial killer who is responsible for the death of at least three people with the method of strangulation. According to the police announcement, after the killings, the 31-year-old was stealing items of great...

American scientists have taken another look at the site of Bronze Age Greek village of Nichoria in Messinia, Peloponnese, to determine whether its civilization was destroyed by catastrophic climate conditions or abandoned for a return to a simple, pastoral...

According to Infrastructure and Transportation Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis’ announcement on Wednesday, August 27, the new arch bridge in Tsakona, at the borders of Messinia and Arcadia, will be ready within 2014. The Tsakona bridge will be the second largest in Greece, after...

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...

Costa Navarino, situated in Messinia, southwest Peleponese, is one of the most luxurious hotels in Greece. A few days ago the hotel won three awards: one in the category of Worldwide Hospitality Awards, and two in the category of...