An international oceanographic seabed survey of the submerged Columbus volcano, a submarine volcano about seven kilometers northeast of Santorini, was launched on Wednesday night at the port of Lavrion and will last until November 27.
Santorini should become a model for a new kind of tourism, a sustainable one, Tourism Minister Charis Theocharis said on Friday during a visit to the popular Aegean island also known as Thera.