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Dimitris Artemis, known to most of those who visited the Small Cyclades and especially the Koufonisia as the “shepherd of Keros”, died on January the 24th, 2012, and was buried in his little homeland, “Potamos of Amorgos”. That’s how I met him myself, about thirty years ago, we became friends and I devoted more than a few writings to him and the island, Keros. At ...

Yesterday afternoon (22-9-2011) at Lagada, Amorgos, the truck a 26 year old was driving collided with a motorcycle. The motorcycle, which was riden by a 42 year old local, collided with another motorcycle as a result of the first collision. The second motorbike was riden by a 33 year old foreign national from Albania. Both riders were seriously injured. They were transported by means of ...

The female dolphin Josephine that starred in Luc Besson's "Big Blue",has passed.

Elstat released the provisional results of the population census they carried out last May. Across the country, 10,787,690 residents have participated in the census out of whom, 5,303,690 (49,2%) were males and 5,484,000 were females. In the Region of Naxos: Municipality of Naxos and Small Cyclades Total Population: 19.440, Male: 9.770, Female: 9.670  Permanent population density / sq. km.: 39.20 Amorgos Municipality Total Popuplation: 1,940, ...

«The island is not to be sold to Turks» "Little Amorgos" became famous after the news that saw the light of publicity talking about it being sold by the Hellenic country to a Turk businessman.

ALL READY FOR THE 48th AEGEAN RALLY START Sponsored by “Amita MOTION” The countdown to the 48th Aegean Sailing Rally organized by the HORC and sponsored by “Amita Motion” has started. The start of the oldest and largest sailing race offshore of our country will be on Friday, July 15 at 4:00 p.m. in Faliro. The Aegean Rally, organized for the 48th consecutive year by ...

photo by 1000 fans of Amorgos The Aegiali Port Authority  was informed yesterday at 19.10 that Yacht «ANTALIS», CAYMAN ISLANDS Flag, had been tilted due to flooding at the sea area in the bay LEVROSOS Aegiali with  nine (09) foreign passengers and  a nine-member foreign crew , all in good health. Directly the Port Authority visited the point    to provide help with the fishing vessel ...

MOm’s Press Room In late April, a monk seal made its appearance at the port of Aegiali, Amorgos. The young animal showed a quite friendly behavior towards people and soon won everybody’s heart. During the period from April till now, sensitive residents of the island, the port authorities and the City Council contacted the organization “Mom”, trying to keep in contact and gain a lot ...

The President and the Board of the Association of Professional Amorgos invite you to the 5th Congress of Trade Associations of Cyclades,

Press Release  YPERIA The 9th International Conference on Culture and Tourism Yperia 2011 was again a great success,  in regards to participation and to the announcements. Journalists, photographers, reporters and television crews from Greece, Austria, Denmark, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Canada and Congo,  attended. The opening of the Congress, was declared by the Mayor of Amorgos, Mr. Nikitas Roussos. Through ...