Posts include information about Ermioni, Ermionida and the Argolida region
Olympic Flame
3 February 2023 - 7:30pm
Paris organisers announced that instead of arriving overland, the Olympic flame that will alight the 2024 Paris Games will take to the high seas from its birthplace in Greece. It will arrive in the ancient Greek-founded port of Marseille in France aboad a three-masted tall ship. Marseille is a former Greek colony founded 2,600 years ago. According to tradition, the flame will be lit by the sun's rays at a ceremon
Odesa in Ukraine
25 January 2023 - 3:00pm
Greece's Foreign Affairs Ministry welcomed the World Heritage Committee's decision on Wednesday 25th January 2023 to inscribe the Historic Centre of the city of Odesa*, in Ukraine, on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This decision is a successful outcome of coordinated efforts, in which Greece took the lead in coordination with Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy and Japan, i
Constantine II 1940-2023
10 January 2023 - 11:30pm
Constantine II, the last king of Greece before the royal monarchy was abolished, died on Tuesday 10th January 2023, aged 82. After experiencing breathing problems, Constantine had been taken to a
Golden Visas
21 December 2022 - 7:30pm
A new law has sparked a rush for Golden Visas in Greece. Following PM Mitsotakis' announcement at the Thessaloniki International Fair in September that the cost of acquiring a Golden Visa would rise from 250,000 to 500,000 euros, foreign buyers are snapping up real estate to obtain residency permits before the limit rises on Sunday 1st January 2023.
Glass Onion: Knives Out
21 November 2022 - 10:00pm
The Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery film sequel was released in November 2022. The Glass Onion film's production designer Rick Heinrichs fell in love with a luxury hotel complex called Amanzoe, near Porto Heli and Kranidi, and used views from multiple villas to create a CGI island. As the Amanzoe luxury hotel is located in the middle of Ermionida, Rick had to depend on visual e
Pomegranate Festival
30 October 2022 - 1:45pm
The 11th annual Ermioni Pomegranate Festival was held on 29th and 30th October 2022, with the famous historic pomegranates of Ermioni that were the star attractions over the weekend. The Festival got off
Smyrna Refugees in Ermioni
5 October 2022 - 7:00am
On Sunday 5th October 1922, Autumn dawned and the local weather was cloudy. At the entrance of the Ermioni port, opposite the Bisti, the ocean liner IOANNIS ANDROU was anchored. The ship had set off from the port of Antalya with 5,000 women, children and old people looking for refuge from their pain and misery. Seeing Ermioni, they sang the Hellenic National Anthem with emotion as
Mitsas Memorial
25 September 2022 - 10:00am
On Sunday 25th September 2022, the community of Ermioni, with the Municipality of Ermionida, unveiled a white marble bust of the Colonel and MP of Ermioni Antonis Mitsas. The bust was unveiled due to the kind
'Armata' Bicentenary
10 September 2022 - 9:30pm
On Saturday 10th September 2022 the Argo-Saronic island of Spetses commemorated the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Spetses, which occured during the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829). The famous naval battle against the Ottoman fleet took place from 8th to 13th September 1822 and has been recorded as one of the most important events of the Revolution. The Municipality organ
Smyrna Centenary
9 September 2022 - 7:30am
The month of September marks the 100th Anniversary since the 'Smyrna Catastrophe', when Ottoman Greeks and Armenians were forced to flee the cosmopolitan city of Smyrna due to a fire set by Turkish forces led by Mustafa Kemal Pasha. It was an event of such enormous importance for modern Greece, adding yet another unforgettable and tragic milestone to its long history. A terrifying blaze, called th