Pylos

A boat carrying 75 refugees and migrants was located more than 80 miles southeast of Pylos, in the southwestern Peloponnese.

According to the coast guard, a distress call was made from the boat in Monday morning and a cargo ship was nearby the location of the call.

A coast guard vessel has responded to the call and sent a vessel to the location.  

METHONI, MESSINIA

One of Greece’s most impressive castles, Methoni Castle, was built in the 13th century by the Venetians and became a major commercial and transportation hub in the eastern Mediterranean; the Lion of St Marc can be seen at the castle’s gate.

Drug enforcement officers in Kalamata have arrested a 34-year-old man suspected of being behind a plantation with 315 cannabis plants that was raided in early July on the outskirts of the coastal town of Pylos.

Deputy Development Minister Notis Mitarakis has approved state subsidies, through a tourism sector investment law, for the development of 16 hotels on the islands of Myconos, Santorini, Crete, Cephalonia and Ios as well as the mainland town of Pylos worth a total of 100 million euros in investments.