Zakynthos
Evening Standard: 20 of the most beautiful Greek islands for this summer
A list of twenty Greek islands selected as the most beautiful was announced by the British newspaper Evening Standard.
Greek islands to be included on UK’s ‘green’ travel list, British media report
Zakynthos, Rhodes, Kos, Kefalonia are some being examined
Greece Upscales Vaccines Rollout to Boost Tourism
Greece plans to fully vaccinating all residents on nearly 100 of its islands by the end of June in a bid to attract tourists this summer, news wires reported. The national jab programme earlier gave priority to the older people and medical workers vulnerability to coronavirus.
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Wizz Air Offers New Summer Route from Sofia to Zakynthos
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The 10 best beaches in the Ionian Sea – Gerakas
Located on the southern side of Zakynthos, Gerakas is a large beach with sandy shore and crystal water
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Moderate quake felt in Zakynthos
An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 4 struck οn the island of Zakynthos in western Greece on Monday.
The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake occurred at 14.35 p.m. local time, 10 kilometers southwest of Zakynthos town, at a depth of 14 kilometers.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injury from the quake.
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Large cache of explosives found on Ionian island
A large amount of explosive material was found by the police on the island of Zakynthos on Friday in the village of Keri.
More specifically, 800 kilos of ammonium dynamite was found and confiscated. The material was stored in a small room in the basement of an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the village.
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Failures in protection of Caretta caretta in spotlight
The signatories of the Bern Convention, the international legal instrument in the field of nature conservation, have decided to issue recommendations to Greece due to failure to comply with accords to protect the spawning area of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) on the island of Zakynthos.
Forged travel docs abound in western Greece
The arrests of foreign nationals at regional airports in western Greece and on the Ionian islands with forged or stolen travel documents have increased drastically since Greece opened its borders 35 days ago at the end of the lockdown.
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Woman gunned down, husband injured in Zakynthos attack
The island community of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea is reeling after the murder of a 37-year-old woman and the injury of her 53-year-old husband in broad daylight on Tuesday.
The couple came under fire while on a motorcycle in the Agios Sostis region.