Political friction over shipwreck
The tragic shipwreck off the southern coast of Greece on Wednesday, with dozens of deaths and hundreds missing, has become a source of confrontation between the country’s caretaker government and leftist SYRIZA.
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The harrowing accounts of two shipwreck survivors
Kathimerini.gr has published excerpts from the harrowing depositions of two of the survivors of the fishing trawler that sunk off southwestern Greece early Wednesday.
The EU’s greatest failure
Sadness, anger, disgust. The statements from European agencies and officials reacting to the deadly wreck off the coast of the southwestern Peloponnese, which is believed to have cost the lives of hundreds of people – will we ever know exactly how many? – have been emotional, made up of words that have been carefully chosen…
Tsipras: election offers a stark choice
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras claimed in his interview to the major TV outlets Sunday that conservative New Democracy wants to amplify its May 21 victory in the new election on June 25 to install an “unaccountable regime” with a weak, splintered opposition
Body of missing Polish woman found on Kos
A 27-year-old Polish woman who had disappeared on the island of Kos Monday was found dead Sunday.
PASOK chief rules out coalition with New Democracy
PASOK-Movement for Change (KINAL) leader Nikos Androulakis interprets the result of the May 21 election as a failure of SYRIZA and categorically dismisses any possibility of cooperation with New Democracy.
Penny Marathon | Athens | July 9
The Penny Marathon fundraiser for strays is looking for participants and volunteers to help during the event, which will take place on July 9 at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center.
Suburban railway in Patra to close for two days for maintenance
The Proastiakos suburban railway in the western port city of Patra will not be operating on Monday and Tuesday, Hellenic Train has announced.
US embassy and consulates closing for Juneteenth
The US Embassy in Athens and its Consular Section, the US Consulate General in Thessaloniki, and all US Government offices in Greece will be closed on Monday.