Wednesday’s deadly shipwreck off southern Greece, involving a large boat carrying migrants that capsized after apparently rebuffing offers of help, is just the latest case of smugglers packing vessels full of desperate people willing to risk their lives to reach continental Europe.
New cases of Covid-19 dropped slightly over the week of June 5-11, according to the weekly report by the National Public Health Organization (EODY), published on Thursday.
Rescue ships fanned out Thursday in search of hundreds of migrants feared missing after their overcrowded boat capsized and sank as they tried to reach Europe. At least 78 people died.
The representatives of the five parties elected to Parliament are convening on Thursday to examine the possibility of postponing a televised debate between the party leaders scheduled for the evening, due to the 3-day mourning for the victims of the tragic shipwreck off Pylos.
The Kalamata Coast Guard on Thursday announced the launch of an inquiry into the sinking of a boat carrying hundreds of migrants in international waters off the coast of the Peloponnese, 47 nautical miles southwest of Pylos.
2023 European Capital of Culture Eleusis celebrates the notion of community with its Synoikismos festival, a varied program that includes a special section on the circus arts.
Investors from non-EU countries played a leading role in the increase of foreign investments in Greek real estate in 2022, mainly aspiring to secure a residence permit through the Golden Visa program.
A three-judge Juvenile Court in Athens on Wednesday convicted eight boys over the horrific gang-rape of a 15-year-old schoolmate in western Athens in late 2022. The court acquitted the four girls who were tried with their peers and who had allegedly witnessed the abuse.
Former US president Barack Obama will be in Athens next week and will participate in this year’s SNF Nostos Conference (June 21-23), organized by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).
A phony social media account spread fake news on Wednesday that famous Greek singer Nana Mouskouri has passed away.