A chartered flight landed on the island of Rhodes from Stockholm on Thursday afternoon, although there is an official direct flight ban from Sweden until July 15, 2020. “There was a permit for a marketing flight,” Tourism Minister Haris Theoharis said. However, neither journalists nor TUI executives were on board …
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Earthquakes 5.4R and 4.6R rattle the island of Rhodes
An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale occurred at 07:06 on Monday morning shaking the island of Rhodes and the rest of Dodecanese as well as the West coast of Turkey. The tremor occurred 25 km north-northeast of the island of Rhodes with a focal depth of 67.4 km. …
Read More »Rhodes: Solidarity wave gets single mother a job after daughter faints
Good news for the family of the 9-year-old girl that fainted due to hunger in a bakery on the island of Rhodes two days ago. The mother, a jobless hotel worker, was offered a work at an energy company in Athens. She will work from home. She will earn the …
Read More »Rhodes: Starving girl faints in bakery, mother unemployed hotel worker
A 9-year-old girl collapsed inside a bakery beginning of the week and the incident brought to light a tragedy, very possible one of the many currently on the island of Rhodes and in other touristic destinations: unemployment, meager state aid, impoverished and starving people. With a few coins in her …
Read More »Burglar breaks into Rhodes restaurant, calls police to arrest him
An incredible and unusual case with a burglar on the island of Rhodes. A 48-year-old man broke into a restaurant to steal something to eat and then called the police to come and arrest him. The incident took place in the early morning hours of last Friday in the center …
Read More »Turkey to drill off the islands of Crete, Karpathos and Rhodes
Turkey plans to start drilling south of the Greek islands of Crete, Karpathos, Kasos and Rhodes, claiming it is justified to do so according to its maritime boundaries with the Tripolis-based government in Libya. Requests for drilling submitted by the company Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) to the General Directorate of …
Read More »Seismologists on the earthquake of 4.6R in Rhodes and 4.1R in Santorini
An earthquake measuring 4.6 on Richter scale jolted the island of Rhodes on Friday afternoon, and two hours later a tremor hit the island of Santorini with 4.1 on Richter scale. The first earthquake stroke with 4.6 R rhodes at 4:16 p.m. Its epicenter was 31 km South-East of Lindos …
Read More »Rhodes: “I’m donkey, I park where I want!” Campaign against illegal parking
Motorists on the island of Rhodes found not so polite stickers on their cars that they parked illegally. “I’m a donkey and I park where I want,” the stickers read, reminding them that donkeys may b gentle and patient animals but in Greece we also use the word for rude …
Read More »Flooded streets on Rhodes? No problem, if you have a canoe (videos)
Heavy rain fell on the island of Rhodes and flooded several local rivers and streams on Saturday. The mud waters did not take long and made their way to settlement and villages, thus causing also power outages. It was a matter of time, for streets and roads to turn into …
Read More »Rhodes: Powerful winds hinder planes from landing, ferries from docking
Passengers on a flight from Athens to the island of Rhodes experienced tough moments on Friday night. Due to bad weather and powerful winds, the airplane could not land at “Diagoras” airport on the island. The crew reportedly made three attempts to land, however, without success. Ultimately, the Aegean …
Read More »Earthquake strikes with 4.8R the island of Karpathos, felt on Crete, Rhodes
An earthquake hit with 4.8 Richter the island of Karpathos early Friday evening. Its epicenter was in the maritime area, 39km North-West of the island. The focal depth of the tremor that stroke at 6:02 p.m. was 12.6 km. The tremor was strong and was felt also on the islands …
Read More »Silver Alert: UK expat Diane Davison missing from Faliraki on Rhodes
A Silver Alert has been issued for a 60-year-old foreign national Diane Davison who went missing on the island of Rhodes last month. According to the brief announcement, the woman went missing from the area of Faliraki on Rhodes in December 2019. The exact date is apparently unknown, however, local …
Read More »PPC workers launch 48-hour strikes, except on floods-ridden Rhodes
Workers at Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC/DEH) started their 48-hour strikes at midnight Tuesday. the strikes are spread across the country, with the exception of the island of Rhodes that was declared in “state of emergency” due to the floods on Monday. The strikes are repetitive and will last until …
Read More »Storm strikes Rhodes: Floods, power outages, one woman dead (videos)
Roads in the city of Rhodes and in villages turned into rivers when storm “Geryon” hit the island in the south Dodecanese early Monday evening. One woman with disabilities was found dead in her flooded home in Ialyssos. Local authorities urge citizens to not move around. The 75-year-old woman died in …
Read More »Rhodes: Police fines two smokers, cafe owner for violating Smoking ban
Greek Police has fined two people with 50 euros each for having violated the smoking ban. The two people were customers in a cafeteria of Ialyssos on the island of Rhodes. A third customer, a lawyer and a non-smoker, called the police after he was disturbed by the cigarette smoke. …
Read More »Black out on the islands of Rhodes and Halki
It was short after 2:30 on Wednesday afternoon when power went out on the islands of Rhodes and Halki, in South Dodecanese. A total black out that has left thousands of households, businesses, hotels and shops without electricity. According to local media, both power plants of the island, in Soroni …
Read More »Earthquake rattles the island of Rhodes with 5.1R on Oct3
An earthquake with magnitude 5.1 on Richter scale rattled the island of Rhodes on Thursday morning. The earthquake occurred at 07:45 a.m. Its epicenter was in the sea area 37km South-East off the island. The focal point was 16,8 km. It was of long duration, local media report. Two-three aftershocks …
Read More »120-year-old Greek Orthodox icon from Rhodes on US Tour
A 120-year-old Orthodox icon has just made the over 5,000-mile journey from Rhodes, Greece to the Baltimore area. “It’s the first time that this icon has ever left the village,” said Father Zacharias Mavroudis. This religious icon is that of Saint Paraskevi, a saint many Greek Orthodox pray to. Some …
Read More »Rhodes: British expats hold a protest against Brexit and Johnson’s “coup”
British expats on the island of Rhodes held a peaceful protest opposing Brexit and the so-called “coup” orchestrated by prime minister Boris Johnson to close the UK Parliament ahead of the crucial developments in October. They gathered opposite the Central Port Authority of Rhodes, holding small banners with slogans like …
Read More »Earthquake rattles Rhodes and Karpathos with 4.9 Richter
An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale rattles the islands of Rhodes and Karpathos in the south-eastern Aegean Sea on Wednesday. The tremor occurred in the sea area between Rhodes and Karpathos at 02:58 early Wednesday afternoon. The epicenter was 46 km North-East of Karpathos and 98km South-West of …
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