Lesvos

C'est l'une des principales differences entre les visiteurs exterieurs a l'ile et les habitants de Lesvos : ces derniers viennent seulement faire l'excursion jusqu'au cloitre et ne vont pas autre part.

Our hotel is located on the eastern edge of Lesvos Island, snuggled in the outskirts of a city called Mytilene (might-ih-leany).

A notable recent instance is the work of Yiannis Lambrou on Lesvos (or Mytilini), where phylloxera and specialization in ouzo combined to nearly wipe out local wine.

A VISIT to the Greek island of Lesvos is like stepping back into the rural England of 40 years ago.

Early career unknown, but succeeded Lysander as Spartan fleet commander in early 406; suppressed discontent among his officers fostered by Lysander, and endeavored to free himself from dependence on Persian subsidies; built more ships, and defeated the Athenian fleet under Conon at Methymna (island off the eastern coast of Lesvos) (406); blockaded the Athenians in Mytilene (Mitilini), but his fleet of 120 ships was defeated, and he was drowned by an Athenian relief fleet of 150 ships at the battle of Arginusae (406).

Special agrotourism accommodation units have opened up in Evia, Lesvos, Crete, Kalymnos, Paros, Kefalonia, Kalamata, Kythira and other regions that allow tourists to help with olive harvest and experience the way of life in the region.

Another EUR 20 million (USD 23 million) has been awarded to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to improve reception conditions in Greece, notably on the island of Lesvos, said the EU's executive body, in a press release.

Last November Fintan was part of a team of 10 doctors and nurses who went to Lesvos in Greece to aid refugees coming ashore from boats.

People smugglers drop off hundreds of Syrian refugees and other illegal immigrants to the coasts of the Greek islands of Lesvos (Mytilini), Kos and others.

"I was just on the island of Lesvos in Greece, and the mayor there told me, 'it's not the refugees that are the problem, the problem is the bombs that are falling on their houses.'"

Especially in Moria, Lesvos' main camp and registration point for refugees where Katerina Constantinou has been volunteering for the last month.

I was moved to tears reading about Anna Wynne who is making a trip to the Greek island of Lesvos to help the refugees there.

On the Greek island of Lesvos, record numbers are arriving in flimsy dinghies and boats, putting an enormous strain on its services and resources.