Cyclades

The newly appointed Supreme Court prosecutor has ordered judicial inquiries into reported violations of the public's right of access to the beach, a right that is protected by the Greek Constitution.

The Eye's Walk Digital Festival is taking place on Syros, featuring 33 original artistic works. The festival presents a diverse multimedia program of sound and walking routes, historical narratives, projections, live testimonials, visual interventions, and performances.

Authorities have imposed a ban on just about all water recreational activities except for swimming on Koufonisia in the interest of public safety and preservation of the two eastern Cyclades islets.

The ban announced by Rear Admiral Alexios Apostolopoulos, the Naxos harbor master, concerns the use of both motorized and non-motorized activity around Ano and Kato Koufonisi. 

More than 250 residents on Paros defied the uncontrolled spread of privately run loungers and umbrellas on the popular Cycladic island's coasts on Sunday, demanding space to put down their towels.

Police is investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a 67-year-old Japanese woman whose body was found floating off the coast of the Cycladic island Serifos on Friday.

Sale prices for holiday homes on the popular islands of the Cyclades are on a decade high, as the losses recorded in previous years have been more than covered.

The trend is upward and will remain so in the near future, according to this year's Holiday Home Price Watch, curated by Geoaxis, a company of certified real estate valuers.

A bowl full of lentils is the first thing that catches my eye among the tools and ancient ostracons on the worktable of antiquities conservator Marina Moustaka.

Known for an extensive body of work depicting the painful aftermath of World War II in Greece but also a way of life that has all but disappeared under the wheels of progress and development, modern-day American philhellene Robert McCabe teams up with Katerina Kaloudi in "The Magic of Serifos," a portrait of the Aegean island held at its archaeological museum.

The increase in Greek travelers' interest in short-term rental accommodation through the Airbnb platform appears to be steep.

Searches by Greek users for accommodation this summer have recorded a rise of more than 70% compared to last year.

Aerial photographs of 2022 with the corresponding concession decisions for umbrellas and beds (in green), provided by the the Paros Citizens' Movement in order to highlight the problem with the large excess of leases and the occupation, in some cases, of entire bays.