Lemnos: The Greek Island Home to Europe’s Only Desert

Lemnos: The Greek Island Home to Europe’s Only Desert

The Greek island of Lemnos is the site of one of Europe’s few deserts. Credit: Aggeliki Tsiona / Unsplash The European continent is not known for its deserts. Stereotypically, one tends to think of the Sahara or the Arabian desert. However, Greece has a desert of its own located on the beautiful island of Lemnos. Lemnos, the eighth-largest Greek island, is a magical place. Located in the northern Aegean, wedged between mainland Greece and Turkey…

The Minister of Shipping and Island Policy, Vasilis Kikilias held a working meeting this morning with the mayor of Lemnos, Eleonora George, the governor of Lemnos - Agios Efstratios, Apostolos Koutsogiannis and the mayor... Read more...

The Minister of Shipping and Insular Policy, Vassilis Kikilias, following a joint initiative with the Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Lesvos-Lemnos, Charalambos Athanasiou, and in the presence of the Deputy Minister, Stefanos Gikas and the Secretary of the Aegean and Insular Policy, Manolis Koutoulakis, held a working meeting this morning with the Mayor of Lemnos, Eleonora Georgias, the Prefect of Lemnos-Agios Efstratios, Apostolos K…