Leipsoi

The Dodecanese-bound Blue Star Patmos ferry was forced to return to the port of Piraeus on Tuesday due to a medical emergency concerning a 69-year-old citizen.

The The Blue Star Patmos had embarked from Piraeus and was to make stops at the islands of Patmos, Leipsoi, Leros, Kalymnos, Kos, Symi, and Rhodes.

No details concerning the patient's health have been made available.

The small Greek island of Lipsi in the Dodecanese is seeking to promote an authentic and sustainable holiday experience this year, ditching swimming pools and sunbeds in favor of more environmentaly-friendly ways to enjoy the island. 

The leading British magazine "Conde Nast Traveller" explains the reasons why Patmos and Lipsi are synonymous with "well-being" and should be at the top of the international traveler's choices, in a recent tribute in the context of the new program of  the Hellenic Tourism Organiztion-EOT's UK bureau.

Leipsoi made a dynamic "entrance" this summer, with the estimated data of the tourist traffic exceeding in some cases even the numbers of 2019.

The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) is launching on Friday (June 5) a new round of testing on the residents of 16 small islands of the Aegean, ahead of the opening to foreign tourists in mid-June.

The National Organization for Public Health (EODY) is launching on Friday (June 5) a new round of testing on the residents of 16 small islands of the Aegean, ahead of the opening to foreign tourists in mid-June.

Despite the declining course of the coronavirus epidemic, the islands continue to boost their levels of preparedness in view of the tourist season which begins formally on June 15.

Greece raised the issue of Ankara's aggression during Wednesday's NATO summit of defense ministers via teleconference as Turkish fighter jets this month smashed the record of Aegean overflights. 

A pair of Turkish fighter jets infringed on Athens' Flight Information Region (FIR) and flew over several Greek islands on the eastern Aegean on Wednesday.

The F-16s flew over the eastern coast of Samos at 12.52 p.m. and 12.53 p.m., the islets of Arki and Grylousa at 12.56 p.m., Lipsi at 12.57 p.m. and Farmakonissi at 12.59 p.m. at 27,000 feet.

Mayors of small Greek islands are demanding a ban on all arrivals, especially over Easter, to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as they are not equipped with the necessary medical infrastructure to cope.

These islands include Patmos, Milos, Tilos, Ithaki, Kasos, Alonnisos, Leipsoi, Oinousses, Agathonissi, Psara, Paxos and Rhodes.