North Aegean

Eight out of the 16 cities in a Daily Telegraph travel piece entitled “Europe’s oldest cities” are in Greece, including Athens, Argos, Hania, Halkida, Mytilene, Patras, Thebes and Trikala. One entry was Larnaca, on Cyprus.

Each of the entries are accompanied by a photo of the city.

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By Yiannis Papadopoulos

A large fire that broke out near Mytilene Airport on Lesvos Wednesday was brought under partial control on Thursday.

The blaze on the northeastern Aegean island was reportedly caused by a spark from farming machinery.

Thousands of dead fish that washed up on the beach at Karlovasi on the northern Aegean island of Samos last Friday were still there on Monday, despite the smell.

An investigation launched by the Greek coast guard was under way in order to determine whether the fish had been poisoned or killed as a result of illegal fishing practices.

Dozens of aftershocks rattled the northern Aegean islands of Lemnos and Samothraki yesterday following Saturday’s strong undersea quake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale, which led to a British tourist being injured on Lemnos and dozens of injuries in western Turkey.

Six Turkish fighter jets flew over Fournoi islands in the northern Aegean without permission on Friday morning, Greek military authorities said.

The planes entered Greek air space between Samos and Chios at 11 a.m. and exited at 11.29 a.m., according to the National Defense General Staff (GEETHA).