Geography of Greece

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis will tour the regional units of Lasithi and Iraklio, in Crete, on Tuesday.

At noon, he will visit Sitia, Makris Yalos, Ierapetra and Agios Nikolaos, before visiting Moschos.

At 8 p.m., he will address an open event at Agios Titos square in Iraklio. [AMNA]

A team of 48 scientists from seven universities and research institutions have begun identifying and recording the many different species of plants and animals that have taken refuge in archaeological sites such as Delos (photo), the Ancient Agora in Athens, Epidaurus and Acrocorinth. Thanks to their special protection conditions, the ruins provide shelter to a multitude of life forms.

A new round of inspections by the Environment Ministry began on Mykonos a few days ago, focusing on large coastal businesses on the island that had been checked for planning violations in mid-April.

Local residents at a district east of Thessaloniki were warned about a rogue bear that was spotted roaming the region on Wednesday.

According to the Pilea-Chortiatis municipality's announcement, eye-witnesses saw the animal right below the radar on the path to Kissos, in the Makedonomachon area, near the park of Agia Paraskevi.

Two Danish tourists have been arrested by the police on the island of Zakynthos for endangering a minor. According to the public broadcaster ERT, a 34-year-old mother and her 31-year-old partner left their one-year-old baby locked inside a rented car while they went shopping on the pedestrian street of Tsilivi, a popular tourist resort.

The illumination of the castle town of Monemvasia, southern Greece has divided locals, with some saying the project will highlight the landscape and monuments, while others insist it will alter the area's character and increase its touristification.

A 3-year-old boy was slightly injured on Sunday in a traffic accident outside a polling station in Ierapetra on the island of Crete, shortly before noon. 

The incident occurred in the settlement of Gra Lygia, outside the 5th Primary School, which was serving as a polling station. 

A retired teacher in Thessaloniki is expected to appear before a prosecutor on charges of performing a lewd act on a minor to whom he was giving private lessons.

Police in the Thermi district of the northern city arrested the 72-year-old male after his student, a 14-year-old girl, and her mother filed a complaint.

The Decentralized Administration of the Aegean has decided to re-establish the town planning department of the island of Mykonos, where on Friday a small part of the Nammos beach restaurant complex on Psarrou Beach was sealed off by authorities.

A toddler in Crete who was seriously injured when her father accidentally run her over with his car while pulling out of the garage is in "critical but stable condition," the hospital where she is being treated said Thursday.