Kos

Greek scientists and researchers completed on December 6 the full mapping of the seabed around the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean and a large section of the Icarian Sea, as part of a project to understand the morphology of the ocean floor in the area.

A lower VAT rate introduced by the government for the five Greek islands mostly affected by migration has been extended until June 2021, the government announced on Friday.

The measure is applicable in Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Leros and Kos and was included in a joint ministerial decision, the migration ministry said. 

A marine conservation institute on Wednesday reported the recent death of seven protected Mediterranean monk seals and said that there was evidence to suggest they had been deliberately killed.

New legislation being drafted by the Tourism Ministry paves the way for seaside hotels to make commercial use of the entirety - rather than a portion - of the beach they face on.

Local authorities, especially on the Greek islands and in regions far from large urban centers, are calling on the government to take further measures to ban the unnecessary movement of people within the country to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

February 2016: Four platoons of riot police are dispatched to Kos from Athens. Dozens of residents on the eastern Aegean island block the road leading to the village of Pyli with rocks and fires, as they oppose the construction of a migrant identification and reception center in the area. They clash with police, who use tear gas to disperse the protesters.

People on the island of Kos, led by the mayor, prevented the disembarkation of some 75 migrants from a scheduled passenger ship early Saturday, according to Greek media reports. 

The port landing was blocked with municipal vehicles.

A three-year-old boy was killed and one man was missing on Wednesday after the rubber dinghy they were on with dozens of refugees and migrants was accidently rammed by a coast guard boat near the island of Kos at dawn on Wednesday, officials said.

Three refugees, including a child, were missing and six were injured off the island of Kos on Wednesday morning after a Coast Guard boat collided with their rubber dinghy carrying 34 people on board.
The dinghy capsized throwing all passengers into the water, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.

Three refugees, including a child, were missing and six were injured off the island of Kos on Wednesday morning after a Coast Guard boat rammed their rubber dinghy carrying 34 people on board.

The dinghy capsized throwing all passengers into the water, state-run news agency ANA-MPA reported.