Kalamata

Strong winds uprooted one of the largest and oldest pine trees in the city of Kalamata, in the Peloponnese, late on Sunday but no one was injured.

The tree had stood in one of the city's busiest squares, just a few meters from the municipal Christmas tree at the port, though no one had been nearby when it fell.

Greek archaeologists have brought to light an extensive portion of the ancient theatre of Thouria, near the port town of Kalamata in the Peloponnese, the Greek Ministry of Culture said on Thursday.
The excavation at the site of ancient Thouria unearthed the entire perimeter of the orchestra pit in the theater, the diameter of which is 16.30m.

Greek archaeologists have unearthed a major part of the ancient theater of Thouria at the outskirts of Kalamata city in southern Greece, the country's Culture Ministry announced on Thursday.

The first remains of the theater of the ancient city, which dates back to the 4th century BC, came to light during excavations in the summer of 2016.

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake struck in the sea area of Messinia in the Peloponnese at 6.31pm on Friday. The tremor was located 77km south of the town of Koroni and 107km south of the city of Kalamata in the south west of the Peloponnese. The depth of the earthquake was measured at 100km.

A 65-year-old man appeared before a prosecutor in Kalamata, southern Greece, Tuesday on charges of peddling child pornography over the internet.

The suspect was tracked down to his home in Messinia by the police cybercrime unit which was working on information received from a US nonprofit organization, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).

The Kalamata Street Festival turns 10 this year and will be celebrating with parties, dancing, art workshops, activities for children, bazaars, sports events and exhibitions. The action all takes place at the Municipal Railway Park every evening from 7 p.m., starting Thursday, July 27, and runs through Sunday, July 30.

Israeli choreographer Noa Wertheim and her Vertigo ensemble perform at the Kalamata International Dance Festival on Tuesday, July 18, at the city's Dance Megaron. The performance, "Yama" (Pond), was inspired by the movement of water, and addresses the limitations of human relationships and the way we handle adversity.

What can be considered revolutionary today? How can the human body help bridge human differences? Can the marriage between traditional and contemporary dance facilitate the need to rethink identities and notions in a rapidly changing world?

Kalamata is gearing up to hold its annual dance festival for the 23rd year in a row. This year dance groups from South Africa, Italy, Israel, Sweden, the Netherlands and Spain will be performing at the festival for the first time, making their Greek debut. The festival also features four Greek dance acts who have become a permanent fixture of the festival as the years have progressed.

A 75-year-old retired hospital guard killed himself outside a central kindergarten in the southern Peloponnesian town of Kalamata, local media reported on Tuesday, saying the man shot himself in the chest.