At least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured late Tuesday after a Greek coast guard vessel collided with a speedboat carrying undocumented migrants off the eastern Aegean island of Chios, authorities said.
The Greek coast guard has issued a statement on the late Tuesday’s incident off the island of Chios, in which at least 15 people were killed and dozens more injured, blaming the operator of the migrant boat for the disaster.
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met at the Pentagon to discuss the pillars of strategic defense cooperation between Greece and the US.
A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coast guard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 15 people, the coast guard said late Tuesday, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was underway for potentially missing people.
European Investment Bank financing in Greece has reached a record high of €3.5 billion for projects including climate resilience, water infrastructure and energy security.
Greece’s Centauros electronic anti-drone system has been fully integrated with Israel’s Barak MX air defense platform, denoting the first large-scale Greek-Israeli defense industry collaboration.
Applications for residence permits from non-European Union nationals under Greece’s Golden Visa program are in a steep decline.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated on Monday he will seek the introduction of clauses guaranteeing permanent fiscal balance in the constitutional reform whose process the government has just started.
The Hellenic Language Teachers of Ontario Society (HLTOS) hosted an event for World Greek Language Day – celebrated on February 9 – to mark and emphasize the historical importance of the Greek language and the challenges of preserving it among younger generations in Canada’s diaspora.
Britain’s Conservative Party likes to call itself the oldest political party in the world. Some historians trace its origins to 1834.