Rhodes

Authorities on the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes are investigating the death of two sisters in a hotel swimming pool the previous evening.

The two girls have been identified as French tourists who were holidaying on the island with their families. They were aged 16 and 19 years old.

Police on Rhodes are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 28-year-old German tourist whose body was found near the village of Lardos, not far from a country road, on Friday morning.
The 28-year-old was reported missing on Tuesday by his 29-year-old girlfriend, with whom the man had been vacationing on the island.

Residents of the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese who vote on Kastellorizo were transferred to the remote island on Sunday aboard a Navy vessel.

A Navy warship conducted two trips - one in the morning and one in the early afternoon - from Rhodes to Kastellorizo to transfer some 80 voters to the remote island.

Hellenic Coast Guard vessels assisted in the transfer.
 

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is cooperating with the Greek authorities to develop a program for the promotion of sustainable tourism on two of the most popular holiday islands in the country, Rhodes and Santorini.

The Medieval Festival of Rhodes returns, with thematic walking tours through the narrow alleys of the southeastern Aegean island's medieval city, theatrical and musical performances, workshops, seminars, storytelling sessions, exhibitions, games and processions.

US tourists are increasingly interested in Greek destinations and contacts between Greek and US travel agents are on the rise. As a result, 2019 is the second year in a row that the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) has decided to recommend Greece to its members as an ideal destination for US travelers.

State sell-off fund TAIPED has started the process for hiring consultants ahead of a tender for the utilization of marinas and cruise activity on the popular holiday island of Myconos and for the marina of Rhodes, as the timetable provides for the invitation of interest to be issued later this year.

Greece's coast guard says it has found the bodies of three fully clothed men on two beaches on the island of Rhodes.

The first body was found Saturday afternoon on Afantou beach on the eastern side of the island. A second body was found Sunday morning on the same beach and a little later a third corpse was discovered on nearby Faliraki beach.

State sell-off fund TAIPED is calling a tender for the commissioning of technical and legal consultants for the concession of the marinas on Myconos (pictured) and Rhodes, aiming to start the utilization process within this summer.

Two men on the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes were jailed pending trial on Friday over charges of gang-raping and murdering a university student, following their depositions before a prosecutor and a magistrate.