Argolis

January

Florina is a town and municipality in mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, ‘Where Greece begins’, but it is also where winter begins in Greece. Enjoy the Florina nights in white satin!

February

Breathtaking images of Ancient Epidaurus as captured by drone. The images capture the beauty of the place.

Located on the fertile Argolid plain of the east Peloponnese in Greece and blessed with a mild climate and natural springs, the sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus was an important sacred centre in both ancient Greek and Roman times.

The belief that Captain Thanassis Lambrou committed suicide on December 8, 2014, when aged 42 years was overturned after witnesses from Argolis, in the Peloponnese where he lived, came forth and revealed new information.

The historic city of Nafplio, in the eastern Peloponnese, is set to host next month?s 2nd Mediterranean Yacht Show, organized by the Greek Yachting Association, thus establishing itself as a destination on the Greek yachting map, as Nafplio Mayor Dimitris Kostouros stated on Thursday during a presentation for the event.

Only two weeks after it slapped Greece with a 10-million-euro fine for failing to close down dozens of illegal landfills in line with EU law, the European Court of Justice on Thursday ruled that a waste treatment facility in Kiato, west of Athens, does not adhere to EU waste legislation.

Police in Nafplio in the eastern Peloponnese, have arrested nine suspects in connection to a criminal ring believed to have carried out a string of robberies at homes, rooms-to-let and stores in the regions of Argolida, Corinthia and Attica.

Police believe the suspects, seven Albanian nationals aged 19 to 46 and two Greek men aged 35 and 45, are behind 39 robberies and break-ins.

A 40-year-old Greek businessman faced a prosecutor on Saturday after he was detained in the area of Drepano in Argolida, in the eastern Peloponnese, on charges of owing the state a sum exceeding 1.6 million euros in unpaid taxes.