“Fight for faith and country,” was the title of the first article on the first issue of the first newspaper printed in Greece, that circulated on 1 August 1821.

It hardly ever gets mentioned in travel guides and is never referred to by tour operators, but famed-for-outrageous-parties Mykonos has a beautiful museum.

Apostolos Gletsos had announced the formation of a party when he was re-elected mayor of Stylida. There were many that thought the announcement was a void communications ploy that would fall by the wayside.

Water shortages are emerging as a dire problem for the islands of the small Cyclades and the Dodecanese, while reserves even on Mykonos are reaching their limits, during the most demanding period of the year.