<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 quake struck off Greece on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.</p><p>It said the quake, quite shallow at a depth of only 6.2 miles below the seabed, was centered in the Ionian Sea, 94 miles west of Patras.</p ...

So what do villas offer that you can't get in a hotel? For starters, family villa holidays present the opportunity to break away from the crowds and have your own private space.<br><br>Both hotels and luxury villas have their advantages and there's nothing wrong with a holiday in a hotel so long ...

There are over 2000 Greek islands in total that lie in the Ionian Sea on the west of the mainland, though the south past Crete and into the Aegean Sea to the east. Despite all these islands around a third of the country?s population lies I the city of Athens and around 10 per cent live on the various ...

<div><p>ATHENS (Reuters) - Common dolphins, once a frequent sight in the Mediterranean, may soon be extinct in Greece's Ionian Sea due to overfishing, environmentalists warned on Wednesday.</p><p>WWF and a dozen other environmental organizations said research showed numbers of dark-grey, white-bellied dolphins had decreased from 150 to 15 ...