PM dropping hints of early elections
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who has long insisted he will see his full four-year term through before going to the polls again, has recently been dropping subtle hints of an early election.
Greece rejects Erdogan’s fresh pushback claims
The Greek government rejected new claims by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the country’s security forces attack and rob migrants trying to reach its shores, saying Ankara should instead focus on stopping traffickers who send migrants across the Aegean on flimsy boats.
Report shows death by suffocation for Patra siblings, sources say
A much-waited coroners’ review into the deaths of two children of the Daskalaki-Pispirigou family in Patra, western Greece, allegedly shows that they both died of asphyxiation instead of natural causes, sources said.
KINAL leader tests positive for Covid-19
The leader of centre-left PASOK-Movement for Change (KINAL) said he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
DEPA: Gazprom to halt natural gas supplies to Greece for a week
Russian gas producer Gazprom’s natural gas flows to Greece will be interrupted from June 21 to June 27 due to the annual scheduled maintenance of the TurkStream pipeline through which our country is supplied, according to information from DEPA Commercial, the country’s state-controlled wholesale and retail business.
Six migrants arrested over Delos shipwreck
Port Authority officials on the Greek island of Mykonos said Monday they had arrested six migrants rescued from a sailboat that was found rudderless and leaking water in the Aegean Sea in near gale force winds on Sunday for illegal transportation of third country nationals, causing a shipwreck and forming a criminal organization.
Dendias to brief EU peers on southeastern Mediterranean, Western Balkans
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said Moday he will brief EU Foreign Ministers Affairs Council on the situtation in the southeastern Mediterranean and express support for North Macedonia and Albania’s EU path.
Evangelia Platanioti performs at FINA World Championships
Greece’s Evangelia Platanioti performs during the women’s solo free preliminary at the FINA World Championships, in Budapest, Hungary on Monday.
Young say YES to shipping
The established YES to Shipping Forum brought to a close earlier this month the conference program of the most successful Posidonia exhibition so far, with the conference dominated by the interest by young people.
Fire on Naxos largely contained
A wildfire broke out on Monday morning in grassland at a mountainous area on the island of Naxos, in the South Aegean, the fire service said.