Syros

The Samos Port Authority detected 29 migrants and arrested their 29-year-old trafficker on Wednesday, December 18.

Twice-weekly direct flights to Iraq and Azerbaijan are among the new destinations that Aegean Airlines will offer in 2025, the company has said.

The flight to Erbil International Airport in Kurdistan Region, Iraq, will commence on February 23 and will operate every Wednesday and Sunday, while the Athens to Azerbaijan route will open on April 14 and fly every Wednesday and Sunday.

Greek shipbuilding is in a phase of ambitious expansion thanks to significant investments, but requires a regulatory framework from Athens and Brussels that will shield it from unfair competition from Asian shipyards, local shipbuilding company chiefs told a conference last week.

Recently, a significant scandal involving the Catholic Church in Greece has emerged, revealing a money laundering operation that has been ongoing for eight years, with an estimated total of around 3 million euros involved.

The 17th Gastronomos Awards by Kathimerini's influential food magazine celebrated unsung heroes of traditional Cycladic island cuisine in a heartfelt ceremony at Syros' Apollon Theater. Honorees included cooks, farmers and artisans preserving their island's culinary and cultural heritage.

The highly anticipated list of award-winning producers was presented in the capital of the Cyclades, Syros, by Gastronomos, Greece's top culinary magazine, published by the newspaper Kathimerini.

The 17th Gastronomos Quality Awards honored the best producers from the Cyclades for 2024 in a ceremony hosted at the iconic Apollon Theater, which celebrates its 160th anniversary.

In a statement today, the embassy accused the festival organizers of “succumbing to the intimidation of anti-Israel groups and small political factions.”

Multimedia maritime exhibition "Crafts of the Sea" reopened last week for its second and final outing at the Goethe Institute in Athens until September 21.

The three men who were accused of raping a 23-year-old tourist on the Cycladic island of Mykonos were released on Tuesday without restrictive conditions.

The decision for their release was reportedly taken after the analysis of evidence showed that the sexual intercourse occurred with the consent of the plaintiff, according to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA).

An explosion occurred yesterday, Tuesday, August 20, in the boiler of a tanker flying a Liberian flag, which was within the premises of the Syros Nerio Shipyard for maintenance and repair work.

More specifically, on Tuesday afternoon, the Syros Port Authority was informed of an explosion in the tanker’s boiler.