Kefalonia News (22)

A powerful earthquake shook the island of Kefalonia yesterday afternoon, January 26th, 2014. The earthquake with 5.8 magnitude occurred at 3:55 pm, with the epicenter located near the town of Lixouri. Fortunately only minor damages were reported.

EasyJet launches a new route to the Greek island of Kefalonia from London Gatwick Airport. Flights will operate from April 28th, 2012 till the end of October 2012.

Among 812 wines that were tasted in the 9th International Wine Competition that took place in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, a few days ago, the Kefalonian wine San Gerassimo took the silver medal, proving once more the high quality of the island's wine.

A strange man called yesterday morning in the Port Authority of Argostoli, kefalonia, and said that a bomb had been put in the ferry Andreas Kalvos.

A new project of the shipping company Hollandian Lines and the local authorities of Kefalonia is expected to bring more American tourists on the island.

Earthquake with a magnitude of 5 in Richter scale hit the island of Kefalonia this morning at 08.02 a.m., with an epicenter beneath the seabed southeast of the island

A young whale, from the very few of its kind that still remain in the Ionian Sea, was found dead last Friday in the Bay of Sami, Kefalonia Island

A statue of the Leihoudis brothers, two famous 17th century Greek monks from Kefalonia, was unveiled by Greek President Karolos Papoulias on May 30, 2007 in Moscow

From Sunday's 5.9 magnitude quake, a series of aftershocks hit the Ionian island of Kefalonia yesterday. Sunday's earthquake caused widespread damage to roads and buildings

Yesterday the government called upon the army to help warm up the Ionian island of Kefalonia as most of the area is under darkness since the spell of bad weather on Tuesday.

Since the Athens Olympics held in August 2004, tourism arrivals from the US are showing clear signs of increasing.

Since the Athens Olympics held in August 2004, tourism arrivals from the US are showing clear signs of increasing.

Recently a study conducted by Robert Bittlestone, John Underhill and James Diggle has shown evidence that the home of Odysseus could in fact be Paliki, a peninsula located to the west of Kefalonia

Recently a study conducted by Robert Bittlestone, John Underhill and James Diggle has shown evidence that the home of Odysseus could in fact be Paliki, a peninsula located to the west of Kefalonia

With the growth in consumer and producer interest in organic products, an Organic Farmers Cooperative is formulating plans to market and sell organically raised livestock products over the Internet.