One migrant dead, 18 rescued off Greek island
Greece’s coastguard rescued 18 migrants and recovered the body of one dead woman on Friday after their boat capsized off an island in the Aegean Sea.
Greece’s coastguard rescued 18 migrants and recovered the body of one dead woman on Friday after their boat capsized off an island in the Aegean Sea.
According to the conventional interpretation of the events that transpired in 1973-1974, it was not the Polytechnic Uprising that actually precipitated the military dictatorship’s downfall but the Turkish invasion of Cyprus eight months later, which was prompted by the overthrow of the Cypriot government of Archbishop Makarios III by Dimitrios Ioannidis’ regime in Athens.
Greece has been taken to the European Court of Justice for the issue of overdue public debts.
Taxi drivers participated in a work stoppage in Athens from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, which was followed by a protest rally at the Ministry of Transport to demonstrate against a new tax bill designed to crack down on tax evasion of self-employed professionals.
Bank bailout fund HFSF confirmed on Thursday the sale of 22% of the share capital of National Bank.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis marked the 50th anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising on Friday, describing the events as “a beacon illuminating the path towards a more open and democratic society.”
As a millennial, I learned about the Athens Polytechnic Uprising in a rather quiet manner, through books and from two or three trusted people who were there.
PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis has reacted to Thursday’s public survey indicating that the once-dominant Socialists have surpassed the main SYRIZA opposition.
The new leader of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, attacked his critics within the main opposition in a late Thursday interview on Antenna TV, expressing his ambition to “build a large progressive party that spans from the radical Left to the progressive center.”
A search and rescue operation is underway after a dinghy carrying migrants capsized off the coast of the islet of Agathonissi in the eastern Aegean, the coast guard said.