Authorities revise Crete migrant boat death toll to 17
Authorities have revised the death toll from a migrant boat capsizing off southeastern Crete on Saturday, confirming that 17 migrants have died, down from an initial report of 18.
Authorities have revised the death toll from a migrant boat capsizing off southeastern Crete on Saturday, confirming that 17 migrants have died, down from an initial report of 18.
The discussions at the Karditsa blockade in central Greece stop and the farmers gather in front of the television. Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food Christos Kellas is a guest at the TV studio. “Be quiet so we can listen,” some farmers say.
Minister of Environment and Energy Stavros Papastavrou has told Fox News that his recent meetings in the United States underscored strong US-Greece cooperation and the central role Greece is poised to play in Europe’s energy transition.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his weekly, Sunday-morning post, said farmers are justified in seeking improved conditions, but stressed that meaningful solutions come only through dialogue.
An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck the Peloponnese, southern Greece on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of any damage.
US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has characterized Greece as a central pillar of President Donald Trump’s strategy on energy, investment, and Artificial Intelligence.
December 7, 2025: In New York City, Greeks across the United States are being called into action. Not without historical precedent, “ReBrain Greece” is a strategic effort to curb the outflow of talented Greeks who have left in search of opportunity abroad.
Greece can play the role of an honest broker in a period of international upheaval, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said in a discussion with journalist Matthew Boyle as part of the “Doha Forum” in Qatar.
For two decades, Muhammad Abdulrahman, 58, lived with his wife and his beehives on a remote hillside in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.