Tag Archives: Ionian Sea

A Scottish tourist on Greek vacation had a close encounter of the other kind: a strange sea monster happily swimming off the coast near Parga in Western Greece. According to Fox News, Harvey Robertson from Scotland was on a boat cruise off the coast of Parga, sailing through sea caves …

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Scroll Down for the latest Updates and News! An international rescue operation under bad weather conditions is taking place in order to evacuate 422 passengers and 55 crew from ferry Norman Atlantic that is ablaze. According to Greek state NERIT TV, 42 passengers have been rescued and were transported to …

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Hardly has been the sale of Skorpios officially announced and workers moved in to start the …move out. Trucks loaded with expensive furniture and rusty construction machines get on the ferry boat, carrying away the memories of a legend,  the myth of Aristotle Onassis – the poor boy that managed to acquire a wealth, …

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Skorpios: the small island on the Ionian Sea, where legendary tycoon Aristoteles Onassis married Jacqueline Kenndy, changes ownership. Half a century after Onassis purchased the island,  his granddaughter Athina, 28, sold it to Ekaterina Rybolovlev, 24, daughter of Russian billionaire Dmitry. After several days of scenarios circulating in the Greek press, …

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“The data collected during the geophysical research for the location of underwater hydrocarbon fields in the Ionian Sea and south of the island of Crete is very good,” Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) executive vice-president Sverre Strandenes said upon the return of the Nordic Explorer research vessel to the southern port city …

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Greece selected Norway’s Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to carry out offshore seismic tests in the country’s south and west, the government said on Wednesday, paving the way for the launch of an oil and gas drilling bidding round in 2014. Oslo-based PGS will send a ship to the Ionian Sea and off …

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