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Huge fires in Evia, Messinia and East Mani – Settlement evacuations. Battle with the flames in Kos as well. At the time when the fire in Varybobi is burning uncontrollably, and the situation seems to be getting worse with the threat of bottles of gas exploding,  firefighters are fighting the …

Zakynthos, 10 patients in covid clinic. The situation that has formed due to the pandemic was described by the administrator of the Hospital, George Ragousis. Whilst speaking to our local news paper ERMIS the administrator advised the local population should not stop vaccinations and to continue to observe measures. Referring …

Cases today: 3,428 news announced by EODY – 14 deaths in 24 hours, 191 intubated. The new laboratory-confirmed cases of the disease recorded in the last 24 hours are 3,428, of which 14 were identified after checks at the country’s gates. The total number of cases is 501,030 (daily change …

Update:- 19:35 Battle until nightfall The fire, along with the huge reinforcements that have been sent, is now being operated by 350 firefighters, with 10 groups of pedestrians, 70 vehicles, the METPE (Motorized special forces of the Fire Dept.), 5 helicopters and 5 aircraft until nightfall. Numerous volunteer groups, water …

The Inauguration of the honorary – retrospective Exhibition of the great contemporary Artist of Zakynthos, beloved by all of us Maria Rousea, took place successfully on Saturday, July 31, 2021, in the art gallery of “Alithos”, located at the Educational Center of Speech of the Parish of Vanatos in Zakynthos. …

Zakynthos with a standing ovation on Sunday night, 1/8/21 honoured the composer Timotheos Arvanitakis’ presentation, on the Hill of Strani. Perhaps one of the most important and robust works of his career, the “Free Besieged”, in which is based on the national poet Dionysios Solomos writings. Mr Arvantitakis work was …

IN PROGRESS: The inhabitants of West Aegialia face a fiery nightmare – The fire is burning uncontrollably. 8 people in the hospital – More than 20 houses in Ziria were burnt. Eight people were taken to hospital by the fire that continues to burn uncontrollably in Achaia and which has …

Volunteer actions are still in force even though Zakynthos has been hit with a heatwave. This time it was a group of young volunteers from the Summer Camp run by Takis and April  Korianitis at Porto Koukla.     This year April mentions that due to coronavirus it has been …

No area is “green”. Most areas of Greece are orange on the ECDC map, while Crete and some Aegean islands are still in red. Αs the cases of covid-19 are increasing. In yellow appear Central Greece, Evia, – Thrace, islands of the northeastern Aegean. The positivity index in Greece is …

In recent years, professional football players have taken up footvolley in both promotional events and celebrity matches. Zakynthos has now got its first “official” event which starts this weekend, with special guest stars. Footvolley combines field rules that are based on those of beach volleyball with ball-touch rules taken from …