Mytilene

The resurrection of an unidentified man was found today, Wednesday 23 October, in Lesbos, which was in advanced decay.

A doctor in Mytilene on the island of Lesvos has been accused of overprescribing hundreds of medications to her family, including three different cholesterol drugs for her 15-year-old daughter.

In total, the physician issued 705 prescriptions for 1,818 pills during the first eight months of 2024.

The digital services that the municipality of West Lesvos provides to its citizens were presented at an event at the municipal theatre of Kalloni in the presence of the Minister of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou, at the first Open Digital Workshop with the general title “Digital Transition, Artificial Intelligence, and Entrepreneurship in the local community”.

The reopening of an iconic venue, closed for two and a half years, was marked by the launch of a painting and engraving exhibition at the historic Panellinion cafe in Mytilene, capital of the island of Lesvos in the eastern Aegean. The event was organized by the Peri Technon Karteris gallery, author Nadia Liarelli and Piraeus Bank (owner of the property) on Friday.

The 36-year-old firefighter who savagely beat his wife last Sunday in front of their two-year-old child at their home in Polihnitos, Mytilene, has been sent to jail.

A tragic twist of fate for his mother, who, according to ertnews.gr, had previously lost two other children in car accidents.
The 33-year-old man, originally from Lesbos, was vacationing with his wife and one of their two children, a two-year-old, when in Mandra, Avdira Municipality, Xanthi, he decided to take a paragliding flight that would prove fatal.

The Culture Ministry's All of Greece One Culture program continues for an eighth week (August 19-25) with 10 new productions at unique archaeological sites, monuments and museums in Thessaloniki, Pieria, Hania, Mytilene, Eretria, Mesolongi, Gortys, Prespes, Kefalonia and Corinth.

A first-instance court in Mytilini, Lesvos, convicted 21 people for an April 2018 attack against migrants camping in Sappho Square in Mytilini.

A fire broke out on Saturday on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos. 

Fanned by strong northerly winds, the blaze is currently burning forest land near the village of Kapi, in the Mantamados area northwest of the capital, Mytilene. 

It is being tackled by 30 firefighters with 10 fire engines, supported by seven water-dropping aircraft and one helicopter.